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March 7, 2022
Spring TV and Films + Books
Read: Batman Unauthorized The latest spin on Batman, featuring Robert Pattinson as the caped-crusader, is in theaters now, and after we hit the big screen this weekend we plan on cuddling up with this psychological examination of the vigilantes, jokers, and heroes in Gotham City.Watch: Star...
February 14, 2022
Smart Pop Classics: Love Saves the World
In the Smart Pop Classics series, we share greatest hits from our throwback essay collections. In “Love Saves the World” from Seven Seasons of Buffy , Jean Lorrah argues that the love shared by Buffy, Xander, Willow, and Giles is real and lasting, and constitutes a family more stable and loving than most blood families. And how, at the end of season six, their love saves the world.
There is only one thing on Earth more powerful than evil, and that’s us,” Buffy Summers says at the end of “Bring on...
February 7, 2022
Book Announcement: Smart Pop Explains
Have you ever wanted to share your fandom with a new friend or partner but didn’t know where to start? Or have you wished there was an easy entry point to a long-running and complicated franchise that you think you would enjoy? Then we have a new series announcement just for you: the Smart Pop Explains series!
Coming July 5, the Smart Pop Explains series is for anyone who wants to understand what everyone’s talking about. Unlike lots of pop culture encyclopedias and guides offer detailed deep di...
February 1, 2022
Meet the Team: Production Director Monica Lowry
Our Meet the Team series spotlights members of the Smart Pop family through a Q&A designed to reveal the depths of our nerdy, pop culture–loving souls. Today, we’re joined by production director Monica Lowry.
What do you do at Smart Pop?I’m the Production Director for the Smart Pop and BenBella lines. I shepherd manuscripts through interior design, typesetting, proofreading, indexing, printing, and shipping. On any given day I am working with international and domestic printers on project estim...
January 24, 2022
Things We Loved This Week #10
In this week’s Things We Loved This Week we share (spoiler alert)…the things we loved! Read on for our pop culture recommendations including a new way to watch Supernatural, teaser trailers that have us hyped, and an animation book round-up we were honored to be part of .
The new Lord of the Rings show teaser. This satisfying video features real molten metal being cast into a ring, and also reveals the full title of the forthcoming Lord of the Rings TV series: “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of...
January 17, 2022
Smart Pop Classics: Holy Signifier, Batman!
In the Smart Pop Classics series, we share greatest hits from our throwback essay collections. In “Holy Signifier, Batman!” from Batman Unauthorized , Nick Mamatas argues that Batman only works as Pop art, and that of the many iterations of Batman that exist, the campy TV Batman of the 1960s is the most compelling version of the Caped Crusader of them all.
Batman, as one of the most iconic and enduring of comic book heroes, is ultimately nothing more than a bundle of images that have proven thems...
January 10, 2022
Book Announcement: Somewhere Out There
We’re thrilled to be kicking off 2022 with a book announcement and cover reveal! If you love animated films, you won’t want to miss the forthcoming memoir by Don Bluth. Somewhere Out There: My Animated Life will hit bookshelves on July 19.
After more than five decades in Hollywood, Don Bluth, the man behind some of the most iconic animated films ever made, tells his story.
Don Bluth never felt like a Donald. So people have always called him Don. A matinee of Snow White and the...
December 3, 2021
Smart Pop’s Top Posts of 2021
Happy December, Smart Poppers! Here, at the end of the year, we’re already looking ahead to exciting projects coming in 2022, but we’re also pausing to reflect on highlights from 2021. We launched a brand-new site, published so many great new books, travelled to conventions again…what a year!
As we get ready to take a break for the holiday season, we wanted to leave you with some reading material to pass the time until January. So without further ado, here are the five most popular Smart Pop blo...
November 26, 2021
Smart Pop Classics: Rethinking Dexter
In the Smart Pop Classics series, we share greatest hits from our throwback essay collections. In “Rethinking Dexter” from The Psychology of Dexter , Lisa Firestone considers: What if Harry was all wrong about Dexter? What if Dexter actually wasn’t the psychopath that Harry thought he was? And even if Dexter did fit the psychopath description, what if the conventional wisdom about those people is wrong, and they actually can be treated effectively?
In season one, Dexter entered therapy with the p...
November 19, 2021
Live Like a Vulcan, Love Like a Wookiee, Laugh Like a Hobbit at Mysterious Galaxy
Geek out with us! Mysterious Galaxy hosted Robb Pearlman, author of Live Like a Vulcan, Love Like a Wookiee, Laugh Like a Hobbit, and Erin Macdonald, amazing astrophysicist and Star Trek science consultant, for a delightfully nerdy conversation about the book.
Tune in and watch the replay!
Conversation highlights include:
Life lessons Robb and Erin have learned from pop cultureSome of Robb and Erin’s favorite con and cosplay storiesAll about our new book, Live Like a Vulcan, Love Like a Wook...
