MG Goes Long

The "Kvetch" Abides

One panel cartooning doomed? Don't be daft, ya git

Aug 25, 2023 •

Introducing Bystander Academy

A school firmly positioned in the Multiverse

Jun 7, 2023 •

Ellis Weiner chimes in on Sick humor, Lampoon, etc

This comment was too interesting not to surface

May 16, 2023 •

Sick Humor: What It Was, Where It Went

My 2023 Sean Kelly Memorial Lecture on Comedy :-)

May 13, 2023 •

Sam Gross, 1933-2023

A few words about the last "Sick" comic

May 9, 2023 •

Capitol Hill, Seattle, 1994-95

Portrait of the artist as a truly terrible fencer

Feb 24, 2023 •

Question: Comedy and Chronic Illness

Whither The Great American Diarrhea Novel?

Feb 17, 2023 •

Racquel Welch, 1940-2023

A few thoughts on a comedy-adjacent sex symbol

Feb 17, 2023 •

John Robie, the notorious "Cat"

Who is that on the roof of the casino? ME

Feb 10, 2023 •

Through a Monocle, Lightly

A few thoughts on a good—and wily and parsimonious?—man

Feb 3, 2023 •

Ladies and Gentlemen, Lenny Bruce!!

Thoughts on the infamous comedian, and his infamous biographer

Jan 28, 2023 •

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?"

Jan 20, 2023 •

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