Evel Knievel
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Star-spangled motorcycle daredevil EVEL KNIEVEL (1938 –2007) showed the world you can be fearless and self-destructive and — if you understand hype — become an American icon. He stole his first bike. He jumped a […]
Read This PostAuthor: Annie Nocenti
Annie Nocenti’s latest graphic novels are Ruby Falls (with Flavia Biondi) and The Seeds (with David Aja) for Berger Books/Dark Horse. She wrote Daredevil, Longshot and Typhoid for Marvel and Catwoman, Katana and Klarion for DC. Her journalism has appeared in Details, PRINT, Filmmaker, Stop Smiling, Scenario and more. Her falcon tale, The Most Expensive Road Trip in the World, appears in Anthony Bourdain’s Best Travel Writing 2008. Her documentary Disarming Falcons was featured at DOC NYC 2014. Her filmmaking experiences in Haiti are detailed in Goudou Goudou for HILOBROW. She was given the Humanitarian Award at the Tulsa International Film Festival for her work in Haiti. She was a writer on MAGIC CITY – The Art of the Street (2016), and she is one of the producers of MARVEL: Universe of Super Heroes, (2018 – 2022).
Leonard Cohen
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When LEONARD COHEN (born 1934) sings, it is at once a whisper, a prayer, a confession, a chant, a lullaby, a benediction in the ear. He has misplaced a secret. He yearns to tell us, […]
Read This PostWalt Kelly
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“My nose is blown, doc,” mopes a bandaged bloodhound cop as he sags against a panel border. In “No Nose is Good Nose,” Dr. Howland Owl laughs at the patient, violating his “hippocritical oaf.” Set […]
Read This PostRoman Polanski
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The life and films of ROMAN POLANSKI (born 1933) in turn foreshadow, stalk and haunt each other. His films seem apolitical, but the claustrophobia of his childhood — in the Kraków Ghetto, surrounded by barbed […]
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