Ian  Brodie

Ian Brodie


Ian Brodie is an Associate Professor in Folkore at Cape Breton University and an expert on the intersections of folklore, popular culture, verbal wordplay and stand-up comedy. He has served as President of the Folklore Studies Association of Canada and is the co-editor of Contemporary Legend, the journal of the International Society for Contemporary Legend Research. Ian is the author of A Vulgar Art and Old Trout Funnies: The Comic Origins of the Cape Breton Liberation Army, both available on Amazon. He also co-hosts Sweet, the Candy Podcast, which you can access at www.sweetpodcast.com. You can connect with Ian through his website www.AVulgarArt.com or on Twitter @AVulgarArt.