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The "Kvetch" Abides
One panel cartooning doomed? Don't be daft, ya git
Michael Gerber
Aug 25
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Introducing Bystander Academy
A school firmly positioned in the Multiverse
Michael Gerber
Jun 7
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Ellis Weiner chimes in on Sick humor, Lampoon, etc
This comment was too interesting not to surface
Michael Gerber
May 16
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Sick Humor: What It Was, Where It Went
My 2023 Sean Kelly Memorial Lecture on Comedy :-)
Michael Gerber
May 13
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Sam Gross, 1933-2023
A few words about the last "Sick" comic
Michael Gerber
May 9
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Capitol Hill, Seattle, 1994-95
Portrait of the artist as a truly terrible fencer
Michael Gerber
Feb 24
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Question: Comedy and Chronic Illness
Whither The Great American Diarrhea Novel?
Michael Gerber
Feb 17
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Racquel Welch, 1940-2023
A few thoughts on a comedy-adjacent sex symbol
Michael Gerber
Feb 17
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John Robie, the notorious "Cat"
Who is that on the roof of the casino? ME
Michael Gerber
Feb 10
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Through a Monocle, Lightly
A few thoughts on a good—and wily and parsimonious?—man
Michael Gerber
Feb 3
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Ladies and Gentlemen, Lenny Bruce!!
Thoughts on the infamous comedian, and his infamous biographer
Michael Gerber
Jan 28
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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?"
Michael Gerber
Jan 20
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