By: HILOBROW

SUPERDUPERMAN vs. WATCHMEN

By: Joshua Glenn

A 1911 exposé of a mutant species with high brows

By: Joshua Glenn

Skepticism, cynicism, irony, and contempt vs. the BIP

By: Joshua Glenn

A scene from STRIPES (1981)

By: Joshua Glenn

Rebooting is no nostalgia trip — nor is it snarkily ironic.

By: Joshua Glenn

Joshua Glenn on a panel from TALES TO ASTONISH (1962)

By: Joshua Glenn

A scene from CLAMBAKE (1967)

By: Joshua Glenn

He began as a critic of Middlebrow, but was suborned by it.

By: Joshua Glenn

Middlebrow ads on HiLobrow?

By: Matthew Battles

Cliff Edwards & the danger of a tiny instrument.

By: Joshua Glenn

The kitschification of the pipe.

By: Joshua Glenn

“No Context” is an origin myth for Nobrow.

By: Joshua Glenn

Alfred Lambert’s prehistoric golf shoes — from The Corrections.

By: Joshua Glenn

The man who rescued Harper’s from Middlebrow.

By: Charlie Jane Anders

Put Joseph Campbell back on the shelf, already!