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Review: Jokes and the Unconscious

By Daphne Gottlieb and Diane DiMassa

Cleis Press, $17.95

reviewed by Matthue Roth

 

Jokes and the Unconscious, the first collaboration between slam poet and author Daphne Gottlieb and cartoonist Diane DiMassa, is a graphic novel, but not in the sense of the term that we’re familiar with. It’s less a story with two roles (writer and artist) than it is a series of free-form riffs—between the story being told and the storyteller’s reaction to it, flashbacks and alternate realities and entire sections of “Oh yeah, this reminds me of a joke…”

 

That’s just the text. The additional layer of the illustrations feels like another riff, another interpretation and another level removed, as hand-lettered paragraphs scroll and fade into speech-bubbled conversations, etchings, or into those sequential-art panels that we know and love.

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Review: Legion of Monsters: Man-Thing #1

reviewed by Daniel Peretti

 

With the relatively recent revival of Marvel Monsters, two faces of monsters have been revealed.  One face showed itself in the Monsters on the Prowl series of loosely connected one-shots a few years ago.  These were entertaining, with better art than stories most of the time.  Though these were labeled monster stories, they were more or less super-hero adventure stories with monstrous heroes and villains.  The stories were more aptly characterized as thrilling, not chilling. 

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Russians Rule Bodog Fight: Clash of the Nations MMA Pay Per View

In the most anticipated pay-per-view event of the year, BodogFight: Fedor Emelianenko vs Matt Lindland, Clash of the Nations, the Russians ruled.

St. Petersburg, Russia (PRWeb) April 16, 2007 -- The Russian Red Devils capitalized on their comrades' support to emerge victorious from Russia's ICE Palace Arena on Saturday, in the most anticipated pay-per-view event of the year, BodogFight: Fedor Emelianenko vs Matt Lindland, Clash of the Nations.

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Spider-Man 3's Tobey Maguire and Catch and Release Star Jennifer Garner Sign YogaForce A-Line Mats to Benefit The Skin Cancer Foundation

YogaForce announces May auctions on eBay with Tobey Maguire and Jennifer Garner to benefit The Skin Cancer Foundation.

Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) April 26, 2007 -- Annie Appleby, founder and licensor of YogaForce (www.yogaforce.com), announced today that YogaForce will be participating in a few eBay Celebrity Auctions to benefit the Skin Cancer Foundation starting May 1, 2007.

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FROM MOONSTONE BOOKS!

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Beloved Entertainer Don Ho Dies of Heart Failure

Mike Gagnon

 

 

Although he had several classic love songs, Don Ho would gain his recognition as a timeless crooner with a funny little ditty called “Tiny Bubbles”. The song would take the singer by surprise because of its instant popularity, catapulting his career into the mainstream music scene of the early 1970s.

 

Don was originally an athlete, earning sports scholarships for Springfield College in Massachusetts, and later his hometown campus of The University of Hawaii in 1953.

 

After school Don’s next calling was inspired by the American service men of World War II which he idolized. Ho was soon enlisted as a member of the U.S. Air Force and served a tour of duty in the Korean War.

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Alpha Music Group Adds Canadian Idol Rock Band Floor Thirteen to Management Roster; Please Visit Floor Thirteen

In 2007, Alpha Music Group, a music management firm located on Broadway in New York, conducted a competition/search for a rock band that encompassed every aspect of the word talent. Thousands of bands auditioned. One band was chosen - Floor Thirteen whose lead singer Koz is known to millions through his charismatic performances on Canadian Idol.

New York, NY (PRWeb) April 13, 2007 -- Floor Thirteen made waves during Canadian Idol. Canadian Idol, which is similar to American Idol, conducted a 10-city cross-country search for the next major singing sensation. Two million fans tuned in to Idol to hear Koz's hard-edge rock style and he landed in the top 20. In Hollywood, celebrated rock guitarist Dave Navarro and Brooke Burke, hosts of the popular reality show, Rock Star inxs, auditioned 10,000 singers for a coveted spot on the show. Once again, Floor Thirteen's Koz land in the top 30 out of 10,000. www.floor13.ca

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America's Next Top Model Cycle 9 Casting Call Co-Hosted by Paul Wharton of MTV Fame and TV/Radio Personality Jeannie Jones

America's Next Top Model casting call was hosted by Paul Wharton and Jeannie Jones at H2O Nightclub in Washington DC. Finalists will be announced on an upcoming episode.

Washington, DC (PRWeb) April 3, 2007 -- Paul Wharton of MTV fame and Jeannie Jones, TV/Radio Personality co-hosted and judged the recent America's Next Top Model Casting Call in Washington, DC. It was held at H2O Restaurant and Nightclub.

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"The Zeppelin Concert and Light Show" Featuring Will Taylor and Strings Attached with John Pointer, Ed Jurdi of the Heathens, and More

After 3 sold out perfomances last Novemeber at the Historic St. David's Church, Will Taylor and Strings Attached present an encore performance of The Zeppelin Concert and Lightshow under the stars at the Nutty Brown Cafe this coming April 7th.

(PRWeb) March 29, 2007 -- After 3 sold out perfomances last Novemeber at the Historic St. David's Church, Will Taylor and Strings Attached present an encore performance of The Zeppelin Concert and Lightshow under the stars at the Nutty Brown Cafe this coming April 7th.

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