30 September 2014

A Myth about Oz’s “Women in Strong Leadership Roles”

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A new myth about banning The Wonderful Wizard of Oz has cropped up and spread on the web. Back in March 2013, R. Wolf Baldassarro posted ...
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29 September 2014

Here Be Monsters! Animated at Last

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As the movie The Box-Trolls opened this weekend, I thought it was interesting to look at what I wrote about its source material, Alan Sno...
28 September 2014

Beyond Batman Beyond

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It’s interesting to watch what DC Comics has done with its Batman Beyond storyline this year, reflecting changes in its target audience. ...
27 September 2014

Praying to Adidas

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Of the items I read on the web this week, my favorite might well be this Gawker essay from July about a claim by right-wing “militia” membe...
26 September 2014

Gingrich’s Leap of Language

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On Tuesday morning, President Barack Obama spoke about the expansion of the US war in Afghanistan and Iraq into ISIL-occupied Syria. The Whi...
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25 September 2014

Crowdsourcing Archeology

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I caught this interesting story from the Guardian earlier in the week. It seems that back in September 1954, some archeologists were ex...
24 September 2014

Carol Tilley on “When Comics Almost Died”

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On Monday night I had the pleasure of attending a lecture by Carol Tilley of the University of Illinois on Dr. Fredric Wertham’s crusade a...
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23 September 2014

Finding Neverland Has a Lot to Answer For

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In 2004 Miramax released Finding Neverland , with Johnny Depp playing a handsomer-than-real-life James M. Barrie, Kate Winslet as a more-w...
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22 September 2014

Philip Pullman in Three or Fewer Dimensions

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Princeton’s Cotsen Children’s Library has a podcast called “Bibliofiles,” and this comes from its new conversation with author Philip Pul...
21 September 2014

Burt Ward’s Karate Lessons

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In 1965 Burt Ward did some karate demonstrations as part of his audition for the part of Dick Grayson/Robin on the upcoming Batman TV sho...