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Popular Culture Association 2024

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Conversations with Todd McFarlane

Conversations with Todd McFarlane

Edited by Jake Zawlacki
Categories: Comics Studies
Series: Conversations with Comic Artists Series

Over thirty years after his initial ascent to super stardom, Todd McFarlane (b. 1961) remains one of the most popular and contentious comic artists ever. The interviews compiled in this volume offer a ...

Gaspar Noé

Gaspar Noé

Edited by Geoffrey Lokke
Categories: Film Studies
Series: Conversations with Filmmakers Series

Since the release of his breakout film Irréversible in 2002, Gaspar Noé (b. 1963) has been labeled the principal provocateur of twenty-first-century French cinema. While many of the filmmaker’s complex ...

Opening Weekend

Opening Weekend

By Jim Fredrick
Categories: Biography And Memoir

In a world where movie marketers are the stars of the story, Opening Weekend: An Insider's Look at Marketing Hollywood's Hits and Flops recounts Jim Fredrick’s journey through the realm of movie marketing. ...

TeenSet, Teen Fan Magazines, and Rock Journalism

TeenSet, Teen Fan Magazines, and Rock Journalism

By Allison Bumsted
Categories: Music And Ethnomusicology

Since the magazine’s first issue in 1964, TeenSet’s role in popular music journalism has been overlooked and underappreciated. Teen fan magazines, often written by women and assumed to be read only ...

Alan J. Pakula

Alan J. Pakula

Edited by Tom Ryan
Categories: Film Studies
Series: Conversations with Filmmakers Series

Renowned for his masterful storytelling, Alan J. Pakula (1928–1998) left an indelible mark on cinema history. Alan J. Pakula: Interviews offers a concise yet comprehensive overview of the director’s ...

Film by Design

Film by Design

Edited by Gary D. Rhodes & Robert Singer
Categories: Film Studies

Contributions by Vlad Dima, Laura Hatry, Alicia Kozma, Lynette Kuliyeva, Madhuja Mukherjee, Frank Percaccio, Gary D. Rhodes, Courtney Ruffner Grieneisen, Marlisa Santos, Michael L. Shuman, and Robert ...

One Tough Dame

One Tough Dame

By Herbie J Pilato
Foreword by Rupert Macnee
Introduction by Ray Austin
Categories: Biography And Memoir
Series: Hollywood Legends Series

One Tough Dame: The Life and Career of Diana Rigg offers a sweeping portrait of the revered performer’s life and career. Deemed a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1994, Diana Rigg ...

Gunlore

Gunlore

Edited by Robert Glenn Howard & Eric A. Eliason
Categories: Folklore

Contributions by Sandra Bartlett Atwood, Nathan E. Bender, London Brickley, Eric A. Eliason, Noah D. Eliason, Tim Frandy, Robert Glenn Howard, Jay Mechling, Annamarie O'Brien Morel, Raymond Summerville, ...

Hanna-Barbera, the Recorded History

Hanna-Barbera, the Recorded History

By Greg Ehrbar
Foreword by Tim Matheson
Preface by Leonard Maltin
Categories: Popular Culture

Whether it’s Tom and Jerry, Scooby-Doo, the Jetsons, Yogi Bear, Top Cat, Huckleberry Hound, or hundreds of others, the creations of the Hanna-Barbera studio continue to delight generations worldwide. ...

Ken Russell

Ken Russell

Edited by Barry Keith Grant
Categories: Film Studies
Series: Conversations with Filmmakers Series

In the 1970s, British filmmaker Ken Russell (1927–2011) quickly gained a reputation as the enfant terrible of British cinema. His work, like the man himself, was regarded as flamboyant, excessive, and ...