College is hell, masochism
according to Binky the rabbit
BINKY from Page 6
the strip, “Lies my older brother and
sister told me.” For example, “The
ycs-and-no mind puzzler: Yes
means no and no means yes. Do you
want me to hit you?” And “The lure
of new toys trick: There’s some toys
for you down in the basement. You
should go down there. But last time
we shut the door and turned off the
lights. This time we won’t.”
This insightful cartoon reeks of
nihilism, pain, monotony and de
spair. Its brand of humor falls some
where between Dooncsbury,
“Monty Python’s Flying Circus”
and “Saturday NightLive.”“School
Is Hell” has more than a little maso
chism thrown in. But a little maso
chism never hurt anyone.
Author Grocning says, “When
unable to think of what to draw, I
spend my time feeding the ducks
that hide in the bushes next to my
house. I would like to think that the
ducks feel some affection for me,
but deep down inside I know that
they only love me for my little bits of
bread.”
nc says ne iikcs io taicc nis
doodles seriously, but he doubts that
a cartoonist should be called an
author. He lives in Los Angeles —
hence the title of his weekly comic
strip, “Life in Hell.” His strip is
printed in newspapers on both
coasts, but not here in Nebraska,
where apparently life is not hell.
Critics have responded to
“School Is Hell” with comments
like, “Young Republicans and sen
sitive poets (two favorite targets)
may find the jokes hit too close to
home” and “Hilarious, wise and
slyly subversive.” So it’s sure to
make you look hip, if you leave it
casually lying around on the coffee
table.
“School Is Hell” and Groening’s
other two books, “Love is Hell” and
“Work is Hell” arc available at or
can be ordered from most local
bookstores. The black-and-white
books cost $5.95, contain 48 comics
and are well worth the money you
had to work in hell for.
Review copy courtesy of Cosmic
Comics.
Symposium has 4historical tendencies9
SCHEDULE from Page 6
Wallace Tomasini, director of the
School of Art at the University of
Iowa.
Nelson said Tomasini’s speech
will be entertaining as weil as infor
mative.
“He’s a very witty man,” Nelson
said. “I’m expecting great things
from him.”
The schedule for “Arts on the
Plains: The Role of Institutions.”
Sessions will be held at Sheldon
Memorial Art Gallery.
Wednesday
7:00 p.m. Registration, Sheldon
Gallery
7:30p.m. Opening session: Sheldon
Gallery auditorium
Welcome: Frederick C. Luebke,
Director, Center for Great Plains
Studies
Carol Rustad, President, Nebraska
Art Association
Martin A. Masscngale, Chancellor,
UNL
Thursday
8:00 a.m. Registration
8:45-10:00 a.m. The Role of the
Federal Government
Moderator: E. Arthur Thompson,
President, Lincoln Arts Council
10:30-11:45 a m. State Agencies in
the Arts and Humanities
Moderator: Jane Renner Hood, Di
rector, Nebraska Committee for the
Humanities
12 noon Luncheon, Wick Alumni
Center, 1520 R Street
Moderator: Jon Nelson, Curator,
Center for great Plains Studies Art
Collection
1:30-3:00 p.m. Collectors and Col
lections
Moderator: Fred Myers, Director,
Thomas Gilcrcase Institute of
American History and Art, Tulsa
3:30-5:00 p.m. Concurrent Session:
Auditorium, The Role of Colleges
and Universities
Moderator: Frederick C. Leubkc
3.00-5:00p.m. Concurrent Session:
Gallery B, Institutions and Individu
als
Moderator: H. Keith Sawyers, Archi
tecture, UNL
6:30 p.m. Banquet: Great Hall,
Sheldon Gallery
8:00 p.m. Banquet Address in the
Auditorium:
“Fine Arts Associations and Serial
Exhibitions: Historic Evolutions and
Modem Problems” — William H.
Gerdts, Art History, Graduate School
and University Center, CUNY
Friday
8:30-10:15 a.m. Houses: Opera and
court
Moderator: Tice Miller, Theater
Arts, UNL
10:30-11:45 a.m. Associations of
Citizens
Moderator: Norman Geske, Director
emeritus, Shclson Memorial Art
Gallery
12 noon Luncheon: Nebraska Union
Moderator: Norman Geske
1:30-3:00p.m. Concurrent Session:
Auditorium, The Role of Libraries
and Archives
Moderator: Kent Hendrickson, Dean
of Libraries, UNL
1.30-3:00 p.m. Concurrent Session:
Gallery B, The Role of Religious In
stitutions
Moderator: LArry Doerr, United
Ministries in Higher Education, UNI.
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