His Girl Friday
Propaganda of the most dramatic and welcome kind.
Josh Glenn
Josh Glenn is a Boston- and Kingston (NY)-based consulting semiotician. He is cofounder of the consultancy Semiovox, editor of the websites SEMIOVOX and HILOBROW, and founding editor of The MIT Press's proto-sf RADIUM AGE series. He is an adjunct instructor at RISD and convenor of the monthly online Semiofest Sessions. His books include The Idler's Glossary, Significant Objects, and the family activities guide Unbored. In the ’90s, Josh published the intellectual zine/journal Hermenaut; in the 2000s, he was a founding staffer and columnist for the Boston Globe's IDEAS section.
Stimulus Set Design
How do we decide what brands and other stimuli to audit?
Validation Session
A brilliant white pattern, or schema — a functional-looking mandala — appeared on the sticky tabletop.
The Long Goodbye
Marlowe wanders the aisles of a supermarket at night.
Bonnie and Clyde
Down in front!
Daniel Clowes
A 1999 interview with Daniel Clowes, about Ghost World.
Monkey Whimsey
A wise and compassionate, yet still quick-witted and humorous, figure.
Trickster Mickey
"Mickey! Mickey! Tricky Mickey Mouse!”
Minstrel Mickey
A black body and head, large eyeballs, and a partially white face.
Rock’n’Roll High School
Losers don’t know how to behave triumphantly when they win.