The Editor's Drawers
- The Editor's Drawers
A Note of Gratitude
This issue marks the swansong of Bruce Michelson as contributing editor. "The Year's Work in Humor Studies" has appeared annually since 1999, and Bruce has been delighting us with his distinctive voice in this feature since 2015 and in alternating years thereafter. The editorial staff invites our loyal readers to join us in giving thanks to Bruce for his impressive service. As you've probably noticed, Bruce shows up on our pages from time to time in other capacities, and we trust that he'll continue to make those appearances. In the meantime, enjoy Bruce's witty assessment of 2017's output of humor studies.
Next year Gretchen Martin will make her second appearance with her review of 2018's catalog of scholarship. And Joanne Gilbert will come on board in 2021 to keep the ball rolling. We're fortunate to have a succession of talented contributing editors to maintain the quality of reviews that Bruce and his predecessors provided.
A New Look
You'll notice that in this issue we've adopted footnotes as our citation style. We hope you approve and enjoy the ease of locating sources by glancing to the bottom of the page rather than flipping multiple pages to find a list of endnotes. This new format also means that we'll be discouraging the use of discursive notes, asking that contributors instead include important information in the text of articles and dispense with tangential comments. [End Page 1]
We maintain the practice of providing a bibliography for "The Year's Work" feature to make it useful for keeping up with scholarship.
"On Second Thought" Up and Running
We're happy to have our inaugural column of reader responses in this issue—though only one intrepid reader took up the call. That's OK, because Ben Click's comments are all we need to get this thing rolling. So now let's hear it from the rest of you: fire off your impressions of and comments on the work you'll read in this special issue on contemporary satire. Fill up our inbox: send comments to StudiesinAmericanHumor@roosevelt.edu, no later than May 1, 2019 (the sooner the better). [End Page 2]
lawrence howe, Professor of English and Film Studies at Roosevelt University, is the editor of Studies in American Humor; before assuming the editorship, he was a member of the editorial advisory board. He is the author of Mark Twain and the Novel: The Double-Cross of Authority (1998) and coeditor, with Jim Caron and Ben Click, of Refocusing Chaplin: A Screen Icon Through Critical Lenses (2013) and, with Henry Wonham, Mark Twain and Money: Language, Captial, and Culture (2017). He is currently the president of the Mark Twain Circle and has been a member of the editorial board of the Mark Twain Annual since 2010.
