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The Supreme Court Salutes "Get Smart"
As the 1960s sitcom Get Smart makes its way back into popular culture with the release of the film adaptation starring Steve Carrell, it is amusing to note that the series has also had an un… more »
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The Supreme Court Salutes "Get Smart"
john haffner wrote 6 days ago: As the 1960s sitcom Get Smart makes its way back into popular culture with the release of the … more »
Little Lulu Versus Donald Duck
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Jeet Heer wrote 1 month ago: A page from John Stanley’s Melvin Monster series. * There are not many cartoon … more »
Krazy Kat's Final Reflections on Passing
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Jeet Heer wrote 2 months ago: Krazy Kat — please click on art for a better view of this Sunday page. The facts about … more »
Cheburashka!
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Jeet Heer wrote 2 months ago: If you talk to Russians and East Europeans of a certain generation, their faces will light up if yo … more »
When Novelists Attack
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Jeet Heer wrote 2 months ago: In an article for Slate, I took a deeper look at the controversy surrounding Fredric Wertham and th … more »
Francoise Mouly: Underappreciated and Essential
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Jeet Heer wrote 3 months ago: Charles Burns’ cover for Raw #4. Is there anyone in the cartooning world who is more un … more »
Superman Never Made Any Money
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Jeet Heer wrote 3 months ago: Action #1 — the birth of Superman and many lawsuits. Superman never made any money Saving … more »
Eyebrow Raising Book Covers
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Jeet Heer wrote 3 months ago: I like to read and I like public transit. So I spend a lot of time reading on buses, trains and sub … more »
The Comic-Book Crackdown
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Jeet Heer wrote 3 months ago: A comic-book burning in Binghamton, NY, 1948. My review of David Hajdu’s new book The Ten-Cen … more »
Betty and Veronica: The Cultural Politics of Hair Colour
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Jeet Heer wrote 3 months ago: Betty and Veronica as drawn by Dan DeCarlo and Alison Flood. Betty Cooper and Veronica Lodge are no … more »
Danny Boy
Jeet Heer wrote 3 months ago: This has been making the rounds, at Crooked Timber and elsewhere, but is worth posting not just in … more »
Sin City in Bulgaria
Jeet Heer wrote 4 months ago: Copyright infringement at a cafe in Stara Zagora. Over on the Fantagraphics blog my pal Eric Reyno … more »
Stuff White People Like
A.M. Lamey wrote 4 months ago: A very funny blog by that name is here. … more »
Comparing apples and oranges
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john haffner wrote 4 months ago: We’re not supposed to compare apples and oranges – or so the saying goes. But as H.P. Glenn, … more »
The Language of Krazy Kat
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Jeet Heer wrote 4 months ago: Chris Ware’s cover for the new Krazy Kat book. If you live near a decent book store, you can … more »
Guy Davenport: the writer as cartoonist
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Jeet Heer wrote 5 months ago: (Guy Davenport drawing, from his book Tatlin!) Note: This essay is slightly revised from the or … more »
Hawthorne: Demon or Big-Headed Genius?
Jeet Heer wrote 5 months ago: Nathaniel Hawthorne. Long dead and safely buried, Nathaniel Hawthorne is now securely ensconced as … more »
Blogging, Books, and the Future of Prose
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Jeet Heer wrote 5 months ago: Sarah Boxer’s new book. Last fall while visiting Boston, I met up with my friend Sarah … more »
Derrida on the Campaign Trail
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Jeet Heer wrote 5 months ago: A headline from today’s Washington Post: The Other Clinton Is an Absent Presence That headli … more »
