Comic Riffs: Julie Taymor


Posted at 09:52 PM ET, 03/13/2011

‘SNL’ spoofs ‘Spider-Man’s’ Julie Taymor: Video Clip of the Day
By Michael Cavna

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Tags:  comic riffs, spider-man: turn off the dark, julie taymor, saturday night live

Posted at 07:30 AM ET, 01/11/2011

IMAGE OF THE DAY: New Yorker cover artist sends Spider-Man to the hospital
By Michael Cavna
Barry Blitt had a big assignment and very little time, and that was precisely when his Spidey sense of humor kicked in: What if the webslinger, he mused, was rendered as a Last Traction Hero? "The first thing that...

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Categories:  Interviews With Cartoonists, Interviews With Cartoonists | Tags:  Barry Blitt, Christopher Tierney, Francoise Mouly, Julie Taymor, Spider-Man, Stan Lee, Steve Ditko, The New Yorker magazine

Posted at 01:00 PM ET, 11/29/2010

SPIDER-MAN ON BROADWAY: The Web's sense is tingling over mega-show's hamstrung preview
By Michael Cavna
With great expense comes great avidity. And over the weekend, the most expensive production in Broadway finally landed -- even when a stranded-in-midair star required the audience to literally suspend its disbelief. After months of delays and headlines, the...

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Categories:  Superheroes | Tags:  Bono and The Edge, Julie Taymor, Reeve Carney, Spider-Man, Turn Off the Dark