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Palin A Threat To Obama
Although I understand The Courant's view on the 2008 presidential race favors the Democratic slant, it is very disconcerting to pick up the Sunday paper and be inundated with a slew of articles, cartoons and rabid opinions such as those in Bill Curry...Tags: Sarah Palin, Barack Obama, Bill Curry, Windsor Locks
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'A Brand New Launch Of G.I. Joe'
The GazetteG.I. Joe is marching back onto the comics scene under a new publisher. Comics featuring the elite G.I. Joe military unit and based on the Hasbro toys have been around since the early 1980s, starting with a long run by Marvel Comics. Dark Horse and,...Tags: G.I. Joe, Movies, Hasbro Incorporated, New Products
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'Opus,' 'Bloom County' creator Berkeley Breathed to retire from funnies after 30 years
Associated Press WriterWASHINGTON (AP) _ Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Berkeley Breathed is retiring, leaving a hole in Sunday comics pages after nearly 30 years because he wants to save his strip's main character, Opus, from being dragged down in the current political...Tags: Santa Barbara (Santa Barbara, California), Movies, Michael Moore, Books and Magazines, Washington Post Company
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Double, double, toil and ... d'oh!
For the next four nights, the legendary Macbeth, long-deceased high king of Scotland, will stride about Woolly Mammoth Theatre's stage with Homer Simpson and Barack Obama. MacHomer, the 70-minute solo show that Rick Miller, a Canadian actor, has been...Tags: John McCain, South Park, Architecture, Crimes, Family Guy
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Iraq play is a tragicomedy
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterTwo little men argue on a creaky stage, locked like electrons in orbit, while an actress wearing a powdered face and red lipstick lurks in the wings near a harried director who repeats "God willing" into a cellphone as the audience for the evening's...Tags: Crimes, Assault, Vehicles, Corruption, Corporate Crime
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Cartoon Network Mentors 'Tiger's Apprentice'
Zap2It.comForget " Kung Fu Panda." Cartoon Network wants to introduce "The Tiger's Apprentice." The cable network is creating a live-action/CGI movie based on Laurence Yep's bestselling young adult novel "Tiger's Apprentice," it was announced Thursday (Oct. 9)....Tags: Movies, Satellite and Cable Service, Tom Lee, Television, Kung Fu Panda
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Character counts: Wario, Kirby, Sonic return in new adventures
Associated Press WriterFor a self-effacing, portly little plumber, Mario may be the most ambitious guy in video games. It's not enough that he has the most recognizable face in the industry; his parents at Nintendo have promoted him everywhere, from T-shirts and lunchboxes to...Tags: Game Playing, Mickey Mouse, Computing and Information Technology, Nintendo Company Ltd., Sega Corporation
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Political Climate Too Hot For 'Opus'
Berkeley Breathed is putting his penguin on ice. The 51-year-old cartoonist says he is pulling the plug on his comic-strip career and "Opus" after Nov. 2. In an e-mail to the Los Angeles Times, Breathed wrote: "I'm destroying the village to save it. Opus...Tags: John McCain, Newspapers, Michael Moore, Fiction, Washington Post Company
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Cartoon: "Road to ruin"??
Spin CycleThis animated cartoon from Dan Shefelman for CNN pretty much sums it up: Embedded video from CNN Video...... -
Opus cartoonist to end comic strip
Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Berkeley Breathed announced yesterday the end of his 30-year comic strip career. The last Opus, the Sunday-only "sequel" strip to Outland and Bloom County, will appear in newspapers, including The Baltimore Sun, on Nov....Tags: John McCain
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Quick Takes
Artist says GOP misses song context The John McCain campaign has sounded echoes of Ronald Reagan's 1984 campaign gaffe of adopting Bruce Springsteen's antiwar song "Born in the U.S.A." by using the Martina McBride country hit "Independence Day" to...Tags: Bruce Springsteen, Sarah Palin, Movies, Music, Local Elections
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An End To Opus
Los Angeles TimesBerkeley Breathed is putting his penguin on ice. The 51-year-old cartoonist said he will pull the plug on his comic-strip career and "Opus" after Nov. 2. In an e-mail to the Los Angeles Times, the 51-year-old Breathed wrote: "I'm destroying the village...Tags: John McCain, Newspapers, Michael Moore, Fiction, Washington Post Company
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