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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 »

Tags: History, media, Personalities, Popular Culture

Little Lulu Versus Donald Duck5 comments

Jeet Heer wrote 1 month ago: A page from John Stanley’s Melvin Monster series. * There are not many cartoon … more »

Tags: Popular Culture, carl barks, Donald Duck, john stanley, Little Lulu

Krazy Kat's Final Reflections on Passing1 comment

Jeet Heer wrote 2 months ago: Krazy Kat — please click on art for a better view of this Sunday page.     The facts about … more »

Tags: Popular Culture, George Herriman, krazy kat

Cheburashka!1 comment

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 »

Tags: media, Cheburashka

When Novelists Attack2 comments

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 »

Tags: media, Literature, Fredric Wertham, Michael Chabon

Francoise Mouly: Underappreciated and Essential13 comments

Jeet Heer wrote 3 months ago:   Charles Burns’ cover for Raw #4.   Is there anyone in the cartooning world who is more un … more »

Tags: Popular Culture, Art Spiegelman, Francoise Mouly

Superman Never Made Any Money1 comment

Jeet Heer wrote 3 months ago: Action #1 — the birth of Superman and many lawsuits.   Superman never made any money Saving … more »

Tags: Popular Culture, Jerry Siegel, Joe Shuster, Superman

Eyebrow Raising Book Covers5 comments

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 »

Tags: Literature, Joseph Epstein, Guy Davenport, Art Spiegelman, Peter Ward

The Comic-Book Crackdown5 comments

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 »

Tags: Popular Culture, Brian Mulroney, Fredric Wertham

Betty and Veronica: The Cultural Politics of Hair Colour3 comments

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 »

Tags: Popular Culture, betty, Veronica, Archie Comics

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 »

Tags: Popular Culture, muppets, Danny Boy

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 »

Tags: Popular Culture, Bulgaria, SIN CITY

Stuff White People Like

A.M. Lamey wrote 4 months ago: A very funny blog by that name is here. … more »

Tags: Popular Culture

Comparing apples and oranges1 comment

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 »

Tags: Asia, Environment, Philosophy

The Language of Krazy Kat6 comments

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 »

Tags: Literature, Popular Culture, krazy kat

Guy Davenport: the writer as cartoonist4 comments

Jeet Heer wrote 5 months ago: (Guy Davenport drawing, from his book Tatlin!)  Note: This essay is slightly revised from the or … more »

Tags: Literature, Popular Culture, Guy Davenport, Hugh Kenner, Cartooning

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 »

Tags: Literature, Nathaniel Hawthorne

Blogging, Books, and the Future of Prose2 comments

Jeet Heer wrote 5 months ago:    Sarah Boxer’s new book.  Last fall while visiting Boston, I met up with my friend Sarah … more »

Tags: Literature, media, good prose, Sarah Boxer

Derrida on the Campaign Trail1 comment

Jeet Heer wrote 5 months ago: A headline from today’s Washington Post:  The Other Clinton Is an Absent Presence That headli … more »

Tags: Literature, Philosophy, Derrida


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