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The book spares no one. Politicians, sports stars, celebrities, corporations, publishers, crossing guards––all fair game. If you are a scumbag or just somebody who they find annoying there is a fair chance you will be on the list.
Politics has long been a passion for Jackie Mason and he is well known for his tough and outspoken position on many issues. He is not one to sidestep an issue no matter how sticky. Together with his friend and collaborator, the well–known divorce attorney Raoul Lionel Felder, he has hosted a weekly PBS talk television series "Crossing The Line" and a BBC radio show "The Mason–Felder Report", and currently he has a weekly talk show on the Comcast Network.
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Cheap Awful Jokes and simply stupid.......2007-10-07
I guess I thought it would give me a laugh or two based on some of highlighted phases, "Jews for Jesus" etc. However, it was yet another comedian trying to join the Lewis Black, Daily Show or Bill Maher bandwagon of political humor. Too bad this comedian is not as funny nor has diverse content.
After the first few pages the book simply turns into a complaining/vent session of everything which the authors deeply disagrees with - let me summarize:
Any Jew who is against Israel
Any political organization against Israel politics
Any person who remotely supports the Holocaust
Any non-Conservative
and silly jokes to those in media which require teasing (ie. Al Sharpton, Michael Moore, Jesse Jackson, Britney, etc.)
There are many other comedian with similar content and jokes but they are really funny whereas this book just takes a small segment of its victim and highlights it as their basis for existence.
Save yourself money and time. If you want something funny watch a truly funny comedian. Allow Jackie to perform on Broadway and advise him to keep the stand-up act going but stay away from the typewriter.
Useful in only one regard.......2007-09-26
Perhaps I'm just getting too old... I can vaguely remember back in the early days of television when some of what Jackie Mason said was actually funny.
But the only way this book could been any worse would have been if Alan Derschowitz had done the editing and Ann Coulter's face had been on the cover. (Although, to be fair, Neither Mr. Mason nor Mr. Felder is very much less unappealing to behold than Ms. Coulter)
Still, this book did add something to my store of knowledge. Based upon the definitions given in the introduction, I can now state with some authority that:
1. Anyone who either buys a book written by a faded borscht belt comedian and a celebrity divorce lawyer for more than 39 cents on a remainders table OR takes seriously anything contained in said book - is a schmuck.
2. Anyone who actually writes such a book as this one AND puts his own name on it - is a putz.
okay read.......2007-08-24
It is an okay read, but I won't recommand buying it. Borrow it from the library or something.
The incessant whine of the privileged has never been so shrill.......2007-07-12
Imagine if you will that you are at a dinner. Your host is a rather amusing Republican; and he may have been a liberal in his youth, but that only makes his current political stance all that more forceful. He begins with a few light jokes, some witty repartee and then drags you into a longwinded and ultimately self-righteous sermon about everything that is wrong with America. Now imagine that he's Jewish or at least knows enough Yiddish to fake it. That's the essence of this book.
As with Goldberg's 39 People Screwing Up America, this is one of those books from the Republican Shriek Factory. Forget about Bush committing us to a fruitless war and practically legitimizing torture. Forget about the blank check that Bush got from a Republican Congress to keep this war going. Hell forget about Ann Coulter, Bill O'Reilly, FEMA or Ken Lay from Enron. No, in this world, the worst human being is Al Gore (who is lying - so sayeth the ancient Jewish comedians without humor) and Al Sharpton. Oh and of course we can't have a book like this without slamming on Barbara Streisand.
Even Goldberg threw in a few personalities that we could all agree on - like Barbara Walters dumbing down the news.
But this book is just a combination of smug and defensive from beginning to end. And even better, it's new but it reads like an old NY Post article. These guys still think that Bill Clinton's sex scandal is more odious than Bush's war. Only no one died in that sex scandal and at this point I thought no one cared. ANd Bill Maher? Yep, he said that the 9/11 terrorists weren't cowardly. The factg that bravery and cowardice have really nothing to do with their actions is second nature. Nope, you have to call your enemies cowardly. The words "evil" or "vicious" are only accurate; so why bother with them?
This is a book that was old before its time. Had it been published in the early part of the decade when Bush could do no wrong and his willing cheerleaders sang his praises, it might have been a hit; especially among those who think that throwing in a Yiddish word or two is the height of comedy (ie. goyim). Now it's just sad.
Milding Amusing At Best.......2007-06-09
Lighthearted approach to some heavyweight topics. It's a very quick read about dozens of people, places, organizations, countries, governments that don't measure up to he way Mason and Felder's look at the world and the way it oughta' be. Mason does comedy standup about world events, so maybe he's qualified in his contributions to the written slam fest. -But who's this Raoul Felder? -A "celebrity divorce lawyer," reads the book jacket. One might ask: "What's his world-view expertise?"
In any event, the book's stacked with truly cutting opinions and soft-touch humor about personalities from Barbra Streisand, Barry Bonds, Bill Clinton, Ray Nagin, and even Pablo Picasso...to entities like the NCAA, Afghanistan, the French, and the New York Times. Plus criticisms about automatic toilets and sinks? True, this topic has not been overlooked. The casual funniness balances the biting lampooning in ways that only Mason can effect...without venom or hate. You can sort of tell which parts were Mason's and which were Felders.
Regularly, they parlay a compelling "Jewish" flavor to the work by including references to Jewish events or people or words. The authors often pepper in terms like feh, meshpucha, yenta, et. al. I don't exactly know the meaning of these words; but somehow, they worked for this reader. Ah, but, then, too, the title of the book is "Schmucks!" What should we expect? Is it light Jewish humor packaged for Gentiles. [The copyright for this book is by Krapatakin? Might there be some kind of hidden humor here only the writers would know about... (!?)]
Mason and Felder confront the notion that "...just because a person is absolutely first-class in one field does not mean [he/] she should be respected in another," the point of a couple of pages on Susan Sarandon. Maybe this says it all, as "Schmucks!" is all over the board, definitely overly-political [however lite] in its scope, and is only marginally amusing. It's Not at all "material that will leave you crying with laughter," as the dust cover promises; but it is interesting, with a lot of "yeah, I agree with that" reader reaction.
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- Mason's Pointy Wit
- Oy vey, a world full of meshugeh shmucks!
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Schmucks! CD: Our Favorite Fakes, Frauds, Lowlifes, Liars, the Armed and Dangerous, and Good Guys Gone Bad
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Release Date: 2007-03-27 |
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Jackie Mason, one of the true kings of comedy, and his partner in crime, former federal prosecutor and celebrity attorney, Raoul Felder, go after America's lowlifes, scumbags, and everyone else who really gets on their nerves.
Schmucks! combines Mason's and Felder's nails-to-the-wall political satire—impeccable timing with insightful observations on the foibles of modern life to create material that will leave you crying with laughter.
Just a few of the Schmucks included are:
- Bill Clinton
- Mel Gibson
- Barbra Streisand
- Katie Couric
- Barry Bonds
- And a cast of hundreds
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Mason's Pointy Wit.......2007-05-03
When a news maker makes themself a special spot on page six daily by their actions...They are SCHMUCKS!
Jackie Mason, humorist, Comedian and winner for his one man Broadway show "The World According to Me", takes on this challenge of pointing out the "Schmucks" of the world in this abridged CD.
In someways, this seem like an updating of some of "World". He takes on such Schmucks like Bill & Hillary Clinton, Jews for Jesus, Madonna and France with his pointed humor. His wit is razor sharp and so are some of the points he takes on.
Does he make sense? More than you will know. This is more than comedy, it is a lesson in why people do stupid things. His viewpoints make for good listening
Jackie, all I hope is I am not on next year's list!
Bennet Pomerantz AUDIOWORLD
Oy vey, a world full of meshugeh shmucks!.......2007-04-04
Jackie Mason and Raoul Felder combine comedy and common sense and mix it with a whole lotta chutzpeh to stick it to shmuck after filfthy schmuck. You can practically hear Mason's voice speaking from the pages, laying insult upon insult in joyous irreverance for the self-appointed schmucks in the world. Doesn't matter if you're dead or alive, if you're a shmuck, you can't even hide in the dirt. Rich schmucks, dead schmucks, globo-schmucks and even dumb shmucks from Yasser Arafat to Katie Couric get lambasted. From now on, whenever Al Sharpton's face pops up on your TV screen, you'll be shouting "praise the lard". At the end you'll wonder, "If these guys are all schmucks, what in the world does it take to become a putz?"
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Whatever Happened to "Super Joe"?: Catching Up With 45 Good Old Guys From The Bad Old Days of Cleveland Indians
Russell Schneider
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From the mid-1950s through the mid-1990s, the Cleveland Indians fielded team after team that just couldn't win. Those forty long years, before the opening of Jacobs Field and the "era of champions," are remembered by many as the "bad old days."
Yet each of those lousy teams had its share of pretty good guys, likeable and colorful young men who earned a spot in fans' hearts, if not the Hall of Fame.
Guys like "Super Joe" Charboneau, whose Rookie of the Year season inspired a nickname, a book, and a theme song, but whose career flamed out fast. Or Gomer Hodge, the former farm boy who went 4-for-4 in his first plate appearances with the Tribe and proudly announced that he had a 4.000 batting average.
Veteran sportswriter Russell Schneider caught up with 45 former Indians players who played in Cleveland during the "bad old days" and found out what they think now about their playing days and their lives after baseball.
There's good-fielding shortstop Duane Kuiper, who was satisfied hitting just one home run in eight seasons because, he said, "Any more than that and people start expecting them." And former knuckleball pitcher Tom Candiotti, who never pitched a no-hitter but did throw a perfect game--as a pro bowler.
"Immortal" Joe Azcue tried hard to live up to his early nickname but whose batting average proved him merely human. And shortstop Frank Duffy considered the Indians of the mid-'70s "just like a happy family" compared to what he found when he was traded to the Boston Red Sox.
Sometimes nostalgic, sometimes tinged with disappointment, often humorous and insightful, their stories will take Tribe fans back to an age before multi-million dollar superstars, when the players were in it for the love of the game.
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A MUST READ .......2007-01-14
THIS BOOK CONTAINS INTERVIEWS WITH 45 EX CLEVELAND INDIANS SOME OF WHOM WERE GOOD BUT MOST WERE NOT THAT GOOD. AUTHOR RUSS SCHNEIDER BRINGS US BACK TO THE BAD OLD DAYS WITH INTERVIEWS WITH PLAYERS FROM THE 50'S TO THE 90'S. SOME OF THE NAMES INCLUDED ARE: THE IMMORTAL JOE AZCUE, SUPER JOE CHARBONEAU, MUDCAR GRANT, STUNNING STEVE DUNNING AND GOMER HODGE. IT IS A TRIP DOWN MEMORY LANE OF TRIBE HISTORY WHEN THEY WERE NOT VERY GOOD. THIS BOOK BRINGS BACK MANY MANY WONDERFUL AND NOSTALGIC MEMORIES. I HIGHLY RECOMEND THIS BOOK FOR TRIBE FANS WHO FOLLOWED THE TEAM FROM THE 60'S TO THE 90'S. A MUST READ FOR THE NOSTALGIC INDIAN FAN.
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In
The Bad Guys Won, award-winning former
Sports Illustrated baseball writer Jeff Pearlman returns to an innocent time when a city worshipped a man named Mookie and the Yankees were the second-best team in New York.
It was 1986, and the New York Mets won 108 regular-season games and the World Series, capturing the hearts (and other assorted body parts) of fans everywhere. But their greatness on the field was nearly eclipsed by how bad they were off it. Led by the indomitable Keith Hernandez and the young dynamic duo of Dwight Gooden and Darryl Strawberry, along with the gallant Scum Bunch, the Amazin's left a wide trail of wreckage in their wake -- hotel rooms, charter planes, a bar in Houston, and most famously Bill Buckner and the hated Boston Red Sox.
With an unforgettable cast of characters -- including Doc, Straw, the Kid, Nails, Mex, and manager Davey Johnson -- this "affectionate but critical look at this exciting season" (
Publishers Weekly) celebrates the last of baseball's arrogant, insane, rock-and-roll-and-party-all-night teams, exploring what could have been, what should have been, and what never was.
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Wonderful Read on a Great Team filled with Bad People.......2007-09-21
As a lifelong Cincinnati Reds fan, my hatred of the 1986 Mets began during that season with a game on July 22, which was covered in the book, when then-Mets third baseman Ray Knight sucker punched Eric Davis, after a hard slide into third base. It was clear even then that this was a team you did not want to take to Sunday Mass.
Remarkably, in between the drugs, womanizing, booze, animal mutilation, gambling, and barroom brawls, the '86 Mets were able to play good enough baseball to win a World Series championship. And it was not just that they won, but how they won that made this team so memorable. First, by defeating the Houston Astros in dramatic fashion to win the NLCS, and then the Boston Red Sox in what has to be one of the greatest World Series ever played, especially Game 6. When you read Parlman's account, it is amazing this team did not fold under the pressures so many of its players inflicted on themselves. Of course, they did not collapse, in spite of themselves, and they won simply because they were that good of a team.
You also wonder how great this team could have been had so many of its players not self destructed. It is a question we will never know the answer to, but we know what happened in 1986, and Pearlman's in-depth coverage of the Mets that year gives a baseball fan useful insights into this troubled team's foibles and complexities.
Great book for a Met fan.......2007-08-29
Real interesting book about the 86 Mets. Read it while I was on vacation in the Florida Keys. You will enjoy it if you like baseball.
Excellent Read.......2007-03-21
As a big Mets fan who didnt get to remember this era this book filled me in with some great details about about my beloved 86 Mets. Hearing the first hand accounts of the players, trainers and management shed light on the championship Mets and how their hard partying led to the demise of what could have a been a dynasty.
Truly one of the best sports books ever written.......2007-01-05
Jeff Pearlman does the most amazing job following this unique, wild, out of control and self-destructive Met's team that had as much explosive talent as any team ever had.
You really feel like you are on the bus, in the dugout, etc.
A great read for any Sports fan or really anyone who loves to read about the behind the scenes stories of Sports teams, Rock Bands, etc.
I is a lot more exciting than a novel and Pearlman does such a great job on focusing on all of the players and the team as a hole. The insanity and recklessness of these players, most of them who were so young, so talented and had a chemistry that would bring out the best of themselves on the field, but the worst of themselves off the field. Explosive on and off.
Sometimes, I forget that in reality, greatly talented athletes, in their 20s, are usually immature young men who have had a lot of privilege and a lot of covering up of their off field activities. Remember when young, the feeling like you could live forever and not caring in the slightest about having to pay a price for ones abuses ?
It is a celebration of baseball played to its highest level, but it is also a story of how their abuses, which were past over when young, would catch up to them later.
GREAT, GREAT book.
Jon
A good read for any baseball fan.......2006-12-30
In 1970 I was 8 years old and really couldn't care less about baseball. On april 22nd of that year my Aunt Marge and Uncle Nick invited me to go with them with their two daughters to see my first Mets game at Shea Stadium. Sure, we were in the Upper Deck, four miles away from the action, but as Tom Seaver struck out the last ten Padres he faced and finished with a major leage tying record 19 strikeouts for the game, I was hooked. Even though I was an awful baseball player at the age of 8 and 9 (I never even got on base without either being walked or hit by a pitch until I was ten, and then it was either by an error or a fielder's choice) by eleven years old I finally was able to take advantage of some god-given talent, and by 12 years old was on the little league All-Star team. I was a shortstop by this time, but my passion was pitching. The numbers on uniforms didn't go up to 41 at the time, so I wore #5 (4 + 1) to show my allegience to Seaver. I would try to scrape my right knee on the clay with every pitch, and the moleskin on my right spike would have to be replaced every few games from dragging through the dirt. I was a Seaver wannabe through and through, and even into my high-school playing days, when Seaver was ultimately dealt to the Reds in 1977, my love of Seaver and his perfect delivery and pitching motion made me continue to emulate Seaver, although I remained a Mets Fan.
In 1973 my heart was broken by the A's, as they beat the team I so desperately was rooting for. Even though I had a great time watching them dismantle what I felt was a superior Reds team to get to the World Series (the pummeling of Bud Harrelson by Pete Rose not withstanding), I had never felt the joy of winning the ultimate series, and felt the void had to be filled, especially living amongst many Yankee fans in southwest Connecticut.
Finally, in 1986, I realized my ultimate goal of experiencing a World Series Championship was going to be accomplished. The fact that my college roomate (a Sox fan from Enfield, CT) called me when Boston was one out away from clinching the series made it that much more special.
The book brought back a lot of special memories for me. I'm not sure I had to be reminded about all of the drugs that were ingested during that time by the Mets (and their fans), but all in all it was a good book and took me only a few hours to read.
My mother-in-law, perhaps one of the gretaest Mets fans ever (since 1962)and perhapps the best Lenny Dykstra fan to grace the planet (she denies he ever hit the juice)gave the book to me for Christmas after she read it first, and also enjoyed it immensely.
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Schmucks! LP: Our Favorite Fakes, Frauds, Lowlifes, Liars, the Armed and Dangerous, and Good Guys Gone Bad
Jackie Mason , and
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Jackie Mason, one of the true kings of comedy, and his partner in crime, former federal prosecutor and celebrity attorney Raoul Felder, go after America's lowlifes, scumbags, and everyone else who really gets on their nerves.
This book spares no one. Politicians, sports stars, celebrities, corporations, publishers, crossing guards—they're all fair game. If you are a Schmuck, or just someone who Jackie and Raoul find annoying, there is a fair chance you are on the list.
Schmucks! combines Mason's and Felder's nails-to-the-wall political satire—impeccable timing with insightful observations on the foibles of modern life—to create material that will leave you crying with laughter.
Just a few of the Schmucks included:
- Bill Clinton
- Mel Gibson
- Barbra Streisand
- Katie Couric
- Barry Bonds
- And a cast of hundreds
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MASON at his best!.......2007-03-31
I love Jackie Mason and his unique humor! My only regret is that I couldn't hear his voice - "so, vat I am telling tellink you awready, "You showd buy it, und I am promisink you: You vill love it! If not - nu, you're a schmuck too....."
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Lose That Loser and Find the Right Guy: Stop Falling for Mr. Unavailable, Mr. Unreliable, Mr. Bad Boy, Mr. Needy, Mr. Married Man, and Mr. Sex Maniac
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Women in bad or dead-end relationships often ask themselves: "Why do I constantly end up with the wrong guy? Why do I idealize my man and put him on a pedestal when I should be kicking him to the curb? Isn't that bastard in my bed because I let him in?" With interactive features including "The Bastard Test" and "Strategies to See Through the Shining Armor," this book helps a woman identify the wrong type of man, change negative dating habits, and build a relationship that is right for her.
Humorous, punchy, frank, and instructive, Lose That Loser and Find the Right Guy is filled with helpful insights, advice, and pointers for turning around the love life of any woman who's been around the block a few times with Mr. Definitely-Not-Right. Enhanced by its lively, contemporary, full-color design, this book shows women how to find personal contentment and relationship bliss.
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Very good read..........2006-05-25
At first, I thought this book was meant to be funny...of some sorts...I don't know why...perhaps it's the title.
However, this book turned out to be very good and it's easy to read. I read it in one sitting. I did however go back and do the exercises. It's very thought provoking and full of self help information to get any woman to come into reality about what type of man she's been dating....
In addition, the book is very colorful. It's also not a large thick book, it fits into one of my Coach bags perfectly.
The author covers a variety of men and gives them "Mister" titles. She also gives you execises to complete so you can see the pattern you've established regarding the types of men you've dated over the years. Being able to see you pattern will eventually help you to not pick those types of men and move forward to finding man that is not perfect, but right for you.
It's a handy little self help read....
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- The Best Among Them
- Absolutely best superhero/mutant series around.
- still funny and still satirical
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- Milligan + Allred = Greatness
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X-Statix, Vol. 2: Good Guys and Bad Guys
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Peter Milligan and Mike Allred present a bizarre new vision of the ever-popular X-Men. The mutants in X-STATIX have seen "Survivor" and they know that fame is the ultimate currency and they're cashing in on their special ability. Now the squad is torn apart by interior squabbles. When push comes to shove, will the team's careers end at their own hands?
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The Best Among Them.......2006-03-19
Just after changing their name from X-Force to X-Statix, and with the raw wounds of loosing one of their oldest and dearest members, the team finds themselves struggling to find their direction. With O-Force, another band of celebrity mutants formed to steal their thunder, everyone must decide if they even want to be a team anymore. Add to all this a disturbed young mutant named Arnie who had the ability to warp and change reality and a cruel sense of humor and you have an volatile mix waiting to explode.
This graphic novel is Milligan at his best. The story actually keeps the reader on the edge of their seat and turning pages from start to finish. The characterization is delicious to devour, and some of the changes and twists at the end had me actually talking outloud to the book (you know, things like " Don't do it!" and " Oh no!" the things you hope no one heard you say outloud to a book)
Not only is this Milligan's finest hour, Allred's art is always interesting and fits the mood of the book like a glove.
Please do yourself a favor and check this graphic out. While you wouldn't need to read X-Force vol. 1 and/or vol.2 to understand what's going on, it would help.
Recommended.
Absolutely best superhero/mutant series around........2004-04-21
THE FACTS: writer: Peter Milligan, artists: Mike Allred, Darwin Cooke, Paul Pope; reprints "X-Statix" # 1-5. MY OPINION: I think it's the best mature superhero series being published yet. First of all, the stories (which seem very non-complicated at the first sight) are really original and make reader read all the book in one sitting. They are focusing on the very important fears touching many people today: fear of dehumanization. The world in "X-Statix" is turning living persons into objects in the most extreme way of all: it makes them sell their blood, beliefs, souls and finally life...all that for feeling that they have point in their lives (which seems to be lie all along). Young mutants are turning themselves into objects of desires of our society, society which otherwise would hate them. The characterization is great: the chatacters are really believeable. Milligan's drawings are made in the style of pop-art which is perfect for this kind of script. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED !!!
still funny and still satirical.......2003-11-24
collects x-statix #1-5. story arc focuses on mysterious fan boy, a mutant obsessed with u-go girl and upset over her death. the group has personal tensions (of course) and a rival group called the "o-men". highlights include a "steamy" scene in x-statix's community shower, venus dee milo joins, and a mutant named corkscrew makes his appearance and quickly meets his demise ... at the hands of doop?!
still great.......2003-11-24
collects x-statix #6-10, wolverine and doop #1-2, and the x-statix story from x-men unlimited #41. a great collection. the main story arc focuses on venus dee milo and orphan who has left the team and who seems to be on a violent rampage. but the rest of the collection is even better. has a superb issue featuring the diaries of edie sawyer with the revelation of how she chose her name, and really great artwork from philip bond, the first x-statix guest artwork i've really liked. the wolvie/doop storyline is fun and frivolous, while the x-unlimited story is also good, a nice spoof on a hard day's night with some focus on myles (pant pant).
Milligan + Allred = Greatness.......2003-10-11
After the mildly disappointing (yet still recommended) "X-Force: The Final Chapter", Milligan and Allred change the name of the team to X-Statix, and add the brilliant Venus De Milo to the cast. The results are a return to form to their highly recommended "X-Force: New Beginnings" TPB.
Milligan continues to rewrite standard superteam comics with refreshing imagination and biting satire. The Allreds continue to dazzle with sharp, stylish imagery and vivid colors. I continue to thank whoever put them together in the first place. The writing and art work perfectly together to present this iconoclastic material to maximum impact.
The characters all look great, and behave distinctly, which helps to hold the reader's interest regardless of who is the focal point at any given time. Often when superheroes team up, there's some overlap in characterization. This usually seems to be due in part to a particular writer's lack of differentation between characters, which is often sacrificed in favor of keeping the plot moving. There also tends to be some overlap due to the general behavioral similarity, or inherent heroism of a superteam's members. Milligan takes extra care in creating very distinctive personalities. Of course, this also leads to more conflict than is typically found in a superteam comic. But this conflict also adds tremendously to the power of the work.
While each of the five issues presented here form a complete story arc, the work does suffer somewhat when an artist fills in for Allred. Darwyn Cooke's style has worked reasonably well in the past, and is represented in a short section of this book without detracting from the continuity of the story arc. Paul Pope, on the other hand, fails to live up to the almost impossibly lofty standard set by Allred. Pope takes on the final segment of the book, and while the story still moves and has its impact, primarily due to Milligan's admirable skills (although I find myself going back to that storyline and questioning Guy's decisionmaking in respects to his dealing with Arnie), Pope's pencils appear sloppy and even out of sync with Laura Allred's usually fantastic colors.
Besides the minor art gripe, "X-Statix: Good Omens" is an outstanding, darkly satirical depiction of super mutants banding together as heroes in a world apparently gone crazy, yet one which may mirror our own even more so than the one traditionally presented in the pages of mainstream comics. I am looking forward to getting the next TPB volume.
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Bible Heroes & Bad Guys
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As part of the new 252 series for boys, Bible Heroes and Bad Guys will excite, teach, and hold the attention of boys 8 to 12. Boys will come away from reading these books with a knowledge of how to be deeper, cooler, stronger, smarter for God.
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Great for reluctant readers--especially elementary school boys.......2005-12-14
My reluctant reader has this about memorized!! We're buying another from the series soon. Not the greatest in parent's opinion but currently son is saving it for "his own son"!!
Exciting Stuff!.......2004-06-18
Despite a few mistakes as the previous reviewer mentioned, this book is absolutely amazing. My nine-year-old son has turned this book into a well-read, crinkled, well-loved book that he constantly reads and re-reads. Because of the addition of the verses inside, he's also turned to his Bible to continue reading more about each Hero or Bad Guy and to see what God has to say about these people. The language the authors use has enabled my son to relate to the book, to understand it, and to enjoy reading. I would recommend this to anyone (and already have!) who have boys (or even girls) who want a "cool" read while learning just how exciting the Bible really is!
Bible Heroes & Bad Guys.......2004-06-05
Apparently this book was not proofread before going to press. I have found many mistakes and typos. One example, is on page 21 under "Bible Supercharge": the Bible reference is "Proverbs 37:3". When I wrote to the publisher about it and other mistakes, I received no response.
Another rather annoying aspect is the language used. I realize that the authors are trying to be "hip" so as to communicate on a child's level, but I found I had to stop continuously and explain to my son "what that means". We just don't talk that way, and my kids have never heard of many of the phrases used.
This book started with a good idea, but it could have been so much better. The most disappointing aspect was the apparent sloppiness and uncaring attitude of the publisher.
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A very good comic figure reference.......2003-12-18
I got this book for my son who loves to draw and will practice endlessly when he enjoys the subject. Currently he enjoys tracing drawings to *isolate* lines and get a sense of what is actually necessary to make the entire picture. Sometimes this is difficult to picture in his head but with tracing it becomes simple... It gives him the ability to learn proportion in a *real* way...
This book is quite good for what he likes to do as the drawings are of good size and highly colored. Finished drawings are interspersed with step by steps so when he wants to go from tracing to drawing he will know what steps to take to produce the results on his own.
This book focus' on bad guys so there is text on what makes a bad guy bad...and what to add visually to put that point across (yellow teeth, baggy clothes...a scowl..etc) There are female as well as male villians and the females have the *typical*...errrr.... buxom comic book body type so perhaps for young children this would be a bit much. It is the typical style tho seen in the graphic novels so if your child is truly into the art form this is a good reference.
The text is helpful but not intrusive and the style of it is informal and conversational. I think it would appeal to a young non-serious set. There is discussion of art /drawing issues in the text (proportion issues in comics... what makes male faces male and female female...shading...etc) but I wouldn't consider this a beginner book. I think there is an expectation of some drawing ability to start with.
Overall, this is a very appealing book on alot of levels. I wish it was longer and that some of the pictures were a bit bigger but these are really minor issues for me and have mostly to do with how my son uses the pictures. The quality of the paper is very nice and heavy and the color is sharp and dramatic..excellent for the subject matter. This is quite a nice book.
this is how to draw a great looking bad guy.......2001-07-22
if you have a hard time drawing out agreat looking bad guy or gal this is a book for you i have had a great deal of drawing out some really crappy bad guys but this book has helped me draw some cool bad guys so buy it
Good book, lot's of helpfull tips........2000-12-09
I own this book, and even though i'm not planning on being a comic book artist, it helps me alot with my proportions, perspective, action posese and just plain getting things right. It's also a great book for simple shading and stuff like that. only draw back is that his art isn't always ok. He's best at his comic book characters though, and it's obvious if you look at any of his other how to draw books.
Good book, lot's of helpfull tips........2000-12-09
I own this book, and even though i'm not planning on being a comic book artist, it helps me alot with my proportions, perspective, action posese and just plain getting things right. It's also a great book for simple shading and stuff like that. only draw back is that his art isn't always ok. He's best at his comic book characters though, and it's obvious if you look at any of his other how to draw books.
An excellent compendium for intermediate artists.......2000-03-22
This book is a good follow up to How to Draw Comic Book Heroes and Villains. It touches on more subjects of making up villains, muscle structure, and other such things. This book though is not for beginners who haven't drawn before. All in all, this is a good book to have if you have already read the How to Draw Comic Book Heroes and Villains.
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Bad guys are not allowed to have birthdays, pick blueberries, or disturb the baby. So say the four-year-olds who announce life's risks and dangers as they play out the school year in Vivian Paley's classroom.
Their play is filled with warnings. They invent chaos in order to show that everything is under control. They portray fear to prove that it can be conquered. No theme is too large or too small for their intense scrutiny. Fantasy play is their ever dependable pathway to knowledge and certainty.
" It . . . takes a special teacher to value the young child's communications sufficiently, enter into a meaningful dialogue with the youngster, and thereby stimulate more productivity without overwhelming the child with her own ideas. Vivian Paley is such a teacher."—Maria W. Piers, in the American Journal of Education
"[Mrs. Paley's books] should be required reading wherever children are growing. Mrs. Paley does not presume to understand preschool children, or to theorize. Her strength lies equally in knowing that she does not know and in trying to learn. When she cannot help children—because she can neither anticipate nor follow their thinking—she strives not to hinder them. She avoids the arrogance of adult to small child; of teacher to student; or writer to reader."—Penelope Leach, author of Your Baby & Child in the New York Times Book Review
"[Paley's] stories and interpretation argue for a new type of early childhood education . . . a form of teaching that builds upon the considerable knowledge children already have and grapple with daily in fantasy play."—Alex Raskin, Los Angeles Times Book Review
"Through the 'intuitive language' of fantasy play, Paley believes, children express their deepest concerns. They act out different roles and invent imaginative scenarios to better understand the real world. Fantasy play helps them cope with uncomfortable feelings. . . . In fantasy, any device may be used to draw safe boundaries."—Ruth J. Moss, Psychology Today
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Fantasy Play is amazing!.......2007-05-20
I really enjoyed this book because it allowed for super hero play which is often frowned on in early education classrooms. Children are allowed to express themselves thru play and their imaginiations can run wild. This book did a great job of showing the reader just how children use their imagininations in play and just how quick the theme can change. This is a great book for anyone who is in the early childhood education field. It makes an easy read and it is truely a great book!!
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