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General	Wiki: Puppet The Wikipedia entry for puppet, with a list of various styles of puppets. The Art of Puppetry A brief summary of puppets in contemporary art. Missing the Punchline A brief article on contemporary Punch and Judy performance. Wiki: Punch and Judy The Wikipedia entry for Punch and Judy. Political Puppetry A short history of radical puppetry.
Assignment 2: Body Extension	McCloud, Scott. Understanding Comics. New York, NY: Harper, 1994, chapter 3. ISBN: 9780060976255. This is of a marvelous book by Scott McCloud. The entire book is worth reading. The Uncanny This is an essay by Freud. Read it. Love it. Simulacra and Simulations Essay by Baudrillard. Wiki: Uncanny Valley The Wikipedia entry for Uncanny Valley. Project Puppet This is a great website for building muppet style puppets. They sell patterns and materials. Right now they are having a buy one get one 1/2 price sale, if any of you want split costs.
Showtime	Robbins, David. "Concrete Comedy: A Primer." Artforum, November 2004. This is an essay written by the artist David Robbins for an issue of Artforum about 2 years ago. He is about to publish an entire tome on the subject, this essay as meant as an introduction. The Adventures of Pinocchio Here's the original book, by Carlo Collodi, online for free for those of you who wish to read it.

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