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Spiders & Flies: A Halloween Special

“The Spider and the Fly” (1828) by Mary Howitt is a quite famous and popular cartoon trope. While I’ve played the game “Spiders & Flies” (it’s just a lot of running back and forth), I first learned of this poem … Continue reading

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Talkin’ ’bout Confederation

Let’s take a look at some of the many images of the “Fathers of Confederation” (although the “Mother of Confederation” is allegedly Queen Victoria of England – maternalism / paternalism & settler colonialism go hand-in-glove). The Daddies by Kent Monkman (2016) … Continue reading

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Swipes #53: Fishy Cartouches

Left Herman Moll, circa 1715. Right “Veduta d’un palco, e della maniera colla quale si pesca acconcia e secca il Baccala in Terra nuova,” circa 1763. PS “Happy birthdays” to Nunavut (today) & Newfoundland and Labrador (yesterday). More on birthdays soon…

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In the Middle

Devoted readers may recall that Chicago is at the center of the world / universe: But visitors to St. John’s might know differently: There are plenty of Azimuthal equidistant projection maps centered on other cities, as well. (Some are digitized at … Continue reading

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Row, row, row your province

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“Self-governing territorial overseas collectivity of France”

An email from a friend and questions after my talk at UC Berkeley yesterday inspired this blog post about Saint Pierre and Miquelon, French islands off the coast of the Island of Newfoundland: While I was conducting research at the Library … Continue reading

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Canadian Studies Talk at Berkeley on February 11

If you’re in the neighbo(u)rhood, stop by Berkeley tomorrow for my talk: “Peoples of the Edge:” Carto-Caricatures of the Island of Newfoundland and Confederation, 1948-1949 ABSTRACT Visually, the island of Newfoundland is often represented as a place that is removed from … Continue reading

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It depends on how you look at it… (Part Two of Many)

Some people argue that Toronto is the center of the world / universe: Of course, we all know that Chicago is really the center of the world: (Although, ODT Maps sells these maps with other cities at the center, noting: “Such maps … Continue reading

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Swipes File #24: Links

Today, let’s look at the ole ball and chain (sans the ball part): — The Comics Journal had an interesting feature called the “swipes file” where they showed two comics or cartoons by different creators with very similar formatting. In that … Continue reading

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“Do you know what a thesis statement is?”

That’s not always the best question to get from your advisor… but it’s a useful one to hear!  The sentence that earned me that critique was, roughly: “I will explore cartographic representations of Newfoundland, Alaska, Hawai’i, and Nunavut at key … Continue reading

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