Taking It To The Streets
"They just aren't pretty," my grandmother declared after walking in and quickly out of Zoe Strauss' solo exhibition at Silverstein Photography this past summer. I was startled. I had spent the last month visiti...
The Gospel According to A.J.
The market for gimmick books—shtick lit, as it were—has enjoyed a surprising shelf life. There are authors who pledge not to spend money for a year, those who promise to say yes to everything and, of course, th...
Army@Love
The revolution's gonna be graphic-novelized. In his Vertigo/DC monthly comic book, _Army@Love_, comiconoclast Rick Veitch drops subversive sci-fi-satire bombs. A collection of the first six issues, _Army@Love V...
Joan of Snark
Heeb is devastated at the loss of comic legend Joan Rivers. Here, from our 2007 "Chosen" issue is the definitive Joan profile. The world is a less-funny place without her.
King Of The Hill
Meet actor/writer Jonah Hill, Hollywood's new leading man. No, really.
A Cut Above
Why would a grown man let a knife-wielding old Jew near his penis? Adam Bright investigates.
Jewdar
*Fall Of Hope*
We are rapidly approaching that special time of redemption and renewal—we speak, of course, of the new fall television season. Once again, the network execs have somehow forgotten to solicit Jew...
Ask A Black Man
Richard Pryor didn't come up with all of those wildly provocative punch lines by himself. A large amount of his scathing onstage material and Grammy-winning LPs are credited to _The Richard Pryor Show_ head wri...
