While we can’t make it to every great conference held at MIT by the cutting-edge Comparative Media Studies program, they have put on another great…
Some stick with reading comics for their entire lives (the norm in Japan, though the type changes over the lifetime), while others put them away…
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FoCebPA1WfQ] In a recent posts on the University of Chicago Faculty blog & Concurring Opinions, and in articles in the New York Times and the…
Please, for the love of all fandoms, know of what you write, oh editorial writers who wish to use fannish examples to make your non-fandom…
On Gamine Expedition, Sara Grimes writes about the Harry Potter lawsuit differently than I’ve seen before (or the economic production /fan labor issues that I’ve…
The New York Times recently had an article about the recent makeovers of some of your favorite (and least) favorite 80s icons, including Strawberry Shortcake….
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57ta7mkgrOU] This video of Kermit the Frog singing plaintively (about his love for Miss Piggy?) has been making the rounds for at a while and…
Last week the testimony ended in the Harry Potter Lexicon case regarding whether J.K. Rowling can prevent the print publication of the Lexicon, a non-licensed…
The ownership issues involving Superman have always been contentious but not factually disputed — two teenagers created Superman and then sold their rights for a…
Summary of review of OurSpace by Christine Harold: Highly suggested for purchase by libraries, scholars, and readers interested in the history, significance, and theory of…