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By SIU Press
With a population of about 2,000, Pembroke Township, one of the largest rural, black communities north of the Mason-Dixon Line, sits in an isolated corner of Kankakee County, 65 miles south of Chicago.
It is also one of the poorest places in the nation.
Posted on August 25, 2016
A Look At The ‘Shock!’ Horror Library That Started A TV Craze!
“A fun read . . . answers a lot of the ‘frequently asked questions’ viewers usually ask of me!” – Rich Koz, “Svengoolie”
Posted on August 15, 2016
By AP
“Filmmaker Ema Ryan Yamazaki digs into lives of ‘Curious George’ creators H.A. Rey and Margret Rey in a new documentary under the working title, Monkey Business: The Adventures of George’s Curious Creators.”
Posted on August 8, 2016
By Steve Rhodes
“The man responsible for the success of the Suicide Squad as both a book and a concept is John Ostrander. After spending the early ’80s working primarily on his own characters (such as the futuristic mercenary Grimjack), Ostrander made the move to DC in 1987. Alongside Len Wein and John Byrne, he plotted the modern Squad’s first appearance in Legends, which included the first look at the character who would go on to define the team in all its further appearances: Amanda Waller,” Tim O’Neil writes in his deep, fascinating “How Suicide Squad Went From WWII Military Heroes To Today’s Silver-Screen Villains” for the A.V. Club.
“It would be difficult in hindsight to overstate just how radical a concept Waller was when she first appeared. After years of government bureaucrats being portrayed as, at best, feckless, or worse, downright sinister, here was a career civil servant who not only fought on the side of the angels (sort of, most of the time), but was brutally effective in doing so. A single mom who lost part of her family to violence growing up in Chicago’s Cabrini-Green housing projects, she quickly rose to prominence in Washington as a congressional aide with a reputation for efficiency and bluntness. It was these talents that put her in a position to pitch President Reagan on a revamped and streamlined Task Force X.”
Posted on August 5, 2016
