M. Thomas Inge
Encyclopedia
M. Thomas Inge is an American
writer
, who is an authority on popular culture and comic art
history. He is the author or editor of over 50 books.
Odyssey Press published his Agrarianism
in American Literature in 1969. His three-volume Handbook of American Popular Culture (Greenwood Press) was cited by the American Library Association as an outstanding reference work in 1979 and was issued in a revised and expanded edition in 1990.
He is currently a professor of humanities at Randolph–Macon College (Ashland, Virginia
), where there was an exhibition of his 20th-century comic art collection in 2006. The M. Thomas Inge Collection of Comic Arts Reference Journals (in the Comic Arts Collection at Virginia Commonwealth University
) includes magazines, catalogs, fanzines, programs and humor publications. Inge has written extensively about Krazy Kat
, Baron Bean
and other comic strips.
Inge's first name is a well-kept secret.
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writer
Writer
A writer is a person who produces literature, such as novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, or other literary art. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images....
, who is an authority on popular culture and comic art
Comic strip
A comic strip is a sequence of drawings arranged in interrelated panels to display brief humor or form a narrative, often serialized, with text in balloons and captions....
history. He is the author or editor of over 50 books.
Odyssey Press published his Agrarianism
Agrarianism
Agrarianism has two common meanings. The first meaning refers to a social philosophy or political philosophy which values rural society as superior to urban society, the independent farmer as superior to the paid worker, and sees farming as a way of life that can shape the ideal social values...
in American Literature in 1969. His three-volume Handbook of American Popular Culture (Greenwood Press) was cited by the American Library Association as an outstanding reference work in 1979 and was issued in a revised and expanded edition in 1990.
He is currently a professor of humanities at Randolph–Macon College (Ashland, Virginia
Ashland, Virginia
Originally known as Slash Cottage, Ashland is located on the Old Washington Highway U.S. Route One and the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad, a busy north-south route now owned by CSX Transportation...
), where there was an exhibition of his 20th-century comic art collection in 2006. The M. Thomas Inge Collection of Comic Arts Reference Journals (in the Comic Arts Collection at Virginia Commonwealth University
Virginia Commonwealth University
Virginia Commonwealth University is a public university located in Richmond, Virginia. It comprises two campuses in the Downtown Richmond area, the product of a merger between the Richmond Professional Institute and the Medical College of Virginia in 1968...
) includes magazines, catalogs, fanzines, programs and humor publications. Inge has written extensively about Krazy Kat
Krazy Kat
Krazy Kat is an American comic strip created by cartoonist George Herriman, published daily in newspapers between 1913 and 1944. It first appeared in the New York Evening Journal, whose owner, William Randolph Hearst, was a major booster for the strip throughout its run...
, Baron Bean
Baron Bean
Baron Bean is a newspaper comic strip created by the cartoonist George Herriman.Herriman drew his domestic comedy strip, The Dingbat Family, until 1916. From January 5, 1916 through January 22, 1919, Herriman also drew the daily Baron Bean. Herriman continued to draw other strips in addition to...
and other comic strips.
Inge's first name is a well-kept secret.
Articles
- "Faulkner Reads the Funny Papers". Faulkner & Humor, edited by Doreen Fowler and Ann J. Abadie. University Press of Mississippi, 1986.
- "Was Krazy Kat Black? The Racial Identity of George Herriman". Inge notes the 1971 San Francisco Chronicle report that Herriman's birth certificate stated he was "colored" and considers the relevance of this fact to Herriman's life and art. Inks, Volume 3, Number 2, 1996.
Books
- Agrarianism in American Literature, Odyssey Press, 1969.
- Handbook of American Popular Culture, Greenwood Press, 1979 (reprinted in 1990).
- Bartleby the Inscrutable: A Collection of Commentary on Herman Melville's Tale "Bartleby the Scrivener", editor. Hamden, Conn: Archon Books, 1979.
- Handbook of American Popular LIterature. Greenwood Press, 1988.
- Comics as Culture. University Press of Mississippi, 1990.
- Anything Can Happen in a Comic Strip: Centennial Reflections on an American Art Form. University Press of Mississippi, 1995.