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	MEDIA: Reviews: Escapist
		Escapist continues the experimentation of Falling Swinger by again enlisting errant Church main man Steve Kilbey as producer and collaborator.
		The title (Escapist) aptly describes the music within as the songs break free of pop constraints and pursue the use of atmospherics while highlighting Cummings increasingly expressive voice.
		Escapist, again produced by The Church's Steve Kilbey, is a rich album of 'songs' - good songs - but none which immediately register as essential cuts.
	www.lovetown.net /reviews/escapist.html (2344 words)

	Review \| The Amazing Adventures of the Escapist by Michael Chabon, et al
		It's up to the Escapist to "work for the liberation of all who toil in chains, whether of iron or ideas." This is the thinking man's caped crusader: long on existentialism, short on lightning bolts and X-ray vision.
		In one episode, the Escapist must rescue a nuclear submarine trapped on the ocean floor with only ten hours of oxygen remaining; in others, he exposes a corrupt member of a jury, infiltrates a prison gang and, with the help of Luna Moth, rescues some kidnapped children buried alive.
		While the writers independently manage to come up with a history of the Escapist using a variety of styles which present a timeline of comic book art from the 1940s through modern-day manga, the stories themselves are weak, like they were truncated in order to squeeze more into the volume.
	www.januarymagazine.com /fiction/amazescapist.html (937 words)

	Generation G (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The Escapist is a new online magazine covering gamers, the gaming industry, and the elusive gaming culture.
		The Escapist will run weekly with a main edition published on Tuesday and a weekend extra edition on Friday.
		The first issue of The Escapist covers the rising importance of gaming and the effect it has on the global entertainment scene.
	www.gen-g.net /print.php?sid=1171 (244 words)

	Opus // Music // Lee Baby Simms - The Escapist
		And as much as I'd like to claim otherwise, I'd never heard of him until the release of "The Escapist", despite his reported collaborations with Bill Laswell, Ginger Baker, and Dizzy Gillespie, as well as the fact that Tom Waits seems to recognize him as a rather eccentric fellow.
		The reality of the matter is made slightly more confusing, then, as the creator of "The Escapist" (Simms' only release to date) is seen only in vague ambient textures and meandering melodies, never appearing as a distinctly verifiable personality over the album's 14 instrumental tracks.
		Still, the craft displayed throughout "The Escapist"'s 14 tracks is successful in as much as you enjoy the nature of the moods created.
	www.opuszine.com /music/review.html?reviewID=662 (587 words)

	The Harvard Crimson :: Arts ::
		So the comics cannot successfully match their respective eras’ tones—or else, the Escapist’s incarnations might be financially viable, and the project’s plot would be ruined.
		Vaughn’s story, “To Reign in Hell,” follows the Escapist’s helper Big Al as he is bribed by The Escapist’s rival, a nefarious organization known as The Iron Chain.
		In the end, Big Al helps the Escapist triumph, but there is the clear indication that maybe, for a strongman like himself, evil might have been the right path.
	www.thecrimson.com /article.aspx?ref=506566 (639 words)

	Phi Kappa Phi Forum: Michael Chabon Presents The Amazing Adventures of The Escapist, No. 1
		The Escapist is one A of the oddest comic books I have ever read, and that is saying a lot from a fan who has collected comic books off and on for sixty years.
		Chabon explains that The Escapist "has been trained in the ancient art of escape and is a master of locks, chains, ropes, ties, knots, and fastenings of all kinds.
		Not only were the stories remarkable for their breadth of concern and depth of characterization, their visual representation made a dramatic breakthrough in comics storytelling inspired by the radical film techniques of Welles's Citizen Kane.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qa4026/is_200407/ai_n9458245 (927 words)

	Profile > Michael Chabon Presents: The Amazing Adventures of the Escapist #1
		Operating from a secret headquarters under the boards of the Empire Theater, the Escapist and his crack team of associates roam the globe performing amazing feats of magic and coming to the aid of all those who languish in the chains of oppression.
		The history of the Escapist's creators, Joe Kavalier and Sam Clay was recently chronicled in Michael Chabon's Pulitzer-Prize-winning novel The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay.
		Now the best of the Escapist's adventures are collected into a giant 80-page anthology for all to enjoy.
	www.darkhorse.com /profile/profile.php?sku=12-882 (262 words)

	In Music We Trust - Threadbare: Escapist
		Escapist is the posthumous release from the Minneapollis quintet Threadbare.
		The song is chilling when the chorus kicks in with Lovro in the background screaming "we want the son!".
		Although it's hard to understand at times what Lovro is actually screaming, his screams are actually quite emotional and don't grate on the ears.
	www.inmusicwetrust.com /articles/05p10.html (198 words)

	Printer Friendly: Amazing Adventures Of The Escapist, v1 Review - Silver Bullet Comics
		Now this issue does a truly convincing job of selling the idea that the Escapist was a real character who has simply slipped through the cracks of comic history, and I love how this book actually manages to recreate the feel of all the various eras that this forgotten character would traveled through.
		I mean the book does a masterful job of recreating the various eras that the Escapist comic would've existed in, but in the end the writers seem to have forgotten the simple fact that given their hero is supposed to be an escape artist.
		However, the opening story of how the Escapist came into existence is quite entertaining, as is the story of the Escapist's encounter with the ever feared jury duty, and the closing story of his journey into a maximum security prison was more amusing than one would expect from it's plot description.
	www.silverbulletcomicbooks.com /reviews/107903515767662,print.htm (708 words)

	Control+V » The Escapist (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		In a world of increasingly generic video games created by large corporations with a stranglehold on creativity, reported on by a media that some found to be lacking in integrity as well as basic journalistic prowess, it was a wonderful breath of fresh air to find The Escapist.
		I read the escapist, have been for maybe six or seven issues now, and I think it’s a fantastic idea, using good design, good writing, and an unconventional format to present top-quality content.
		The Escapist ads won’t win any awards, but they are light years better than most web ads.
	www.control-v.net /archives/2005/09/27/the-escapist-2 (1389 words)

	Amazon.ca: Books: The Amazing Adventures of the Escapist (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Bursting onto the scene after what must be the greatest—and most literary—publicity campaign ever mounted for a superhero, Chabon's Escapist is ready to do battle with the forces of evil and free all innocents held in the clutches of the Iron Chain's evil operatives.
		The Escapist, of course, is the hero first brought to life in Chabon's Pulitzer-winning novel The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay.
		The Escapist, as his name suggests, has the extradorinary Houdini-like ability to escape even the toughest bonds and fights the forces of evil, specifically the Iron League whose ultimate goal is to enslave the world.
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/1593071655 (1424 words)

	Escapist movies what public wants in troubled times (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Escapist entertainment: If there's a lesson to be learned from last weekend's surprisingly strong kick off for 20th Century Fox's "Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story," it's that moviegoers are opting for escapist entertainment more than ever this summer.
		If moviegoers with an interest in the material conclude that they already are up to speed on the subject, Moore's well orchestrated campaign to manipulate the media into showcasing his film from before its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival in May all the way to its opening will have backfired.
		By heightening public awareness of the picture he may also have hammered home the fact that it's not the escapist entertainment people are craving this summer.
	www.hollywoodreporter.com /thr/columns/grove_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000543501 (1768 words)

	Flak Magazine: Review of The Amazing Adventures of the Escapist, 4.27.04
		The text, by Chabon, is a nearly verbatim excerpt from "Kavalier & Clay." Terse and campy, "The Passing of the Key" retroactively affirms The Escapist's spot in the pantheon of the golden age of comics.
		"The Escapist" is a newborn, but his soul is firmly rooted in the pulpy soil of mid-century comic strip.
		The graphic artist literati deserve free reign to shout "dilettante" at the readers of "The Escapist." It is, after all, the dilettante the anthology is after...
	www.flakmag.com /books/escapist.html (593 words)

	Heart of an Escapist (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Something else I noticed is that an escapist doesn’t need to decide whether or not he will escape.
		Other prisoners with a survivalist mentality scoff at the foolishness of the escapists, mocking the "unnecessary" risk-taking to escape believing he will surely starve once free.
		Recognizing bondage in all of its subtle forms, the escapist actively fights against compromise that will result in the loss of freedom.
	www.cbbpress.ca /The_Heart_of_an_Escapist.htm (720 words)

	Amazing Adventures - Newsweek Entertainment - MSNBC.com
		It begins from the conceit that Kavalier, Clay and their creation were all real, and the Escapist ("The Master of Elusion!") has just been unfairly forgotten in comics history.
		Chabon’s own contribution, for example, is the story of the origin of the Escapist and is written and drawn (by Eric Wight) in a style reminiscent of the comics’ Depression-era “Golden Age,” in which the original story would have appeared.
		The stories differ in voice and style, yet the Escapist himself and his band of sidekicks are consistent and likeable throughout.
	msnbc.msn.com /id/4497228/site/newsweek (1029 words)

	VanderWorld: ESCAPIST FANTASY AND POSTMODERN TECHNIQUE
		There has been a certain amount of debate about escapist versus non-escapist fantasy that I think would be better discussed in the context of escapist versus non-escapist fiction.
		First, a China Mieville novel with a milieu in which Marxist or Socialist society may be the norm is no more or less escapist than J.R.R. Tolkien's fantasy of pastoral bliss threatened by industrialization.
		Perhaps "escapist fantasy", or a degree of it, should not be dismissed so readily, considering that most everyone writing today is engaging in it.
	vanderworld.blogspot.com /2003/08/escapist-fantasy-and-postmodern.html (428 words)

	Michael Chabon Presents The Amazing Adventures of The Escapist - PopMatters Comic Book Review
		The Escapist project is a sprawling, ambitious form of comic-book meta-fiction that bounces back-and-forth between rediscovered potboilers from the '40s to '80s and scholarly essays offering context and academic takes on these works.
		Overall, the Escapist volumes are an obvious disappointment to those familiar with Chabon's novel, though the series certainly had good intensions.
		The Amazing Adventures of The Escapist is an ambitious addition to the original novel, but it feels, at best, like an unessential curio coming with seemingly nepotistic baggage that does little to shed much light on a story that was worth a Pulitzer.
	popmatters.com /comics/amazing-adventures-escapist.shtml (1332 words)

	The Escapist - About
		The Escapist covers gaming and gamer culture with a progressive editorial style, with articles and columns by the top writers in and outside of the industry.
		Tuesday's main publish addresses head-on the topics relevant to gamers, while the weekend extra, Casual Friday, explores the lighter side of these heavy issues.
		Combining print-quality writing and magazine-style aesthetics with the accessibility of the web, The Escapist is available online, via PDF, and through RSS for broad syndication.
	www.escapistmagazine.com /page/about (105 words)

	The WeeklyPress@Philly1.Com -- Escapist Overshadowed by World's Finest Artist -- 05/12/04 -- Philadelphia, PA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The novel is a loving and eloquent tribute to the art of the form, and as such has developed a strong fan base within the comics world.
		So it's no surprise, then, that the Escapist himself would make the leap from his textural prison into the medium that inspired him; the only question is what took so long.
		Chabon himself is on hand for the first volume, in a story adapting, in a fairly straightforward manner, the origin of the Escapist he presented in Kavalier and Clay.
	www.philly1.com /story6051204.html (916 words)

	Crown Dozen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The Escapist was not created in the 1940’s – though this comic book plays with the idea that he was, more on that later – but he feasibly could have been.
		Tom Mayflower, The Escapist’s alter ego, is summoned for jury duty and recognizes the defendant.
		There is (finally!) an illustration of the cover of the first appearance of The Escapist which had been described vividly in the novel as a controversial depiction of the hero punching Adolf Hitler in the jaw.
	www.crowndozen.com /main/archives/000340.shtml (1322 words)

	Escapist fiction - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Escapist fiction is fiction which provides a psychological escape from thoughts of everyday life by immersing the reader in exotic situations or activities.
		Genres which include elements of escapist fiction include:
		This page was last modified 18:58, 9 September 2005.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Escapist_fiction (57 words)

	Welcome to Mountain Sports (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Even though its DieCut shoulder straps are extremely comfortable, the Escapist is designed to transfer the bulk of the weight to its contoured, padded hipbelt, just like our larger packs.
		It may seem like overkill to put such an advanced suspension in a pack this size, but it is well worth it for the incredible comfort and support it provides.
		If you are looking for a small daypack with all the features of larger technical designs, the Escapist is the one to check out.
	www.mountainsports.com /mssearch.asp?Option=Detail&Detail=108180 (264 words)

	JS Online: Human elements of plot not as complex as layers of escapist effects
		Human elements of plot not as complex as layers of escapist effects
		The result is a giant leap past whatever George Lucas is trying to accomplish with the "Star Wars" prequels, although its "how did he do that" quotient does come at the expense of entertainment value.
		The intention of "Sky Captain" is escapist but its inspiration is more complex, and its effect is an often abstract interplay of sepia and silhouette.
	www.jsonline.com /259415 (694 words)

	COMICON.com: CHABON'S ESCAPIST COMES TO COMICS
		Bringing his wonderful characters featured in The Amazing Adventures of the Escapist to life on the comics' page is a true honor.
		Michael Chabon PresentsThe Amazing Adventures of the Escapist is scheduled for release December 2003.
		I wonder if the Pulse folks know anything about the status of Chabon's draft of the Spider-Man II script, if he said anything about it, if they're using his draft or at least part of it in the movie.
	www.comicon.com /cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=next_topic;f=36;t=001164;go=newer (1118 words)

	The Escapist - The CHUD.COM Message Boards
		I don't have the cash to throw at a book that expensive this month, but I loved the character in Kavalier and Clay, and would be interested in hearing whether its worth future investment.
		Not crushingly so, but The Escapist is a GREAT idea for a superhero, and with a Nobel Prize winner writing it I was expecting something a little different and special.
		But Chabon only wrote the first story, and that's just a retelling of the Escapist's origin as in the book.
	www.chud.com /forums/showthread.php?t=60329 (560 words)

	The Escapist - 10 years of gaming advocacy on the web
		The folks at Dexcon are even giving a $10 discount on memberships for Escapist readers.
		Check out the articles, links, and forums of Fans For Christ at fansforchrist.org, and read his own "What is DandD" article here: Christians Playing DandD.
		Full story is here, and I'll add it to the Escapist archives once I get a little more free time.
	www.theescapist.com (1859 words)

	Evil Avatar Forums - The Escapist Issue 12 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The Escapist magazine Issue 12 is now online.
		The Escapist magazine has released its twelfth issue, "Whatever Happened To..." featuring an exclusive interview with legendary game designer Chris Crawford.
		I'm fine with them putting ads in, if necessary, but after reading this weeks issue, I'm seriously afraid that The Escapist is on a downhill slope.
	www.evilavatar.com /forums/printthread.php?t=5740 (466 words)

	spiked-culture \| Article \| The geek shall inherit the Earth
		But enjoyable though it is, even an incorrigible geek such as myself has to confess that the mainstreaming of geekdom is far from a healthy phenomenon.
		The criticism traditionally heaped upon science fiction and fantasy - that they are infantile and escapist genres - has always been fairly risible.
		There is no reason why science fiction, fantasy, and yes, even comic books, cannot be used in an ambitious way to explore the human condition, just as all fiction can.
	www.spiked-online.com /articles/0000000CA436.htm (1475 words)

	Evil Avatar Forums - The Escapist Issue 11
		Issue 11 of The Escapist, "StateCraft," focusing on the impact of government on games and vice versa, is now available.
		I didn't agree with everything the guy said, but I liked most of it and found it interesting.
		I mean I can go to the escapist to read well written,thought provoking articles, and come back to good ol EA, and read about guys buffing their Wookiee with an SoS pad while having sexual fantasies about John Romero.
	www.evilavatar.com /forums/printthread.php?t=5627 (259 words)

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