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The Best Graphic Novels of 2013

by Village Voice

December 11, 2013

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Perverse heroines and supreme sacrifices in the year’s best comics.

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Sports

New York’s Met: A Fan’s Notes on Keith Hernandez

“New Yorkers don't easily accept ballplayers. They almost always come from somewhere else, itinerants and mercenaries, and most of them are rejected. Those who are accepted seem to have been part of New York forever. Hernandez is one of them.”

by Pete Hamill

April 7, 2020
TV

Would You Give These Kids $150 Million to Start a TV Network? Rupert Murdoch Did

"On Sunday, April 5, the Fox Broadcasting Company will launch its attack on the Big Three's primetime programs. Is America ready for FBC? Is FBC ready for America?"

by Jan Hoffman

April 7, 2020
Healthcare

Emergency Room, 1977

"On a freezing Friday night I visit Kings County Hospital. Depression hits as soon as I walk through the front doors"

by Denis Hamill

March 27, 2020
From The Archives

The Preppy Murder: Who’s on Trial?

"The intense public interest surrounding this case now extends beyond the early prurient reactions, beyond the photogenic face of Robert Chambers, beyond the upscale setting. The death of Jennifer Levin touched a nerve, particularly after the defense began trying to excuse it"

by C.Carr

March 31, 2020
From The Archives

The Ballad of Tom Hill

“Tom, who now lives in the Bronx, was raised on a plantation in the Delta. Emmett Till was one of his best friends. Indeed, he was with Till until about 7 p.m. on the horrible, legendary 1955 night when Till was murdered allegedly for whistling at a white woman.”

by Paul Cowan

March 25, 2020
From The Archives

Black Monday, 1987: Wrong Medicine

"While it's tempting to celebrate exuberantly the demise of yuppie culture and all the other horrendous phenomena of the Reagan/Thatcher/Koch era, capitalism is not notable for its equitable division of pain"

by Doug Henwood

March 11, 2020

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EC Comics Artist’s Edition, Volume 1

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Fantagraphics Books

2/11

The Adventures of Jodelle

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DC Comics

3/11

Before Watchmen: Comedian/Rorschach Deluxe Edition

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Fantagraphics Books

4/11

Ray and Joe: The Story of a Man and His Dead Friend

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Sequart

5/11

Curing the Postmodern Blues

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Bantam

6/11

Law of the Desert Born

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SelfMadeHero

7/11

Sandcastle

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Dark Horse

8/11

Sacrifice

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Black Mask

9/11

Occupy Comics

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Vanguard

10/11

The Alluring Art of Margaret Brundage

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First Second

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Battling Boy

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