Archive for: Mickey Mouse

Oddity: Jack Kirby

The King draws Mickey and hangs with Zappa.

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The Postmodern Sublime–a Different Kind of Crazy.

From the modern to the post-postmodern.

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One For All and All For One

Is the world better if people are more alike or less alike? And how does globalization affect that? Philosopher Alain Badiou argues that these are the wrong questions.

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Made For You and Me: Localizing Disney’s Imperialism for an Egyptian Audience

  I would be hard pressed to pick a better mascot for the United States as an imperial hegemon than Mickey Mouse. In Egypt — as with most of the “developing world” — Mr. Mouse is ubiquitous: you can see his big round eyes staring at you on the side of taxi cabs, through theĀ glass [...]

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