THE DAILY COLLEGIAN Rollins to perform spoken word By Nick Weingartner COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER Henry Rollins does what he wants. A spoken word artist, musician and pop culture icon, Rollins will perform his spoken word act at .8 tonight at the State Theatre, 130 W. College Ave. The former vocalist of the influ ential independent punk band Black Flag and later leader of the Henry Rollins Band, radio host and occasional actor Rollins is coming to State College as a stop on his "Frequent Flyer Thur." Rollins said there are differ ences and similarities between his spoken word work and his music. "A talking show is me onstage Student displays ceramic artwork By Stephanie Goga COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER In one part of Emily Wilkins' new exhibition, the artist created three ceramic stacks of paper. But the simple pieces of art carry a larger meaning. Each piece has been affixed with something rope, tape or buttons in order to demon strate how people are held back from certain chances in life, Wilkins (senior-ceramics) said. "People in general have oppor tunities, but they're hindered," she said. "Everyone goes through a process in their life." This is just one theme in Wilkins' exhibition, titled "Ruthe'rance," which will be dis played all week in the Patterson Gallery. Admission to the show is free and open to the public. In the exhibition, paper is seen as a representation of imagina tion. Paper allows people to take any idea and expand on it in cre ative ways, Wilkins said. Superman By Jake Coyle ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER NEW YORK The record price for a comic book, already broken twice this year, has been shattered again. A copy of the 1938 edition of Action Comics No. 1 sold Monday for $1.5 million on the auction Web site ComicConnect.com. 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"Henry is certainly well known in the music world and just about as well known for his spoken word as his music," Negra said. "I felt like that'd really fit well with the theatre." But with spoken word, Rollins right away - Baer said. "I've been has been known to draw laughs a fan of Henry Rollins for so long I from the crowd quite opposite just knew I had to be there." Courtesy of Emif, Wilkins Emily Wilkin's art will be featured at the Patterson Gallery all week in her exhibit titled "Furtherance," which includes her ceramic work. By creating a "symbolic lan guage" in her art, she said she hopes viewers will develop their own interpretations. "I'm exploring and investigat ing process, product and progress as a person," Wilkins said. "I'm trying to do it playfully not so seriously. I want people to make up their own mind from the sym bols that I present." Kyle Iskra (senior-sculpture), a friend of Wilkins, said she's enjoyed seeing Wilkins' work evolve, as Wilkins has found a bal ance between the aesthetic and conceptual facets of art. Wilkins' usage of recognizable objects helps grab attention, she said. "People tend to stay away from the arts because they think it's above them," Iskra said. "But people are going to be surprised by how she utilizes this medium. It's not a traditional way you do ceramics." While Wilkins is a ceramics stu- comic book sells for $1.5 M, breaks record Holy Grail of comic books The same issue sold in February for $1 million, though that copy wasn't in as good condi tion as the issue that sold Monday. That number was bested just days later when a 1939 comic book fea turing Batman's debut sold for $75,000 more at an auction in Dallas. There are about 100 copies of Action Comics No. I believed to be in existence, and only a handful in good condition. The issue that sold ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT from his usual intense nature. Mike Henry (freshman-bioengi neering). said he first heard of the show from a friend who spoke highly of Rollins and said he does n't really know what to expect. "I've never heard anything like this before," Henry said, who thinks the show won't be too dif ferent from Rollins' usual act. "I would assume he'd be a similar person." Will Baer (junior-computer sci ence) said he has been listening to Rollins' music since high school and jumped on the chance to see him live. - ~ ~, .~ ~ `rte dent, the collection features some found-object art, featuring mate rials like wood, plastic and metal. In two pieces, a desk and a book shelf are used in the work The collection also' includes some printmaking work. Wilkins said her exploration of two dimensional printmaking has inspired some ideas that she can apply to her sculptural work. Del Harrow, assistant profes sor of art, said Wilkins' persever ance is one of her greatest strengths. He remembered one incident in particular that proved her adaptability as an artist. "In class, we had a major kiln explosion, which is part of the game in ceramics," Harrow said. "Emily just totally took it in stride. She ended up reconfiguring all the exploded parts into some thing that turned out to be much stronger" To e-mail reporter: scgso2s@psu.edu Monday was rated slightly higher Stephen Fishier and Vincent than the one that sold in February; Zurzolo, the co-owners of it had been tucked inside an old ComicConnect.com. It was bought movie magazine for years before minutes after being posted being discovered. Monday at the asking price of $1.5 The issue was bought from a million by "a hardcore comic book private collector and then sold by fan," Fishier said. I got the tickets the first day s • "I can't imagine another book coming on the market that exists that would top this." Baer said if the audience acts inappropriately, Rollins may lose his cool but he doubts it'll hap pen. "I think if the audience gets kinda rowdy or tries to heckle him, I wouldn't be surprised if he lost his temper," Baer said. Rollins wrote he likes the spon taneity spoken word warrants. "I am able to turn on a dime and bring in topics as they occur to me," Rollins wrote. "It's a very immediate medium and it corre sponds to how I am living these days very closely" To e-mail reporter: nawsos4@psu.edu Collegian Writer Chris Zook contributed to this article `Dragon' garners $43.3M at debut By David Germain ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER LOS ANGELES "How to Train Your Dragon" breathed a bit of box-office fire with a $43.3 million opening weekend and a No. 1 debut, according to studio estimates Sunday. Distributed by Paramount. the Dream Works Animation adven ture came in well behind the stu dio's last cartoon comedy, "Monsters vs. Aliens," which opened with $59.3 million over the same weekend last year. With strong reviews and enthu siastic responses from viewers in exit polls, Dream Works expects "How to Train Your Dragon" to have more staying power than "Monsters vs. Aliens" in subse quent weekends, though. "People just love the film, so we're really anticipating we'll benefit from strong word of mouth going forward," said Anne Globe, head of marketing for Dream Works. "How to Train Your Dragon," featuring the voices of Jay Baruchel and America Ferrera in the tale of a Viking youth who tames a fire-breathing reptile, did outperform some other recent animated movies, among them "Cloudy With a Chance of Stephen Fishier Co-owner of ComicConnect.com TUESDAY, MARCH 30, 2010 I 7 Courtesy of wlklmedla.org Former Black Flag vocalist Henry Rollins will perform a spoken word act tonight at the State Theatre. Meatballs," which opened with $30.3 million last September. Disney's "Alice in Wonderland," which had been No. 1 the previous three week ends, slipped to second place with $17.3 million. It raised its domestic total to $293.1 million and its worldwide haul to 5656 million. John Cusack's raunchy come dy "Hot Tub Time Machine" had a lukewarm No. 3 debut of 513.7 million. Released by MGM, the movie features Cusack as part of a group of losers hurled back by a time-traveling hot tub to the 1980 s, where they have a chance to set their lives right. - How to Train Your Dragon" pulled in 68 percent of its revenue from 3-D presentation, another triumph for the digital technology that allows theaters to show movies in three dimensions. Yet it also highlights the limits on how much 3-D traffic theaters are equipped to handle. "How to Train Your Dragon" took over the bulk of 3-D theaters at the expense of Disney's "Alice in Wonderland," because the rough ly 4,000 screens capable of show ing digital 3-D movies is not enough to handle two full wide release films at the same time. .'There's been a lot of attempts to acquire this book over the last 15 years," he said. "The recent activity I guess, did the trick." Fishler speculated that the sud den burst of record-priced sales are due to "pent-up demand." Issues of such prized comic books rarely become available for pur chase. Rarer still are issues in such good condition. "I can't imagine another book coming on the market that exists that would top this." Fishier said.
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