Tuesday, September 6 2011
Show and Tell: On Words and Images in Comics
While there are prose books that use pictures for illustrative purposes, only in comics are stories actively told through both written words and drawn pictures.
Tuesday, August 30 2011
Ernest Hemingway, Reporter
The years spent as a reporter painting the scene in Parisian cafes and on tuna fishing boats in Spain sharpened Ernest Hemingway's ability to carefully, confidently build a story.
Tuesday, May 10 2011
Selling Sex: The Media, Fantasy, and How I Fell in Love with Britney Spears
It all started when I was in Walgreens buying deodorant and I saw her looking me right in the eye with a glossy glow from the cover of an October 2010 issue of US Weekly.
Monday, November 16 2009
What’s More Dangerous on the Web—Hackers or Hacks?
Content producers have the power to be whomever they want, but if they let themselves be dictated too much by factors like Google, page views, and ad revenue, they end up simply joining a droning, mundane chorus of mediocrity.
Tuesday, September 8 2009
Fear of a Mouse Planet: What Disney’s Acquisition of Marvel Means for the House of Ideas
The fears of a Disney planet are fears that these characters we cherish will be tinkered with or even taken away from us.
Thursday, January 24 2008
The Clippings File. Creature Features
Animal stories from the urban jungle.
