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The "Kvetch" Abides
One panel cartooning doomed? Don't be daft, ya git
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Michael Gerber
5
Introducing Bystander Academy
A school firmly positioned in the Multiverse
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Michael Gerber
12
Ellis Weiner chimes in on Sick humor, Lampoon, etc
This comment was too interesting not to surface
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Michael Gerber
17
Sick Humor: What It Was, Where It Went
My 2023 Sean Kelly Memorial Lecture on Comedy :-)
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Michael Gerber
30
Sam Gross, 1933-2023
A few words about the last "Sick" comic
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Michael Gerber
19
Capitol Hill, Seattle, 1994-95
Portrait of the artist as a truly terrible fencer
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Michael Gerber
10
Question: Comedy and Chronic Illness
Whither The Great American Diarrhea Novel?
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Michael Gerber
21
Racquel Welch, 1940-2023
A few thoughts on a comedy-adjacent sex symbol
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Michael Gerber
4
John Robie, the notorious "Cat"
Who is that on the roof of the casino? ME
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Michael Gerber
13
Through a Monocle, Lightly
A few thoughts on a good—and wily and parsimonious?—man
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Michael Gerber
11
Ladies and Gentlemen, Lenny Bruce!!
Thoughts on the infamous comedian, and his infamous biographer
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Michael Gerber
4
Weasel Question Time #3: What's the Deal with Freshman?
Pershan, currently on Injured Reserve, asks, "I remember that you wrote that novel Freshman. Was that a planned series of four books?"
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Michael Gerber
14
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