March 1, 2013
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Impressionable Minds — Edward Tenner on Al Capp: A Life to the Contrary and the legacy of the controversial cartoonist, at The Atlantic: I still think of Fosdick as Capp’s masterpiece, running postmodern-style as a comic strip within a strip and … Continue reading
January 9, 2013
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Ghost Shapes – Writer Warren Ellis talks comics and, very briefly, his new novel Gun Machine at Robot Six: Gun Machine is as much about the ghost shape of Manhattan’s previous settlements and roadways as it is about its modern architecture, … Continue reading
March 5, 2012
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It is all hands to the pump at The Optimist HQ right now (meetings, deadlines, house maintenance, and vomit-propelled kids), but apologies for the missing links on Friday. Here’s a very quick Monday round-up to make up for it: Designer Stuart … Continue reading
February 8, 2012
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Beautiful children’s book and magazine covers from Korea in the 1950′s and 1960′s at the amazing 50 Watts. Not a Pretty Scene — Tess Thackara on design and the future of printed books at Guernica magazine: Amy Martin’s illustrations for … Continue reading
August 5, 2011
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Nicholas Carr, author of The Shallows, reviews Retromania by Simon Reynolds for The New Republic: Who wants yesterday’s papers?” sang Mick Jagger in 1967. “Who wants yesterday’s girl?” The answer, in the Swinging 60s, was obvious: “Nobody in the world.” … Continue reading