The sincerest form of irony: Fun and games in a post-September 11 world

A look at the ironic sensibility of artist's reactions to the World Trade Center attack by turning to media that historically have been coded as incapable of performing seriousness and competence - comics, animation and video games. The article provides close readings of: Art Spiegelman's comic In the Shadow of No Towers, Joe Peragine's animation 9/11/01, and Ben Langlands and Nikki Bell's video game The House of Osama bin Laden. Together, works highlight the inadequacy not only of their responses, but of any response.