Category Archives: Comics

Syllabus for Media and Cultural Studies

Posted on January 16, 2012 by

COMM 6160/8690, Spring 2012 Thursdays 4:30-7:00 PM, Sparks 321 Ted Friedman Office: 738 One Park Place South ted@tedfriedman.com http://twitter.com/tedfriedman http://tedfriedman.com Course Description What are the political dimensions of popular culture? How does culture reflect, influence, and embody structures of power? … Continue reading →

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Marx, Jung & Yoda: The Dialectics of The Force

Posted on December 20, 2011 by

Here’s a talk about Star Wars and myth that I gave last month  at the Academy of Religious Studies conference in San Francisco. Feedback is welcome – I’m in the process of turning this into the introduction to my book, … Continue reading →

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Media and Popular Culture Take-Home Final Exam

Posted on April 6, 2011 by

Media and Popular Culture, Spring 2011 Take-Home Final Exam Instructions Answer any 5 of the 10 questions below. Each answer should be at least one complete page long. The exam should be typed, double-spaced, in Times New Roman 12-point. The … Continue reading →

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Grammy Night Reflections on Projection

Posted on February 14, 2011 by

From tweets the night of February 13, 2011. In Jungian terms, technological determinism is projection: giving power to machines that really belongs to ourselves. Projection is necessary & valuable – it’s what Robert Johnson calls “carrying your gold” when you’re … Continue reading →

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Ted’s Movie Database

Posted on January 21, 2011 by

The complete Ted’s Movie Database, featuring the Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead rating system, is now back online. It’s part of the new Lists section, which includes year-end Top 10s and decade-end Top 50s, syllabi, comprehensive exam reading lists, … Continue reading →

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Ted’s Top Movies of 2010

Posted on January 20, 2011 by

My movie rankings have used the DTMTBD system ever since I first unveiled it in the  fanzine Nadine in 1992. I keep a complete database of every movie I’ve seen using Movie Collector by collectorz.com, sorted by year and DTMTBD … Continue reading →

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GSU Film 4810: Media and Popular Culture Syllabus

Posted on January 20, 2011 by

Media and Popular Culture Film 4810, Spring 2011 Mondays & Wednesdays 1:30-2:45, Aderhold 303 Office: 738 One Park Place South Email: ted3k@me.com    Twitter: http://twitter.com/tedfriedman Website: http://tedfriedman.com/teaching Popular culture is often described as “escapist” entertainment. But this dismissal evades some very … Continue reading →

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Ted’s Top Podcasts of 2010

Posted on January 11, 2011 by

1. Bill Simmons, The BS Report 2. Marc Maron, What the Fuck 3. Jeffrey Kripal, Impossible Talk 4. Masterworks Broadway Podcast Theatre 5. Terri Gross, Fresh Air 6. John Hodgman, Judge John Hodgman 7. Robert X. Cringely, I, Cringely 8. … Continue reading →

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Ted’s Top 50 Comics of the 2000s

Posted on January 9, 2011 by

Originally posted December 30, 2009 This was a mixed decade for comics. On the one hand, superhero comics rebounded from the “grim and gritty” cliches of the 1990s to newfound creative relevance, thanks largely to the savvy of Marvel Editor-in-Chief … Continue reading →

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Ted’s Top 50 Books of the 2000s

Posted on January 9, 2011 by

Originally posted January 06, 2010 OK, here’s one more end-of-decade list, a few days belated. I wasn’t planning on covering books, because I wasn’t sure how to combine fiction, journalism, memoir, history, biography, sports, gardening, cooking, and everything else into … Continue reading →

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Ted’s Top Comics for 2010

Posted on January 9, 2011 by

Scarlet, Brian Michael Bendis & Alex Maleev Northlanders, Brian Wood & Riccardo Burchielli Mysterious, Jeff Parker & Tom Fowler Captain Swing, Warren Ellis & Raulo Caceres Underground, Jeff Parker & Steve Leiber Thunderbolts, Jeff Parker & Kev Walker Ultimate Avengers, … Continue reading →

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