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“The place is here...the time is now...and the journey into the shadows that we’re about to watch could be our journey.”
Those are the first words spoken by Rod Serling — the creator, narrator, and head writer of the television series The Twilight Zone at the very beginning of its first episode, which aired on October 2, 1959. Over the course of the next five years and five TV seasons, Serling and company’s 23-minute meditations on a wide spectrum of philosophic concerns — from the political to the metaphysical, and core concepts to and pop philosophies — would usher in an unsuspecting American TV audience into what would become “The Sixties,” a question of identity for America itself.
Join New York Adventure Club for a retrospective and examination of the original Twilight Zone series (1959-1964). By tracing the show’s roots in early 20th Century surrealist art and ideas, we'll unravel its profound influence on psychedelia, movies, television, modern art, and popular culture throughout the decades.
Led by esteemed Twilight Zone scholar and author Arlen Schumer, this in-depth critique of the TV series he considers “The Father of American Popular Culture" will include:
Afterward, we'll have a Q&A with Arlen — any and all questions about The Twilight Zone are welcomed and encouraged!
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About Arlen
Arlen Schumer, MFA is one of the foremost historians of comic book art, named by Comic Book Artist magazine in 1998 as "one of the more articulate and enthusiastic advocates of comic book art in America." His coffee table book, The Silver Age of Comic Book Art, won the Independent Publishers Book Award for best Popular Culture book.
Schumer is also one of comic book art’s most idiosyncratic practitioners, creating award-winning illustrations for the advertising and editorial markets.
Arlen Schumer is also an esteemed Twilight Zone scholar, and an author/designer of the only coffee table art book about the series, Visions from The Twilight Zone.
“One of the country’s pre-eminent authorities on comics and culture.” —Jon Meyerson, Producer, ABC News’ 20/20
“Nobody speaks about comics with more authority, understanding and love than Arlen does. He is to comics what Pauline Kael was to movies.” —Clem Robins, letterer for DC and Marvel Comics
Testimonials
"So much good info- unexpected how much art history would be in it!" -Heather
"Love the twilight zone and appreciated learning more about its impact on pop-culture. Learned a lot!" -Claire
"Going down memory lane and seeing the broad impact of Twilight Zone on popular culture and psyche." -Fran
"Arlen has a thorough command of the TZ material as well as the Surrealistic paintings from the previous generation and later movies like the Bond and Planet of the Apes series. He does a masterful job of weaving them together to show a continuity of 20th Century thought. Arlen shines while discussing all of his subjects. His TZ ones are his best." -Mark
"Good history of The Twilight Zone, and it received influences and where it influenced other productions." -Ken
"Loads of fun facts and images" Amy
"Very knowledgeable presenter....very thorough." -Kenneth
"Arlen Schumer is so knowledgeable about The Twilight Zone and was very informative. I liked how down to earth Arlen was, and he was very open to answering everyone's questions at the end." -Linda
"The speaker knew so much and was very passionate about the topic." -Cheryl
"The knowledge and enthusiasm of the presenter" -Melissa
"I love the passion, personal stories of Arlen growing up with the original run of the show, excerpts. I didn't know that Ron Serling served in World War II, although I should've suspected because he was born in the 1920s like my grandparents." -Maggie
"Definitely enjoyed it, thank you!" -Cheryl C.
"Arlen's passion and his breadth of knowledge about The Twilight Zone was impressive." -Trish
"The host was extremely knowledgeable, never boring, brought up many aspects about The Twilight Zone I had never thought of, and overall it was very interesting. Loved this. Interesting and informative." -Barbara
"Very knowledgeable speaker. Keep these fun events coming!" -Michael
"I liked the enthusiasm of the speaker. Enjoyed very much." -Ella
"I liked how knowledgeable Arlen was about the Twilight Zone and how he made the weiner an educational experience about something I very much enjoy." -Lori
"Great background of Rod Serling and the people connected with the show and its influence today." -Scott
"Arlen was very knowledgeable and his easy going manner made the presentation even better. I will definitely partake of other webinars by Arlen." -Alan
"Interesting subject matter. Comprehensive presentation. Incredibly knowledgeable presenter." -Alice
"The presenter was well prepared and very informative. It's clear he liked what he was doing. Looking forward to more in the future" -Jonathan
"Arlen Schumer's vast knowledge and presentation skills to help make a great overview of the subject matter." -Charles
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