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Bleader
Mar 23, 2017
Remembering underground comics artists Jay Lynch and Skip Williamson
Jane Shay Wald, Lynch's ex-wife, remembers the wild 60s with her former husband, his partner in comics, and their influence on the medium.
By Michael Miner
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Media
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News
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History
,
Jay Lynch
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Skip Williamson
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Jane Lynch
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Jane Shay Wald
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Art Spiegelman
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Nelson Algren
,
Simone de Beauvoir
,
Eliot Wald
,
Art Shay
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Harvey Kurtzman
,
Mad magazine
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R. Crumb
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Hugh Hefner
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Playboy Mansion
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comics
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art
Arts & Culture
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Performing Arts Feature
Nov 30, 2016
Winterset
,
Finding Neverland
, and three more alternatives to holiday fare
A resonant period piece and a musical that does it better than the movie are among this week's best bets.
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The Hypocrites
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Cinderella at the Theater of Potatoes
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Andra Velis Simon
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Pauline Viardot-García
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Cendrillon
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Sean Graney
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Amanda Martinez
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Cinderella
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Finding Neverland
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J.M. Barrie
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Sylvia Llewelyn Davies
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Peter Pan
,
Gary Barlow
,
Eliot Kennedy
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Broadway musicals
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Broadway in Chicago
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Kevin Kern
,
Christine Dwyer
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Equity touring shows
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Diane Paulus
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Mia Michaels
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Calamity West
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Sideshow Theatre Company
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Rolling
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Jackalope Theatre
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Give It All Back
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ShawChicago
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Robert Scogin
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Winterset
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Sacco and Vanzetti
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Griffin Theatre Company
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Jonathan Berry
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Maxwell Anderson
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Maurice Demus
,
Larry Baldacci
Blogs
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Bleader
Aug 2, 2016
Video
Scholar Christopher C. King overseees another raw collection of antique rural Greek music
A new double-record anthology explores the dazzling range of traditional Greek music.
By Peter Margasak
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Christopher C. King
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Why the Mountains Are Black: Primeval Greek Village Music 1907-1060
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Bleader
Apr 6, 2014
Recommended
Chris Ware, Lynda Barry, Daniel Clowes, and other cartoonists open up in a new book by U. of C. prof Hillary Chute
Chris Ware, Lynda Barry, Daniel Clowes, and other cartoonists open up in a new book by U. of C. prof Hillary Chute
By Laura Pearson
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Aline Kominsky-Crumb
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R. Crumb
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Harvey Kurtzman
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In Rotation
Nov 4, 2013
In Rotation: Saxophonist Nick Mazzarella on John Coltrane in his own words
Plus: Drummer Frank Rosaly on three hours of Deathprod, the
Reader
's Peter Margasak on vintage dance music from northern Greece, and more
By Peter Margasak
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Chicago Review Press
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Deathprod
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Helge Sten
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Roscoe Mitchell
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Tyshawn Sorey
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Skopje Jazz Festival
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Toru Takemitsu
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Virgin Classics
Arts & Culture
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Art Feature
Jun 26, 2013
Daniel Clowes under glass
A new MCA show demonstrates the uneasy relationship between art and comics.
By Noah Berlatsky
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Blogs
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Bleader
Mar 25, 2013
Mats Gustafsson, R. Crumb, and discaholism
Swedish reedist and record collector Mats Gustafsson interviews fellow discaholic R. Crumb.
By Peter Margasak
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Post No Bills
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Ken Vandermark
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Mats Gustafsson
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Corbett vs. Dempsey
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Discaholic Corner
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Bleader
Oct 2, 2012
Video
Video Drone:
Adventures in Plymptoons
A new video barely scratches the surface of surreal animator Bill Plympton
By J.R. Jones
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,
Television
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Film
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Hair High
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Idiots and Angels
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Nick Park
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Screw magazine
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Ed Begley Jr.
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Lloyd Kaufman
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Moby
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R. Crumb
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Bleader
May 17, 2012
Slideshow
Q&A:
New Yorker
art editor Francoise Mouly on
New Yorker
covers, Maurice Sendak, and more
New Yorker
art editor Francoise Mouly: Artists—they're totally adorable
By Jerome Ludwig
Tags:
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Things I Love
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Comics: Philosophy & Practice Conference
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,
Alison Bechdel
,
Ivan Brunetti
,
Charles Burns
,
Dan Clowes
,
R. Crumb
,
Phoebe Gloeckner
,
Justin Green
,
Ben Katchor
,
Aline Kominsky-Crumb
,
Francoise Mouly
,
Gary Panter
,
Joe Sacco
,
Seth
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Art Spiegelman
,
Carol Tyler
,
Chris Ware
,
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,
Nadja Spiegelman
,
TOON Books
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