Comments(0) George Lucas said Friday that filming of the long-awaited “Indiana Jones” movie will begin next year. Harrison Ford, who appeared in the three earlier flicks, the last one coming in 1989, is set to star again. Lucas said he and Steven Spielberg recently finalized the script for the film. –Alicia Chang
category: Popular Culture
Comments(0) From there, Brunetti arranges about 80 comic strips – everything from a few simple panels to snippets from full-length graphic novels – in a rough parallel to the evolution of a work of graphic fiction. We move from simple drawings and sight gags to densely illustrated, or experimental, examinations of sex, economics and the human […]
category: Comics, Literacy, Popular Culture, Rhetoric and Poetics
Comments(4) As DC Comics recently announced, the comic book company behemoth announced a new line of comic books aimed at the broader female audience, with a new imprint called Minx. The first book scheduled to hit in May is the 176 graphic novel “Plain Janes,” from writer Cecil Castellucci and artist Jim Rugg. –Arune Singh
category: Comics, Literacy, Popular Culture, Rhetoric and Poetics
Comments(2) To stay in the game, the player must answer trivia questions and get every one right — wrong answers from the mob eliminates them from the game, driving up the cash prize for the player. If the player can eliminate all 100 members of the mob, which will also be stacked with surprise opponents, such […]
category: Popular Culture, Rhetoric and Poetics, Television
Comments(7) [Soundtrack: Decisive Battle (Final Fantasy 6). I returned to Wisconsin for Christmas break two weeks ago and I find myself facing an uncertain future. I managed to complete all five of my PhD applications for next fall before leaving Texas, but whether or not I am accepted into any of them is unknown. I am […]
category: Life
Comments(2) This letter is a formal acceptance of your paper, “Superman’s America: History, Reception, and Imperiex,” for the 2007 national meeting of the Popular Culture and American Culture Associations. The conference will be at the Boston Marriott Copley Place, April 4-7, 2007.
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