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Mort Walker

When Mort Walker (1923–2018) was ten years old, he received an inscribed Moon Mullins cartoon from its creator Frank Willard that read, “Say Morton, those drawings you sent me were swell—I'll bet ...

The Magic Behind the Voices

The Magic Behind the Voices is a fascinating package of biographies, anecdotes, credit listings, and photographs of the actors who have created the unmistakable voices for some of the most popular and ...

Stories from the Haunted South

By Alan Brown
Categories: Folklore

When Alan Brown published his well-received Haunted Places in the American South, a kind of seance swirled around him. Locals who knew ghost stories began haunting him with ghoulish reports from houses, ...

Elvis and Gladys

Who on the planet doesn't know that Elvis Presley gave electrifying performances and enthralled millions? Who doesn't know that he was the King of Rock 'n' Roll? But who knows that the King himself lived ...

Brian De Palma

Brian De Palma (b. 1940) isn't your average Hollywood director.

For years he reigned as the “master of the macabre,” the man who massacred the class of '76 in Carrie and stalked Angie Dickinson in ...

Haunted Places in the American South

By Alan Brown
Categories: Southern Studies

Before Alan Brown wrote Haunted Places in the American South, only the locals knew what was lurking in these locations. Slamming doors, eerie lights, and Confederate soldiers' ghosts kept some folks too ...

Milton Caniff

In this collection of more than a dozen interviews, one of the giants of American comic strips talks about his life and his craft. The years spanning 1937 to 1986, when the interviews were conducted, ...

Cool Cars, High Art

By John DeWitt
Categories: Popular Culture

Along with the Harley-Davidson motorcycle, hot rods and custom cars are powerful symbols of resistance, rebellion, and the high-octane lifestyle. Since the 1950s, these flashy restyled automobiles have ...

Hi There, Boys and Girls!

By Tim Hollis
Categories: Popular Culture

Whatever happened to Bozo the Clown, to Aunt Norma, to Solomon C. Whiskers, those television celebrities who hammed it up between cartoons and contests during local kids' shows?

In Hi There, Boys and Girls! ...

Whose Improv Is It Anyway?

On both sides of the stage improv-comedy's popularity has increased exponentially throughout the 1980s and '90s and into the new millennium. Presto! An original song is created out of thin air. With nothing ...