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Secrets of Popular Culture on iTunes

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May.09.2012

My collection of essays, Secrets of Popular Culture, is now available on Apple iTunes for $0.99. Includes 'Socio Political Themes in the Smurfs' and 8 other essays, as well as illustrations. It's a different take on movies, pop music, TV, comics, animation and more!

J's Latest Blogs

Apr.16.2012 - 6:11 pm
Want to get blitzed and fool around? No, nothing like that. I've been thinking. About lettering in comic books, and it all started when I grabbed a copy of an out-of-print 80s X-...
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Apr.02.2012 - 6:06 am
Coffee
Coffee has been a part of my life for a long time. I remember my first taste of it. We were on a family trip to the mountains, and there was a thermos of white coffee for the...
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Feb.14.2012 - 11:14 pm
Tintin was the first comic I read as a child and I have fond feelings for it. I can relive those feelings any time I want just be rereading one of the books, which are timeless...
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Dec.06.2011 - 7:56 am
What happens when the most respected writer of the English language joins forces with the least-respected art form in the English-speaking world? There have been a fair few...
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Comments from J

Nov.28.2011 - 1:21 am
In response to: Limitless: Some Thoughts About the Film
Your comments reminded me of something I'd seen in the documentary Bigger Stronger Faster, which is about steroid use,...
Aug.29.2011 - 3:00 pm
In response to: Comic Con!
I'm glad you got inspired. Yes, dive into that file of unsent ideas! You know what they say; "sought a sparrow, caught...
Aug.18.2011 - 7:39 pm
In response to: Baltimore Comic Con! and Holy new layout Red Room!
I know what you mean, re keeping to a schedule. I've had trouble with that myself! I reckon the best thing is to take...
Aug.18.2011 - 5:51 pm
In response to: Baltimore Comic Con! and Holy new layout Red Room!
I read this and the post preceding it. Keep up the weekly blog, I think it will be interesting. I wish you the best of...
Aug.04.2011 - 5:44 pm
In response to: Did Hitler Help Inspire the Vegetarian/Spiritual Movement that Gained Strength in the 1960's?
vegetarianism long predates the 30s. Hitler was a vegetarian, but it wasn't part of Nazism. They did have firm ideas...

Published Reviews

The Sixsmiths: Volume One
Dec.16.2011
Published by Black Mermaid Productions
"I laughed in many places at Franks' gentle rollicking humour – his perceptive observations on life and humanity, as well as his intelligent play on words and ideas." "Schmidt'...