Nick Thorkelson’s Cartoon about Herbert Marcuse

Nick Thorkelson

October 27, 2014

From the Autumn, 2014 issue of Jewish Currents

Nick Thorkelson celebrates the 50^th anniversary of the publication of Herbert Marcuse’s influential One Dimensional Man. This comic is also available to download [PDF]. Nick Thorkelson is a longtime activist and cartoonist. You can view more of his work at his website. Nick and Jewish Currents gratefully acknowledge the indispensable support of historian Paul Buhle and philosopher Andrew Lamas in writing this comic.

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