The Far Sideis beloved by comic fans for telling most of its gags in a single image, often implying events which have just passed (like the snakes attacking the Dorky Kid) or which will immediately follow (such as Pinocchio being torn to pieces by lions.) This strip is a masterclass in...
Gary Larson's 20/20 interview aired on January 8, 1987. This was just a week past the seven-year anniversary of whenThe Far Sidefirst began appearing in syndication in newspaper comic sections. Larson's strip would continue for another seven years, through the end of 1994, meaning this int...
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words, reputations, impressions, all count as forms of image; and an icon is an image invested with meaning, an image so important as to seem sacred; and below, almost from A to Z, is my current (Fall/Winter 2005) study of icons, an iconography, which includes films such as Aeon Flu...
What I don’t understand is people getting offended when people are trying to be friendly in the gym or outside. Some people need to relax a bit, gyms are social places and some people go there more in part for that reason alone. Kevin G. on January 20, 2017 at 1:19 pm No ...
Taking place in an alternative universe anyway, a place where Tokyo has merged with San Francisco to become SanFransokyo, the movie embraces the Japanese side of animation and the cultural love for cuteness—the kawaii factor that isn’t limited to squealing young girls. Some Japa...
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for them (Marine Le Pen, until her runoff at least, along with Nigel Farage and his pro-Brexit pals, and more sure to come). As with any counterculture, though, the politicians will come and go. The more lasting battle is outside politics, in the culture and especially on the internet...
This morning, the website of Gary Larson’s famed comic,The Far Side, started displaying strips from the series. This may seem like a baseline expectation for a beloved comic strip, but for Larson, it’s a big deal. With respect toCalvin and Hobbesand the one Garfield where Jon Arbuckle...
for them (Marine Le Pen, until her runoff at least, along with Nigel Farage and his pro-Brexit pals, and more sure to come). As with any counterculture, though, the politicians will come and go. The more lasting battle is outside politics, in the culture and especially on the internet...