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Beloved of the People
Your
site is the most brilliant thing I've ever seen. The information contained
within is engaging and American and hearty. The bloke who wrote the last
letter thinks you guys are ironic hipsters… well... I think the opposite
is true. The page basically exudes true love of the subject matter, and
it doesn't reduce interest in pop culture's past to some fleeting kitsch
fad. I've been reading PopCult loyally for about a month, always
planning to write a letter of appreciation and thanks to those responsible
for its compilation. I never got around to it. But today, seeing P-Funk
on the front page nearly brought me to tears. I mean, I LOVE that band.
Plus you have a link to the Battlestar Galactica guy's website,
which had a link to the Battlestar Galactica Fan Club, which one
may join for free! (Membership cards are only available to those who purchase
$50 worth of BSG merchandise, sign up for PayPal, or partake in sundry
other convoluted monetary ordeals…and membership cards ARE half the
fun of Official Fan-dom, but this is all still rollicking on some level.)
And Dinosaur Land was classic.
Thank
you, PopCult.
Kate
(e-mail address withheld)
Your
site is beyond words. It's beautiful, I love it.
Thank
you!
Eddy
Fischer
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Cartoonists
in the Trenches
There
are other strips out there working hard...just not in your local newspaper...
Hogan's
Alley has an article on the 20 best comics in newspapers you're not
reading...in book stores now and online at http://cagle.slate.msn.com/hogan/
Cheers.
Michael
Jantze
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I
didn't mean to imply that Darby
Conley is the only comics artist who's any good–just that he's
one of the very few good, youthful ones actually being published by newspapers.
There are no doubt many talented illustrators out there either not getting
enough support from their syndicates or not even getting their pens in
the door. Discerning comics-lovers must look to alternative weeklies and
the Internet to find something beyond the recycled gags of Beetle Bailey
and Family Circle.
–Ed.
Location,
Location, Location
Hey
Guys,
I
must say, this is an awesome site. I don't remember how I stumbled across
it, but I'm happy that I did. There was a feature on Chinese propaganda
on the front page, but now I cant find it. Can you direct it me to it?
Greatly
appreciate it,
Paul
(e-mail address withheld)
This
brings up the Great Search Engine issue–namely, why don't we have
one? Well, the answer is that I just don't feel the content has reached
critical mass yet to demand a search engine. Right now I like the idea
of readers exploring around the site to discover things, not unlike a
real magazine. But once the number of stories gets so huge it's mind-boggling,
I'll add in a search function. As for the Chinese propaganda, that can
be found on the Website
of the Week archive page.
–Ed.
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