What is it about the Bat-man?
What is it about Batman that draws us to him? Is it his dark history — his parents brutally murdered in front of him? His humanism from his lack of superpowers? The colorful villains he so often faces? The zingers that pop up on screen — zap! kapow! boom! — during fight scenes?
Surely it’s all of these things. Yet, as I prepare myself for “The Dark Knight,” I’m most eagerly anticipating the hyped-to-be-legendary performance of the late Heath Ledger. Already being billed as one of the ages and possibly for the award-givers, Ledger’s Joker is dark and psychotic.
Fitting then that in a summer already chock full of great superhero flicks — “Iron Man,” “The Incredible Hulk,” “Hellboy,” “Hancock”— the best is perhaps yet to come.
Let us know what you think of “The Dark Knight” and if we publish your letter, a
Robot Love
The first robot I fell in love with was Uncle Pauly’s from the Rocky movies. Here was someone I could program to do anything I wanted — clean my room, take out the garbage, feed the dog, etc. That robot opened a world of possibilitie
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Ed. Note: I was stopped at my son's daycare the other day by someone who was wondering if I had left Graffiti. No, I haven't gone anywhere. For Ben's last issue, I promised him he could write the editor's log. That's it. Nothing more. So for that one
» Full StoryWistfulness and West Virginia
I — like many my age, I believe — have a fondness for nostalgia. Like the characters in Noah Baumbach’s “Kicking and Screaming,” I’m instantly nostalgic for moments, even as they happen.
In
Editor's Log: White Water Rafting
My first trip down the white waters was almost 12 years ago. My dad took a group of my friends and I. Us being the brash young teens we were, we were confident none of us would end up overboard. So we had a bet. Who could stay in the boat the longest
» Full StoryEat Your Heart Out, People
Eat your heart out, People. No, not the celebrity gossip magazine. You readers, you people, with a capital P. Eat your heart out.
You have in your hands, I believe, a fantastic issue of Graffiti, highlighted, of course, by our interview w
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Rain ? Morgantown
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