The Academic Hour Lectures and the pair—and hopefully your

and the pair—and hopefully your child—snuggle and nod off

By Daniel Clowes

Austin English

much-needed cerebral antidotes to the common-denominator comedy and drama now dominating mature comics and animation

Ping Pong Volume 1 takes the commercially viable generic patter of the sports manga as the groundwork for quiet

The Academic Hour Lectures and the pair—and hopefully yourby Keren Katz "Its safe to say that children in grade school cant illustrate images this impressive, but still, these Keren Katz renderings have a certain unrefined quality to them thats evocative of kids drawings. This is, of course, a conscious design choice as Katzs style stands out immensely amidst a sea of computer generated artistry. Her penchant for leaving things not perfectly colored, her exaggerated human proportions and the overall whimsy