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Jillian Burt: Alexandra Lange and Rosanne Cash, Heirs to Edith Wharton and Jane Austen

The critic's willingness to engage with thorny big issues is important, but in reading Lange's blog, and her tweets, I've become struck by how her point is made through the patient accumulation of sharply observed ordinary details.

Fringe: Death, space, soil and a quintet

Mary Carpenter's solo performance is, as she explains, her own work, that of "a non-doctor, but practitioner." The show, though based on her experience navigating the minefield of modern mourning rituals - after losing her high school boyfriend, her brother, and finally, close friend and Philly Comedy–Sportz icon Mike Young - is, at its core, a comic piece. After all, Carpenter has been a ...

Angelina Jolie visits Pakistan flood victims; Amy Poehler to host 'SNL' season premiere; and more

U.N. Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie visited northwestern Pakistan on Tuesday to help draw more of the world's attention to the flood victims' plight. Plus, items on Amy Poehler, Betty White and more in The Morning After.

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“Hyperbole and a Half” looks simple-minded and crude at first. The unrefined strips of comics, similar to an emo teen’s Hot Topic t-shirt, are mashed together with lines of text.

Toonzone Goes "MAD" Interviewing Kevin Shinick and Mark Marek

In 1952, Harvey Kurtzman and William Gaines changed the face of topical humor, if not the entire American cultural landscape, with the publication of MAD magazine (even if it was originally a comic book). Billed as "humor in a jugular vein," its... [read more]