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Tag Archives: Satire
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h/t Michael Pederson
Cringeworthy but on the nose
If you stop by this humble blog on a regular basis, you are probably aware that I love good faux book cover art. I recently ran across this selection and thought that I’d share some. While they’re all amusing, they … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Books, Uncategorized
Tagged book cover art, book cover design, book covers, Satire
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Space Invaders
Science fiction satire isn’t a new phenomena. The War of the Wenuses by Charles L. Graves and Edward V. Lucas is a parody of H.G. Wells’ The War of the Worlds published in 1898. The story chronicles an invasion by gorgeous Venusian women who … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Europe, History, Uncategorized, Writing
Tagged Fiction, H.G. Wells, Satire, Science Fiction and Fantasy
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Paris Remembers
Four years ago this week, Paris was shocked by the terror attack on the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo. French street artist Christian Guémy, aka C215, has paid tribute to the eleven victims of the horrific attack with a mural . At the … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Europe, Freedom of Speech, History
Tagged France, Paris, Satire, Street Art, terrorism
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Bad Cartography
I love a good map, but a bad map, or a just plain silly map, can be hilarious. Terrible Maps is an anonymous online project that has been sharing some truly wacky and ridiculous examples for nearly three years. Here are a … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Europe, Maps, South America, Tourism, USA
Tagged Cartography, Comedy, Greenland, Satire
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Why Vonnegut Matters
Like many Kurt Vonnegut fans I became a devoted reader during my early adolescence. If memory serves, the first of his novels that I read was Sirens of Titan, but it could have just as well been Cat’s Cradle. Of course they weren’t teaching … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Film, USA, Writing
Tagged American Literature, Kurt Vonnegut, novels, Satire, Science fiction
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World Map of Useless Stereotypes
A big tip of the hat to TBTP follower Sandra A. for this clever map created by Christoph Niemann (see Monday’s post on Berlin) for the New York Times Magazine in 2011.
Drolatic Dreams of Pantagruel
The Drolatic Dreams of Pantagruel (Les songes drolatiques de Panatgruel) is a bizarre, Brueghel-esque volume of humorous and grotesque woodcuts published in Paris in 1565. Based on the satirical Life of Gargantua and of Pantagruel by François Rabelais, the book … Continue reading
NPR : The Book
A few months back the Little Berlin Gallery in Philadelphia hosted a show of Texas-based artist Kevin McNamee-Tweed’s hilarious fictional book covers. Each of the pieces, done in watercolor, ink and gouache, offers a humorous take on contemporary publishing in … Continue reading