SpongeBob SquarePants turned 20 this summer. This is the story of how a marine biology teacher named Stephen Hillenburg gave life to an animated character who continues to delight fans worldwide.
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Fans, Fiction, and Representation: A New Hope
This is where we are, in the world of fans, fiction, and representation: making progress and mistakes simultaneously.
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Inside the Wild, Wacky, Profitable World of Boing Boing
We know what happens next: This hobby morphs into a successful business. But Boing Boing’s version of that tale is a little different. Mark Frauenfelder and his partners — Cory Doctorow, Xeni Jardin, and David Pescovitz — didn’t rake in investment capital, recruit a big staff and a hotshot CEO, or otherwise attempt to leverage […]
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Inside the Wild, Wacky, Profitable World of Boing Boing
Inside the Wild, Wacky, Profitable World of Boing Boing “We know what happens next: This hobby morphs into a successful business. But Boing Boing’s version of that tale is a little different. Mark Frauenfelder and his partners — Cory Doctorow, Xeni Jardin, and David Pescovitz — didn’t rake in investment capital, recruit a big staff […]
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Inside the Wild, Wacky, Profitable World of Boing Boing
Inside the Wild, Wacky, Profitable World of Boing Boing “We know what happens next: This hobby morphs into a successful business. But Boing Boing’s version of that tale is a little different. Mark Frauenfelder and his partners — Cory Doctorow, Xeni Jardin, and David Pescovitz — didn’t rake in investment capital, recruit a big staff […]
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We were never warned that we were going to be pepper-sprayed. Lt. Pike walked up to my friend, and I am told that he said, “Move or we’re going to shoot you.” Then he went back and talked to a few of his police officer friends. A couple of other officers started to remove people […]
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Featured Longreader: Lou Dubois, social media editor for NBC Philadelphia. See his story picks from The Guardian, Boing Boing, Sports Illustrated and more on his #longreads page.
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A sitcom writer recalls a memorable meeting with Al Franken in the spring of 1998: After a few moments the telephone rang at the host’s station, which sat in the lobby, a few feet outside the dining room entrance, and about 20 feet from where I was sitting. The host answered the call, listened for […]
