Reading the Funnies
December 1st, 2008
As a book historian you spend a lot of time thinking about the relationships between orality, literacy, and imagery. For instance, the practice of reading aloud in communal settings. Sunday’s All Things Considered has a slam-dunk on that front, with a story about New York mayor Fiorello LaGuardia reading the Sunday comics during his weekly radio broadcasts after a newsboy strike had halted circulation.
- Image from the Library of Congress.
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