John Tibbetts Lecture - Dark Side of Comedy

SALISBURY, MD--- Author, educator, broadcaster, artist and pianist John C. Tibbetts discusses "The Dark Side of Comedy" on Monday, March 11, at 7 p.m. in Room 149 of Devilbiss Hall at Salisbury University. Part of the University's Humor Series, admission is free and the public is cordially invited.

Tibbetts earned the first interdisciplinary Ph.D. given by the University of Kansas (art history, theater, photography and film). He hosted a television show in Kansas City, MO, has worked as a news reporter/commentator for CBS Television and CNN, and wrote and illustrated eight books, more than 200 articles and several short stories. He is co-author, along with SU English professor Jim Welsh, of the Encyclopedia of Novels into Film (1998), the Encyclopedia of Stage Plays into Film (2001) and the two-volume Encyclopedia of Filmmakers, forthcoming in May. From 1976-1985 he edited American Classic Screen (the publication of the National Film Society) and he is a regular contributor to the Christian Science Monitor. He is a senior editor for Ballantine Books' annual Movie/Video Guides and has contributed to several major reference works, including the Encyclopedia of the 20th Century, the Oxford Companion to Mystery and Crime Writing, Magill's Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature, and American Cultural Biography. Currently, he is an associate professor of film at the University of Kansas and is working on a book dealing with composers treated on film.

The SU Office of Cultural Affairs and Museum Programs sponsors the lecture. For information call 410-543-6271 or visit the SU Web site at www.salisbury.edu.