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New York Strips: Mad man wisecracks on campus

Mad Magazine writer Al Jaffee brought his humor to Columbia on Wednesday

By Tommy Hill | Dec 10 06:45 pm ET

Teaching one panel at a time

Bill Ayers' new graphic novel "To Teach" expounds his theories on the educational system, which are grounded in his own experiences as a teacher, activist, and community leader.

By Tommy Hill | Oct 22 07:33 pm ET

New York Strip: A new online forum for comic books lets authors experiment

To the uninitiated, the world of comic books may seem a grim and unsavory place, populated by pimply-faced, superhero-obsessed 12-year-olds and equally fanatic middle-aged collectors with far too much time on their hands. And I mean no offense to either group—one was my past, and the other will, quite possibly, be my future. But a quick visit to www.act-i-vate.com, the digital home of a dynamic collective of mainly New York-based writers and illustrators exploring their ideas in comic form, will be sure to shatter any neophyte’s delusions.

By Tommy Hill | Sep 24 07:00 pm ET

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