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Scary Monsters and Super Creeps: Dundalk comics legend Bernie Wrightson retires
Late last month, Dundalk boy and ghoulish comics hero Bernie Wrightson announced his retirement via Facebook. The message, written by his wife Liz Wrightson, reads in part: "Last November Bernie began falling again, and having obvious problems with perception. He had to undergo yet another brain surgery to relieve bleeding, and then spend several weeks undergoing in-patient rehabilitation. Unfortunately, it appears that he has lasting damage: he has extremely limited function on his left side, and is unable to walk or reliably use his left hand, among other limitations." Accompanying the message, a photo of Wrightson, gaunt though smiling wide in a hospital...
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Scary Monsters and Super Creeps: Dundalk comics legend Bernie Wrightson retires
Late last month, Dundalk boy and ghoulish comics hero Bernie Wrightson announced his retirement via Facebook. The message, written by his wife Liz Wrightson, reads in part: "Last November Bernie began falling again, and having obvious problems with...
Top Ten Television Shows of 2016
1. “Stranger Things” (Netflix)
There are the obvious precedents for this story about a bunch of kids in ’80s Midwest who stumble upon an alternate universe after their friend goes missing ("The X-Files," early Stephen King, "E.T.") and there is the...
City Paper's Summer Beach Reads
Alice Munro, “Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage: Stories” (Alfred A. Knopf)
My requirement for a good summer vacation read is tricky. I like to fall into a book, the way you stand backwards on the edge of a pool and free fall. And...
Clicking and Streaming: Films scored by the late Edgar Froese and Tangerine Dream
Edgar Froese, founder of Tangerine Dream, died last week, and part of his legacy was an impact on film scoring that has yet to be fully unpacked. Along with John Carpenter, Giorgio Moroder, Vangelis, and Claudio Simonetti, his work with Tangerine Dream...
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Situation No. 1: If you meet resistance or doubt, say this: “Ha! This diversion can’t slow me down, because I am in possession of an invisible magical sword!” And then brandish a few charismatic swipes of your sword to prove...
The Mail 8/27/14
Suicide Solution
I would be remiss to not respond to Mr. Jon Swift’s reply (The Mail, Aug. 20) to my letter that ran in the Aug. 6 edition of City Paper regarding best practices in reporting on the topic of suicide.
Mr. Swift, it seems that buried in...
Case Closed
The Wire is dead. There will be no waiting to see if the new season is going to be approved by HBO executives. There will be no more wondering what's going to happen to beloved characters when it comes back on the air. There will be no more stumbling...