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The Compelling Art of Denis Kitchen

Tea Krulos interviews cartoonist Denis Kitchen

“Why don’t you publish comics by women?” they said sternly. “There aren’t very many good women cartoonists,” I stupidly responded. They inched their chairs toward me again. “I’ll look harder,” I promised. The intimidation continued. Finally, one of them, I believe it was Jennie Orvino Sorcic, a local poet with prominent breasts, produced a copy of Mom’s Homemade Comics. “Why do you draw women with large breasts?” she demanded. I wanted to say with a smirk, “I draw what I see,” but was scared shitless and instead apologized for the error of my ways.

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The Riverwest Music Scene: Plentiful and Diverse Sounds

by Jeremy Berg / photo by Peter di Antoni

Whether established bands or newcomers, professional musicians or the weekend warriors of Dire Straits’ Sultans of Swing, everyone out there is playing for the joy of making music. As Jim Linneman says of seeing people perform for the first time at his Wednesday open stage: “It’s just that feeling – I can feel it from them. . .that is my favorite night of the week.”