M. Thomas Inge is an American writer, who is an authority on popular culture and the history of the comic arts. He is the author or editor of over 50 books. His three-volume Handbook of American Popular Culture was cited by the American Library Association as an outstanding reference work in 1979 and was issued in a revised and expanded edition in 1989. He wrote Agrarianism in American Literature in 1969.
Articles
Inge, M. Thomas. Inks, Volume 3, Number 2 (1996). "Was Krazy Kat Black? The Racial Identity of George Herriman". Inge notes the 1971 San Francisco Chronicle report that Herriman's birth certificate stated he was "colored" and considers the relevance of this fact to Herriman's life and art.
Books
- Inge, M. Thomas, ed. Bartleby the Inscrutable: A Collection of Commentary on Herman Melville's Tale "Bartleby the Scrivener". Hamden, Conn: Archon Books, 1979.
