Clown Culture: Comedy and Horror from Farce to Film
Clown Culture takes a serious look at the phenomenon of clowns in media across history from antiquity to contemporary film, comics, and popular culture.
Georg Lukács Reinvented: Realism in Contemporary Culture
Lukács's theory of realism, let loose on contemporary television, comics and art.
Flixcomix: Comics Aesthetics in Film
Comic-book grammar, quietly rewiring film from the silent era to the blockbuster.
The Phenomenology of Paint: Between Materiality and Illusion
Paint as the medium that both covers and reveals our existence.
Gaga Aesthetics: Art, Fashion, Popular Culture, and the Up-Ending of Tradition
When aesthetics escapes the gallery and turns up in fashion and music video.