Cut-ups do strange things.
Archives for October 2025
Memory Speaks
‘Oh baby, it’s too late now!’
The Influence of Cut-Ups on the Art of the Collage
Here are two collages. One is from a blogpost, “Visions at Midnight,” posted on May 27, 2025, and the other is an illustration, similarly styled, which appeared in The New York Times on Oct. 13, 2025. And Süddeutche Zeitung joined the game on Oct. 18-19, 2025.
Yelling His Fool Head Off
He was up early. He would not say under the cover of darkness,
because he had nothing to hide. He had something to bury. — William ‘Cody’ Maher
PARTISANS
A Graphic History of Anti-Fascist Resistance
Just in over the transom: An eye-catching collection of wartime tales of armed resistance to fascism edited by the comics writer and activist Raymond Tyler and the radical historian Paul Buhle. It’s a great teaching tool for students and for anyone else who could use a gripping introduction to the subject.
When the grim reaper comes to dinner . . .
. . . he hovers there like bad breath.
Hollywood Goes Up Against the Trump Regime
Jane Fonda and other Hollywood stars are modeling their battle against the Trump regime’s “campaign to silence critics” on the Committee for the First Amendment, which was initially formed during the “Red Scare” of the 1940s. Here’s what happened the first time around.