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Book of the Day: Alan Moore's Saga of the Swamp Thing
Sat Feb 14
Precisely when mainstream superhero comics took their sharp turn toward dark, edgy adult themes and sophisticated writing during the 1980s is subject to debate, but there's no question that Alan Moore's run on Saga of the Swamp Thing, published by DC Comics, was a watershed. The title character, a hapless scientist named Alec Holland transformed by a fiery chemical accident into a muck-encrusted monster, was created in 1972. A solidly third-tier horror book in 1984, Swamp Thing was teetering on the brink of cancellation when it was entrusted to Moore, an English writer largely unknown in the U.S.
Moore, an advanced student of pop culture, sociology and various arcane strains of magick, cleared the decks with issue 20, then fomented a revolution in the next issue, "The Anatomy Lesson," in which he revealed that everything you knew about the character was a lie. Swamp Thing, it turned out, was the latest iteration of an eternal green champion of the natural balance. Much of what...
Date these Smiths fans
Sat Feb 14
We're not going to be happy until every New Yorker has a date, even if they sport a pompadour. Luckily, we found out about writer and performer Dave Hill's Smiths speed dating at the Black Rabbit. Think Smiths fanatics are too sad for speed dating? See for yourself.
Video editing by Andy Nguyen
What's Going On: Ex-orcisms and more nonsense
Sat Feb 14
This guy's got it going on.
Here's what we're doing tonight (other than smooching):
CLUBSDJ Sneak
No-nonsense, straight-up Chicago house from a scene stalwart.
MUSICMike Bones
A wounded boy with romance issues—just in time for Valentine's Day.
DRINKING"Ex-orcism" party
Throw darts at your ex (well, photos of your ex) and swig free beer. Bull's-eye!
GAY"A Relationship Left for Dead on the Lower East Side"
Lost: one couple's photo album. Found: inspiration for an art show.
ARTSweet Tooth of the Tiger
Crumbly cookies and affordable art in Brooklyn.
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Last-Minute Plan: Meet the meta Mafia
Sat Feb 14
Here's your the answer to your end-of-day impulse to do something: Go see Gomorrah.
Longtime social realist Matteo Garrone turns a socially conscious eye on the Mafia in his adaptation of Roberto Saviano's 2006 novel. And it's genius. We gave it five stars and interviewed Garrone and the in-hiding Roberto Saviano.
Fashion Week street fashion: Day one
Fri Feb 13
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