Douglas Wolk

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  • Secrets, lies -- and lawyers!

    "Daredevil" suffered for years under Frank Miller's shadow, but Brian Bendis and Alex Maleev made it one of the most engrossing comics of the last decade.
  • Finding "Little Nemo"

    At the legendary comic strip's centennial, Winsor McCay's "Little Nemo in Slumberland" gets the treatment it deserves in a huge, lush new collection.
  • Sex freaks

    In "Black Hole," Charles Burns' remarkable graphic novel, sex spreads among scared, horny teenagers like a terrifying disease.
  • Notes from a famous nobody

    Harvey Pekar remembers high school football, street fighting, and life before "American Splendor."
  • The inimitable Chris Ware

    The author of "Jimmy Corrigan" explores a fallen world in this new installment of breathtakingly intricate comic strips.
  • Yurts, robot secretaries, and talking dinosaurs

    In Carla Speed McNeil's "Finder" comics, cultures past, present and future clash and combine to create a fantastic vision of a different world.
  • Magic comic ride

    In his fantastical "Promethea" series, Alan Moore indulges his fascinations with tantric sex and the tarot -- and reveals his take on kabbalistic philosophy.
  • The amazing Steve Ditko

    Spider-Man's reclusive co-creator went into hiding decades ago, but his spirit continues to haunt the best of today's comics
  • "Joy of Cooking"

    Irma Rombauer might have been a terrible cook, but her elegant instruction manual belongs in every kitchen.
  • Nick Drake's music moves more than Volkswagens

    "Like potent narcotics"
  • Nick Drake's post-posthumous fame

    The English folkie left behind three perfect records when he died of an overdose in 1974. It took a recent Volkswagen commercial for them to find an audience.
  • Sharps & flats

    Pastoral pop group Belle and Sebastian finally re-release their out-of-print debut "Tigermilk," a copy of which once sold for $1,200. The excellent disc is worth the long wait, if not the inflated auction price.
  • Genius

    The MacArthur Foundation rewards Chicago jazz improv insider Ken Vandermark.
  • Ink Polaroids

    Our man snaps imaginary photographs at Belle & Sebastian's Bowlie Weekender music festival.
  • More power to low-power!

    Broadcasters balk as the FCC considers opening up the radio airwaves
  • Sharps & Flats

  • Sharps & Flats: Elvis Presley

  • Sharps & Flats

    Sharps & Flats is a weekly music review roundup in Salon Magazine
  • Sparklehorse

  • Sharps & Flats: The Magnetic Fields

    Holiday & the house of tomorrow
  • Jonathon Richman

    Sharps & Flats is a daily music review in Salon Magazine
  • Sheryl Crow

  • Charming Hostess

    Sharps & Flats is a daily music review in Salon Magazine
  • Sharps and Flats: Closed on Account of Rabies

  • Sharps and Flats: Paul Simon

    Douglas Wolk reviews 'Songs from the Capeman'.
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