Monday, April 16 2012
Reluctant Gunslingers and Incorrigible She-Devils
Can classic Hollywood films help us navigate today’s environment of political apathy and cynical media saturation?
Thursday, October 20 2011
Geniuses Are People, Too
Creative geniuses don’t succeed despite their flaws, they succeed because they are flawed.
Thursday, September 1 2011
Between Church & State
Can ideology be passed on without being radically altered? In Damaged #2 creators Michael and John Schwarz along with writer David Lapham and artist Leonardo Manco explore this question that is at once artistic, relevant to the digital economy and core American values. Explore more of the story in the free-to-download preview attached to this story.
Tuesday, August 30 2011
Ernest Hemingway, Reporter
The years spent as a reporter painting the scene in Parisian cafes and on tuna fishing boats in Spain sharpened Ernest Hemingway's ability to carefully, confidently build a story.
Monday, August 1 2011
Captain America and a Past That Must Linger Still
Despite the dark times that birthed the original Captain America #1, there was a hopefulness to the character. Writer Ed Brubaker however offers a Cap worn down by personal history. Or is that the point?
Wednesday, July 6 2011
Learning not to dislike Hemingway on the 50th anniversary of the literary giant’s death
Friday, May 20 2011
Let the Golden Age Begin: Woody Allen’s Parisian Affair
Allen's Midnight in Paris redefines the traditional summer film, and redefines the auteur yet again...but don't call it a comeback!
Tuesday, February 1 2011
Something Rare: Ernest Hemingway’s Mystic Communion
The lure of mystery and dread in Catholicism that attracted the fatalistic author.
Monday, June 14 2010
The Importance of Being Ernest: Easton Corbin and the Country Boy Hemingway Code
Easton Corbin's debut reads like a 'Farewell to Arms' for the truck-pull set and lays out a hero's code for existentialist country boys everywhere; that is, the practical application of action over thought.
Thursday, May 13 2010
Papa and Fidel is an Intriguing Alternate History Complete with Booze, Rebels and Literature
This alternative take on Ernest Hemingway and Fidel Castro brings humor, energy, and inventiveness by the bucketful.
