31 May 2012

Desert Island Discussions

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At Vanity Fair , culture blogger Bruce Handy and New Yorker cartoon editor Bob Mankoff discussed the enduring popularity of the desert isl...
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30 May 2012

Reconciling with the Wizard of Oz

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Yesterday I described a review of a latter-day Oz book by Hugh Pendexter III. Among Oz fans he’s best known for his short book Oz and the...
29 May 2012

A Crochety Review of Oz

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Last week my mother alerted me to an intersection of the far reaches of two orthogonal hobbies: crochet and Oz fanfiction. Chain Link is ...
28 May 2012

Jules Feiffer Tries Yet Another New Thing

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Christopher Borrelli’s interview with Jules Feiffer in the Chicago Tribune brings out several interesting remarks about his multifacete...
27 May 2012

Designing a 21st-Century Robin for Young Justice

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Among the interviews that Young Justice producer Brandon Vietti did to promote the show’s second season is this article at IGN , which qu...
26 May 2012

Swell in Possibility

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From the Boston Globe and Jeannine Atkins come descriptions of the “Little White House Project: Dwell in Possibility,” an art installati...
25 May 2012

Rep. Mike Coffman Displays OIP Derangement Syndrome

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This week’s expression of OIP Derangement Syndrome  comes from Mike Coffman, now in his second term representing a portion of Colorado in th...
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24 May 2012

More Creeped-Out Hellbound II Reviews

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More Hellbound II reviews, starting with Roz Young at Sequential Tart : As a fan of the horror genre, I am impressed by the passion of ...
22 May 2012

Darkside Is Coming, Now Nothing Is Real

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The Morton Report recently featured Bill Baker’s online conversation with artist Tommy Castillo about a book called The Art of The Darksid...
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21 May 2012

Oh, the Irony!

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Yesterday I quoted a mention of Men Without Hats , the Canadian New Wave band that had a big hit in 1983, helped by an inexplicably mediev...