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Robin Walz is Associate Professor of History at the University of Alaska Southeast (Juneau) and card carrying member of La Société des Amis de Fantômas (Paris).
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Some of Robin's scholarly work:
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His book on surrealistic manifestations of French popular culture including Fantômas, the Paris arcades, the trial of Landru, and sensationalistic fait-divers news items: Pulp Surrealism: Insolent Popular Culture in Early Twentieth-Century Paris
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On the Fantômas novels and films: Serial Killings: Fantômas, Feuillade, and the Mass-Culture Genealogy of Surrealism
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On the director of the first Fantômas film serial, along with Les Vampires (1915-16), Judex (1917), and many others: Louis Feuillade.
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On the 1931 Fantômas film directed by Paul Fejos: Forget Fejos!
Elliott Smith is a Fantômas addict who clearly has too much time on his hands.
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