The meaning of a gesture

From the latest issue of Bookforum, J. Hoberman reviews Mark Evanier’s Kirby: King of Comics (and more); Chris Ware reviews David Kunzle’s Father of the Comic Strip: Rodolphe Topffer and Rodolphe Topffer: The Complete Comic Strips; and Comics Relief: Rocketship in Boerum Hill, Brooklyn, is a destination for anyone serious about comics. Popular culture and the American way have never been comfortable bedfellows — even cartoons were accused of corrupting the nation's youth. More and more and more and more and more and more and more and more and more on The Ten-Cent Plague: The Great Comic-Book Scare and How It Changed America by David Hajdu (and an excerpt, and more from Louis Menand, and more from Vanity Fair). From TAP, an article on Dr. King as forgotten radical. The Importance of Seeing Ernst: Who was Lubitsch? The greatest director of wit, sex and sophistication laughs insouciantly from a distant world. The emerging moral psychology: Experimental results are beginning to shed light on the psychological foundations of our moral beliefs. A look at why humans bother with emotions. Suitors can tell a young person’s attitude to sexual relationships by the look on their face, according to new research. A review of The Hitler Salute: On the Meaning of a Gesture by Tilman Allert. A review of Safire's Political Dictionary (and more).