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Author Archives: Elisa Shoenberger

“Looney Tunes and Squalid Criminals”: The Iran-Contra Scandal Trading Cards

By Elisa Shoenberger

When we think of trading cards, the late-1980s Iran-Contra scandal probably does not jump to mind. But in 1987, Paul Brancato, a violinist for the San Francisco Orchestra, and Salim Yaqub, then a young designer just out of art school, teamed up to create a set devoted to exactly that…

October 8, 2019 in Art & Illustration, History & Politics.

‘La Firme’: The Official Socialist Comic Book of 1970s Chile

By Elisa Shoenberger

In 1970, Chile began a new experiment in society and economy with the democratic election of Salvador Allende, who would bring about a socialist Chile under his party Unidad Popular, a mixture of socialist, communist, and radical groups. In order to realize his platform, Allende and the UP enacted…

January 16, 2019 in Books & Literature.
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