Dear preemptive vacationers, I realize there’s been a lot of food in these dispatches lately, perhaps in subconscious anticipation of Thanksgiving this Thursday. I don’t know about you, but when I think about Thanksgiving (or Turkey Day, as I’ve heard it called), I think about sweet potatoes with marshmallows, fresh roasted turkey, grandmotherly love—and that’s [...]
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A Thanksgiving Feast (of Archives!)
Posted in books, cartoons, food, humor, visual culture on November 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Musketeers, Cowboys, and Stop-Motion Desecration
Posted in film, humor, visual culture, tagged europa film treasures on November 16, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Dear readers suffering from archive-related-asthma, Allow me to introduce you today to the fabulous Europa Film Treasures, which brings together rare archival movies from 28 of the best collections across the continent. But don’t let the name fool you: you need not be a Franco-, Russo-, or Swedophile to appreciate these silents and talkies. A [...]
Cartoons and Commerce, Together at Last!
Posted in books, cartoons, economics, humor, visual culture, tagged books, caricatures, cartoons, cities, commerce, humor, Internet Archive, Library of Congress, mascot on October 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Dear siesta sympathizers, Those of you following the Lazy Scholar blog may be asking yourself, “Who is that handsome devil on the homepage?” No, dear readers, it’s not a portrait of yours truly, but rather the official Lazy Scholar mascot—known in his own time and place as Paul Nebeker Bogart. The mixed-media caricature comes from [...]
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