By: David Smay

He never ceased his restless formal innovations.

By: Mark Kingwell

He called the United States a “moronic inferno,” a phrase that stuck.

By: Jacob Mikanowski

The first to see laughter as a weapon of the oppressed.

By: Lynn Peril

“Once George lays down his glasses, he is quite a different man.”

By: Peggy Nelson

An unshakable belief in the shakiness of reality.

By: Robert Wringham

The Dice canon is all about monkey business.

By: Tucker Cummings

She refused to stay silent while her people were cheated.

By: Jerrold Freitag

All of religion is crazy — not just the crazy parts.

By: Brian Berger

“I had to burn a guy a little and they gave me a little time”

By: Tom Nealon

His brilliance is perpetually muffled.

By: William Nericcio

He deconstructed Mexico and “Mexico” for a world audience.

By: Alix Lambert

Visionary inventor infamous for her on-screen nudity.

By: Adam McGovern

He’s heir to the old weird America.

By: Tom Nealon

A giant fat guy back when there was still honor in it.

By: Peggy Nelson

She was the green flash on the horizon of the Radium Age.