The two-pack of features is Jay Ulfelder, exploring what Carroll County is doing to prevent school violence, and Eileen Murphy, looking at what Baltimore’s public library problems mean for libraries in general. In Mobtown Beat, Michael Anft focuses on a possible documentary film about the McElderry Park neighborhood. The Nose searches for the lost...
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| Image by alliancecomic.com The prognosis for the comics industry was looking a bit doomy even before the economy at large started sliding. So perhaps there’s a ray of hope in the fact that long-time regional comics chain Alliance Comics is augmenting its stores in Silver Spring and Bowie with a Baltimore location at...
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| Image by From www.zippythepinhead.com Compared to the loss of dozens of newsroom jobs, the dropping of a full page of comic strips is bupkis. But when one of those strips is Zippy the Pinhead, well, I can’t just stand by and stay silent. To be honest, I go hot and cold on Zippy....
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Students for a Democratic Society: A Graphic History Written (mostly) by Harvey Pekar, art (mostly) by Gary Dumm, edited by Paul Buhle (Hill and Wang) I hate to inaugurate my comics reviewing on the S/Hitlist with a pan, but, wow, this is dire. If there’s one thing we’ve learned since the American Splendor movie,...
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Berni Wrightson’s Gosh Wow! 3 Whether or not you want to learn how to draw, surf on over to local cartoonist Brian Ralph‘s guest blog at publisher First Second’s site. We’re not sure if Ralph’s advice is actually helpful–it’s basically “draw a kidney bean”–but this short comics story is just about the cutest thing...
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OC Alternatives Sizzlin’ Summer Calendar: Assateague Island National Seashore, North Point State Park, Rehoboth Beach, and more 5/15/2013
Murder Ink Murder Ink: Murders this Week: 5; Murders this Year: 77 By Edward Ericson Jr. 5/15/2013
Real-Life Embarassing Sex Stories Feature: Submitted by City Paper readers 2/13/2013
Crazy Horse Film: Filmmaker Frederick Wiseman puts his focus on Le Crazy Horse de Paris, the French cabaret By Lee Gardner 4/4/2012
Sizzlin’ Summer Sizzlin’ Summer: Summer in Baltimore is a sensory explosion, from the scent of Old Bay-smothered steamed crabs and the taste of marshmallow-topped chocolate snoballs to the smell of Ocean City salt water mixed with sunscreen and the vision of fireflies. 5/15/2013
How to Throw a Louisiana Style Crawfish Boil! Sizzlin’ Summer: Ordering 1. Figure out how many people you have attending. I usually do this by selling tickets for $25 each via Paypal. 2. Once you know how many people will be attending, you can figure out how many pounds of crawfish you need to order. The suggested a By Ben Claassen III 5/15/2013