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Oh, the Thinks That He Thought! Some of Seuss’s lesser-known works
Born 107 years ago today in Springfield Mass., Theodor Seuss Geisel had an extraordinarily prolific career. Most people know him for the 44 books he wrote and illustrated under the name “Dr. Seuss.”...
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Hey, Kids! Try Some Candy Tobacco!
R.J. Reynolds Tobacco began selling Camel Orbs, Camel Sticks and Camel Strips earlier this year. “The Orbs look like Tic Tacs, the Sticks look like toothpicks and the Strips look like breath strips,”...
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With a hat tip to Mark Newgarden‘s Facebook feed, here’s a short film made for the American Bicentennial. Funded by a Bicentennial Project Grant and produced by the United States Information Agency,...
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The exquisite corpse will drink the new cappuccino
Half-way through the “Surrealism: The Poetry of Dreams” exhibit at the Gallery of Modern Art (GoMA) here in Brisbane, museum-goers encounter this: A clever riff on the Surrealist game that exploits the...
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“This is the kind of book I like”: Crockett Johnson, famous cartoonist &...
Although I wouldn’t argue that once upon a time “illustrators were celebrities,” it’s definitely true that they were once more celebrated than they are now. Predictably, one illustrator who comes to...
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Crockett Johnson for the American Cancer Society, 1958
Courtesy of Mark Newgarden, it’s Crockett Johnson advising you to get a check-up so that you don’t get cancer. Johnson created this 1958 pamphlet for the American Cancer Society, and I strongly...
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I am the Lorax. I speak for the Thneeds?
The commercials for The Lorax film say: I am the Lorax. I speak for the tweens.1 The commercials for the many Lorax tie-ins say: I am the Lorax. I speak for the SUVs.2 I am the Lorax. I speak for the...
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Comic-Con, San Diego, day 1: First Impressions
We are attending Comic-Con for the first time. It begins at the Kansas City airport, when I hear two people talking about the X-Files Reunion, and whether they can get tickets. Gillian Anderson, David...
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Comic-Con 2014: San Diego, July 23
The world is too much with us; late and soon, Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers;— — William Wordsworth, “The World Is Too Much With Us” (1802) SHARKNADO GO SHARK YOURSELF! — promotional...
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Six Spots of Seuss News
Today would be Dr. Seuss’s 111th birthday! Actually, it is his 111th birthday, but Theodor Seuss Geisel is not around to celebrate it — he died in 1991, at the age of 87. In his honor, here are Six...
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