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IN MEMORIAM: UNDER THE SKIN
Leading man of 1990s’ Hollywood, Val Kilmer, has died at 65 from pneumonia. Battling cancer since 2014, he has not been a frequent presence on our film screens for most of this century. While he has recently done some interesting projects, he never recaptured his fame and box-office draw of the 1980s and ’90s, when he appeared in iconic films such as Top Gun (1986) and Batman Forever (1995). His standout performance as Tom Cruise’s swaggering, self-assured rival Iceman in Top Gun made him a star.
Val Kilmer’s macho action figures held a melancholy just below the surface
Leading man of 1990s Hollywood, Val Kilmer, has died at 65 from pneumonia. Battling cancer since 2014, he has not been a frequent presence on our film screens for most of this century. While he has recently done some interesting projects, he never recaptured his fame and box-office draw of the 1980s and ‘90s, when he appeared in iconic films such as Top Gun (1986) and Batman Forever (1995). His standout performance as Tom Cruise’s swaggering, self-assured rival Iceman in Top Gun made him a star.
Val Kilmer’s Tough, Macho Action Figures Held a Melancholy Just Below the Surface
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Val Kilmer’s macho action figures held a melancholy just below the surface
Leading man of 1990s Hollywood, Val Kilmer, has died at 65 from pneumonia. Battling cancer since 2014, he has not been a frequent presence on our film screens for most of this century. While he has recently done some interesting projects, he never recaptured his fame and box-office draw of the 1980s and ‘90s, when he appeared in iconic films such as Top Gun (1986) and Batman Forever (1995). His standout performance as Tom Cruise’s swaggering, self-assured rival Iceman in Top Gun made him a star.
Val Kilmer’s macho action figures held a melancholy just below the surface
Leading man of 1990s Hollywood, Val Kilmer, has died at 65 from pneumonia. Battling cancer since 2014, he has not been a frequent presence on our film screens for most of this century. While he has recently done some interesting projects, he never recaptured his fame and box-office draw of the 1980s and ‘90s, when he appeared in iconic films such as Top Gun (1986) and Batman Forever (1995). His standout performance as Tom Cruise’s swaggering, self-assured rival Iceman in Top Gun made him a star.
Val Kilmer’s macho action figures held a melancholy just below the surface
7 hours ago Val Kilmer, the star of such classic films as Top Gun, The Doors and Tombstone, has died, according to several different published reports. He was 65. The actor’s daughter, Mercedes Kilmer, told the New York Times that her father died of pneumonia. Kilmer lost his speaking voice in 2014 after his …
“Super Vision” of Humanity: Autobiographical Cartoons and Drawings in Australian Internment Camps during World War II
Abstract This article surveys the historical and cultural context of more than one hundred comics and drawings created by internees held in internment camps in Australia during WWII. We demonstrate how different autographic visual styles emerged in the camps, as a political response to the nationalist images that predicated their establishment.
2023-24 LHSHL All-Stars
On January 17th, Tampa’s best LHSHL players will take to the ice at Amalie Arena to compete in an East vs West conference showdown.
Houzz Call: How Are Shortages Affecting Your Home Project?
Are you in the middle of a remodeling project or planning to start one? If so, have you noticed higher material and product prices? Is it taking you longer to schedule an installation? We want to hear about your experiences and the ways that you and the design and remodeling professionals you’re working with are keeping your project on track. Please share your thoughts, concerns and tips in the Comments. Have You Noticed a Spike in Prices for Lumber or Other Materials?
The Cult of Krazy Kat: Memory and Recollection in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction
Introduction George Herriman’s comic strip Krazy Kat has been discussed in mythic terms (e.g. Sommer 1973) for more than half a century. Fans and critics has tended to frame the strip’s central relationship between Ignatz Mouse and Krazy Kat as a kind of modern allegorical myth that illuminates the complexities of love, democracy, madness, civilization, god… take your pick.
Can The Avalanches flourish in a pop music world remade in their own image?
Legendary Melbourne-based band The Avalanches are returning with a new record – 16 years after their only major release. Their first album, 2000’s Since I Left You, has been dubbed a modern classic. A joyous, witty and funky melange of more than 3,500 samples, taken from vinyl albums bought in op shops, it sold more than 600,000 copies and influenced a generation of musicians. The Avalanches' brand of sample-saturated electronic music was unique in 2000.
Alternative modalities – A Review of Graphic Encounters: Comics and the Sponsorship of Multimodal Literacy
Abstract Research exploring the multimodal characteristics of comics has recently flourished, and Dale Jacobs has been one of the early prolific authors on this topic. Jacobs expands these ideas further in Graphic Encounters: Comics and the Sponsorship of Multimodal Literacy, a monograph which engages with theories of multimodality, but shifts its focus primarily to literacy sponsorship.
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