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Super Moon, a comic by Brett Manning
Comics Issue curator Eric Kirsammer: "I like the otherworldly feel to this comic.""I like the otherworldly feel to this comic. Plus the flowing, colorful artwork and a narrative that meanders in a...
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I Know Life, a comic by Jason Adams
Comics Issue curator Eric Kirsammer: "Conveys the passing of a life and compromises made.""I like the repeated use of the aging head and the same word balloon combined with the narrative. Conveys the...
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Resolve, a comic by Lisa Kwon
Comics Issue curator Eric Kirsammer: "This comic does not use words and yet it conveys a lot.""I just like the abstractness here. I like comics that you have to spend some time trying to figure out.…[...
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I Remember You, a comic by Andy Glass
Comics Issue curator Eric Kirsammer: "Autobiographical comics are fun because they let you see into the thinking of the artist.""Autobiographical comics are fun because they let you see into the...
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Mistakes, a comic by Gus Kim
Comics Issue curator Eric Kirsammer: "You could imagine this happening.""I liked the pacing of this one. The imagery is nice and really conveys the feeling of a doctor's office.…[ Read more ][...
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Where teddy-bears come from, a comic by Pietre Valbuena and Laura Torres
Comics Issue curator Eric Kirsammer: "One of my favorites, a wordless comic with great artwork and a story that takes a minute to figure out.""One of my favorites, a wordless comic with great artwork...
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Reader's Agenda Tue 2/25: "Sportin' Waves," Dmitry Samarov, and "Mecca Flat...
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Nico Osteria's Erling Wu-Bower talks his world of seafood
In the first part of my interview with Erling Wu-Bower, posted yesterday, the Nico Osteria chef and I talked about his Italian approach to food in general and seafood in particular. In this second half...
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Did you read about Kiev, El Chapo, and Jimmy Fallon?
Reader staffers share stories that fascinate, amuse, or inspire us.Hey, did you read:• About the state prison director who's vowing reforms after spending a single night in solitary confinement? —Mick...
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12 O'Clock Track: In honor of the Comics Issue, the "Paranoid Android" video
The Reader's Comics Issue went online today, and in honor of the occasion, the 12 O'Clock Track is Radiohead's "Paranoid Android." What does Radiohead have to do with comics?…[ Read more ][ Subscribe...
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On the day every American wanted to protect Bode Miller
Thanks to Google, Facebook, and the NSA, personal privacy has become almost too complicated to think about. On the one hand, we prize privacy more than ever; on the other, we throw it away.…[ Read more...
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Hot Bagels get Toasted tonight at Township
The first annual Two Piece Fest Midwest came and went, but cofounder Craig Woods is still keeping busy. Tonight he's performing at Township with a couple of bands: sludgy punk three-piece Pink Eyes and...
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Was knowledge of priestly sins ever used to muscle the church?
I have a question. I don't know the answer and I'm not sure anyone does.…[ Read more ][ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
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Inkwell
Links to PDFs of Reader crossword puzzles and previous weeks' solutions by Ben Tausig Recent Crosswords Pairing Down (PDF) - 02.27.2014…[ Read more ][ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
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The dream is alive in Portlandia
When a show is consistently funny for more than a couple of seasons, it produces the uncomfortable tension of waiting for the other shoe to drop. The unfunny shoe.…[ Read more ][ Subscribe to the...
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Mayor Emanuel sends the marines into Ames Middle School
Politicians plan to convert another neighborhood school into a military academy. by Ben Joravsky When future historians view the wreckage Mayor Emanuel has made of public education in Chicago, I'm...
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McCormick Place goes to the dogs
"Why do we have dog shows?" asks Debbie Manichelli, a dachshund breeder from North Carolina with a very loud voice who is serving as an official tour guide at the International Kennel Club of Chicago...
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Tegan and Sara strike satirical pop gold
Show business is full of interesting and often cruel ironies. Take, for instance, the number of incredibly well-respected actors (Orson Welles, Raul Julia, Philip Seymour Hoffman) who died soon after...
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Congressman Danny Davis blasts social injustice in the most entertaining way...
In the middle of campaign season for the March 18 Democratic primary, Congressman Danny Davis was recalling the time his father had saved the life of a cow. "My daddy was a sharecropper, a farmer, who...
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