Cartoon Stories: Side Glances

Cartoon Stories

Side Glances

Various takes on cultural commonplaces.

How’s the Look. Plaids were almost making a comeback…

Check It Out. To make this one, I had to find where I had a check to copy from.

Self-Confidence Is Key. The perfect 80s throwback ensemble doesn’t come together by happenstance…

It’s Your Own Fault. Psychology becomes a discipline that puts women in the wrong. And, part two, how an institution turns notion into doctrine:

Getting In on the Corpse-Flower Racket. This stinky article is pollinated by elephants.

Never Mind the Legacy. Creative people have mixed feelings about “discovery” stories. How nice, someone who can’t get paid a dime gets her own retrospective (or on the best seller list) fifty years after dying!

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(2020, Stephanie Foster)