Watchmen, "pomo"

Michael Straight · 04 Sep 1998, 08:33 · from urth-v0018.mbox · original

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From: Michael Straight <straight at email.unc.edu>
Subject: Re: (urth) Re: Watchmen, "pomo"
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1998 08:33:20
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On Thu, 3 Sep 1998, John Bishop wrote:

> I'm another fan of "Watchmen"; are there other such you
> can recommend?  I know about "Maus".

The Dark Night Returns and V: For Vendetta are usually mentioned in the
same breath as Watchmen (which means you've probably heard of them already
too).

> What is "pomo"?  There've been a number of references in
> the discussion of Eco and "The Name of the Rose". =20

Just an abreviation for "post-modern."  Which, as near as I can tell from
common usage can mean either "I don't understand it, but I like it," or "I
don't understand it and I don't like it."=20

-Rostrum


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