A conversation with Justus Nieland about his recent book, Happiness by Design: Modernism and Media in the Eames Era (University of Minnesota Press). Our conversation considers shifting views of modernism, film & media studies, and the role of design and industrial film in these, and other, discourses.
Season 1 finale.
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A conversation with Dr. Tamar Boyadjian about Robin Hood, translation, identity, the impact of early modern literature, and her new Robin Hood reader.
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A conversation with Professors Gordon Henry, LeAnne Howe, Margaret Noodin, and Kimberly Blaeser about Indigenous poetry and their contributions to the exciting new anthology, When the Light of the World Was Subdued, Our Songs Came Through.
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A conversation with Dr. Zarena Aslami about Afghanistan, race, and literature, and how Victorian Studies is can respond to these critical issues.
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Join Will, Ben, and Zack as they discuss Frank Young’s Little Debbie and the Second Coming of Elmo, Kevin Eastman & Peter Laird's Fugitoid #1, and Ed Brubaker & Sean Phillips' My Heroes Have Always Been Junkies. Enjoy!
A conversation with Professor Julian Chambliss about comics, DH, and the comics archive at Michigan State University.
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Music: “This is Coffee?” - Zack Kruse
Our 50th episode! Zack, Will, and Ben discuss Eric Haven’s CRYPTOID, Tom Van Deusen’s EXPELLING MY TRUTH, Dan Clowes’s LLOOK OUT! IT’S LLOYD LLEWELLYN, and Ben Katchor’s CHEAP NOVELTIES: THE PLEASURES OF URBAN DECAY.
Zack, Will, and Ben discuss Max Allan Collins and Terry Beatty's Ms. Tree: One Mean Mother from Hard Case Crime and Titan Comics.
Ben, Will, and Zack are back to discuss Frank Miller and Rafael Grampa’s Dark Knight Returns: The Golden Child; Kirk Demarais’s Mail-Order Mysteries; Jeff Lemire, Denys Cowan, and Bill Sienkiewicz's The Question: The Deaths of Vic Sage; Daniel Warren Johnson’s Wonder Woman: The Dead Earth; Steve Gerber and Jack Kirby’s Destroyer Duck #1; and Jonah Hex and Other Western Tales Digests. Enjoy!
Scholar of American literature and culture, comic books, and film history. Occasional comic book writer, podcaster, and comic convention organizer. Pepsi Challenge loser.