The Story of 'Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk'
Jan 14th, 2010 · This graphic and searing opera by Shostakovich was a hit at its premiere, in 1934, but then got the composer in serious trouble with Soviet authorities after Stalin saw it two years later.
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Graphic Novels That ... What Was I Saying?
Jan 6th, 2010 · 2009's most indelible/memorable graphic novels, as judged by our comics blogger — who, by his own admission, possesses the attention span and long-term memory of your average hummingbird.
Graphic Novels That ... What Was I Saying?
Jan 6th, 2010 · 2009's most indelible/memorable graphic novels, as judged by our comics blogger — who, by his own admission, possesses the attention span and long-term memory of your average hummingbird.
Excerpt: 'Logicomix: An Epic Search For Truth'
Dec 3rd, 2009 · This math and philosophy-obsessed graphic novel, by Apostolos Doxiadis and Christos H. Papadimitiou with art by Alecos Papadatos and Annie DiDonna, charts the quest of Nobel Prize-winner Bertrand Russell to find logic in mathematics.
These Aren't Your Geek's Graphic Novels
Nov 29th, 2009 · You don't have to be crazy about comic-book heroes, fantasy worlds or galactic adventures to fall in love with these three magnificent graphic novels — but it helps if you're a girl. Author Harriet Reisen shares what makes these girl-power reads so colorful.
A Haunting American Dream Set In 'Luna Park'
Nov 16th, 2009 · Writer Kevin Baker says he never thought he'd be "hip enough" to venture into graphic novels. But with illustrator Danijel Zezelj, he has created Luna Park — a ghostly graphic novel set in the decaying amusement parks of Coney Island. It profiles a Russian immigrant plagued by nightmares of the Chechen War.
Two Graphic Novels Explain Science, Colorfully
Nov 13th, 2009 · Moving beyond traditional superheroes, two new graphic novels recount the epic tales of scientists and the research that made them famous. Ira Flatow talks with authors Michael Keller and Apostolos Doxiadis about their graphic novels on natural selection and logic.
'Genesis': R. Crumb Illustrates The Bible
Nov 2nd, 2009 · Underground comic legend R. Crumb has put the entire text of the best known book of the Bible into a graphic work. In The Book of Genesis Illustrated, he depicts it all, from the creation of the world to the death of Joseph.
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