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'Shattered Glass' It Ain't
Part confessional, part greatest hits collection, Rabid Nun offers a cursory look at the one place in American journal where it's still okay to lie -- the checkout line tabloids.
Columbus Alive |
J. Caleb Mozzocco |
12-15-2005 |
Nonfiction
Canonizing Morrissey
"MetroDaddy" Mark Simpson offers a unique sortabiography of the former Smiths frontman -- one worth reading.
Columbus Alive |
J. Caleb Mozzocco |
10-27-2005 |
Nonfiction
Tags: Mark Simpson, Saint Morrissey
All You Wanted to Know About Mackin'
King Flex offers wannabe playas dubious advice for scoring more high quality honeys and fewer chickenheads and hoodrats.
Columbus Alive |
J. Caleb Mozzocco |
09-29-2005 |
Nonfiction
Fossil Feud
Graphic novel digs up the too good to be anything but true story of the warring paleontologists who introudced America to the dinosuars, plus the sex secrets of alternative cartoonists.
Columbus Alive |
J. Caleb Mozzocco |
09-29-2005 |
Nonfiction
Read Menace
Author salvages a story about that other time we almost had a nuclear war with the U.S.S.R.
Columbus Alive |
J. Caleb Mozzocco |
09-22-2005 |
Nonfiction
Running On Empty
Sure gas prices are getting astronomical, but at least we still have gas to pay a lot of money for. As Richard Heinberg vividly illustrates, that might not always be the case.
Columbus Alive |
Nikki Davis |
09-08-2005 |
Nonfiction
Double Billed
Tom Robbins' Wild Ducks Flying Backwards re-presents the author's shorter works -- not that there's anything wrong with that.
Columbus Alive |
J. Caleb Mozzocco |
08-25-2005 |
Nonfiction
The Cute Shall Inherit the Earth
Indie comics whiz James Kochalka offers his most important and irresistible work to date -- his manifesto.
Columbus Alive |
J. Caleb Mozzocco |
08-17-2005 |
Nonfiction
Wall to Wall Wal-Mart Bashing
Just when you thought you'd heard it all before, a new book counts out even more reasons why you should hate the superstore.
Columbus Alive |
Nikki Davis |
08-11-2005 |
Nonfiction
101, If You Count the Byline
Biased author Bernard Goldberg's 100 People Who Are Ruining America offers a helpful list of who to hate
Columbus Alive |
J. Caleb Mozzocco |
07-28-2005 |
Nonfiction
Deep Impact
Cartoonist Ward Sutton takes and passes the book-collection test.
Columbus Alive |
J. Caleb Mozzocco |
06-30-2005 |
Nonfiction
London Calling
A new book offers a guided tour of the Clash's history -- and city.
Columbus Alive |
Stephen Slaybaugh |
06-16-2005 |
Nonfiction
So You Want To Be Batman...
Batman may have written the book on crime-fighting, but you get to read it.
Columbus Alive |
J. Caleb Mozzocco |
06-09-2005 |
Nonfiction
Stuff Preservation
A Smithsonian Institution conservator breaks down how to preserve your personal treasures, from paintings to kids' macaroni art.
Columbus Alive |
Melissa Starker |
06-02-2005 |
Nonfiction
Chow Down With Chowhound.com -- Offline
The food-finding Web site offers a hardcopy of its recommendations for the best weird jellies and Pakistani cabbie fuel in New York City.
Columbus Alive |
G.A. Benton |
04-28-2005 |
Nonfiction