Climbing down the rabbit hole so you don't have to
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Captain Spaz #7
I thought I'd try using a fountain pen, so I used my father's. It was a fountain pen, but a calligraphy pen, and it showed. Yeah, I redrew this for an issue of MAGIC WHISTLE. So sue me.
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Much of the material here is at least a generation old and therefore sometimes has racist and sexist standards we wouldn't conform to today. I try, but can't always do a line-item veto. Remember, if something has stereotypes it's posted in spite of them and not because of them. You're not wrong to be offended, think of it like a friend you like hanging out with 95% of the time but once in a while they embarrass you. My own attitude is to move forward.
Many of the images I posted between 2011-2013 were disappeared by the image bank I was using then but I still have most of the scans and am bringing them back slowly. Be patient.
Spooky #1 - 1st issue
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Spooky #1
*Spooky v1 #1, 1955* *- *After scaring a flying stork into dropping his
bundle, the tuff little ghost now has to care for a troublesome baby
mon...
Quackery: Dr R.P. Fellows (1916)
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Just purely based on the amount of anti-science and pseuedoscience garbage
that was in the publication where I found this ad, I'm guessing that this
medi...
Art Davis and His Real People
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Art Davis gets a thumbs-up from me as a director at Warner Bros.
*What Makes Daffy Duck?* is a great cartoon by any standard; I really enjoy
his unit’s bo...
MISSING MOSAICS, FLUSHING MEADOWS
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Forgotten New York -
I took a stroll in Flushing Meadows in September 2024 and noted the
absolutely decrepit conditions of the sidewalk mosaic medallion...
The Power of Punctuation
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This is the weekly dispatch from Bizarro Studios North, where I have been
writing and drawing the Monday through Saturday Bizarro comics since 2018.
My par...
F. OPPER'S THANKSGIVING DILEMMA
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To be a comic artist, thankful for ONE new idea! by Rick MarschallThe great
Frederick Burr Opper was a mainstay of the comic-art staff of Puck Magazine
whe...
The Bare Necessities
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Here's another fun vintage card I stumbled upon the other day. So have a
laugh, and forget about your worries and your strife-- you know, the ones that
b...
The Justice League Of Adams!
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I don't want to forget some of my favorite Neal Adams covers in my
year-long look back at the great artist -- the ones he created for the *Justice
League...
An Extension of Self
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I think most readers are generally aware that any creator puts some degree
of themself into their work. For those creating fictional narratives like
books,...
Kogar's Jungle Juice Show #85
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01 the del-rays - jungle beat WIDE
02 walter hamilton and his quintet - kaiak part 1 HI-Q
03 the grasshoppers - the wasp SUNBURST
04 Tommy Hudson...
Dracula (1979) Directed by John Badham
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This could easily have been called "Frank Langella's Dracula" since his
presence is the driving force throughout. After rising to fame on stage in
th...
Gifts my mother gave me
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My mother in
Ireland. Not a great
photo of her, but one
she loved.My mother was a square. That’s not a nice way to start a tribute
to a parent who recent...
GGACP Classic: Time Travel Movies with Richard Kind
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GGACP celebrates the birthday (b. November 22) of our friend, fan and
frequent guest, the irrepressible RIchard Kind, by revisiting this
enjoyable mini-sho...
Adventure Comics #478 [1980]
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ADVENTURE COMICS #478 [1980] features the twelfth and final chapter of the
Starman space opera by Paul Levitz, Steve Ditko and Romeo Tanghal with the
sto...
How Long Will a Cutting Edge Still Cut?
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Hep As Was and Maybe Still Is
From Mark Vieira’s book, *Into the Dark: The Hidden World of Film Noir,
1941-1950*, here is thought expressed by critic ...
Jason's Upside Dawn
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Having read Jason's entire output, I've found that his most interesting
comics are those that follow his current cultural influences into
ridiculous flig...
The Sheriff (1971)
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After opening with a moderately exciting bank robbery and chase,
which introduces audiences to the title character of even-tempered Southern
Ca...
Those Whacky Cartoonists
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Saturday Cathing Up Day.
There has never been a lot of information published about cartoonists. A
little bio here and there, a few biographies of the bi...
Yet Another Swipe
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Today's entry features perhaps Enoch's best cover for *Judge,* the magazine
that launched his career as a cover artist back a decade earlier in 1914.
The...
LOLITA'S LITMUS TEST
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It's hard to think of a more challenging test for realistic illustration
than Vladimir Nabokov's book, *Lolita. *Nabokov emphasized to his
publisher tha...
The Scream
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“My son’s preschool picture. And he still hates them.” (submitted by Denise)
The post The Scream appeared first on AwkwardFamilyPhotos.com.
Gil Turner in Coo Coo Comics!
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Like so many other artists of his era, *Gil Turner* began his artistic
career as an animator, having begun his career at Walt Disney Studios in
1933 and m...
Halloween Packaging Day 31 -- Casper Popping Candy
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Happy Halloween! Time to end this countdown with one last treat and it's a
throwback that seemed a bit out-of-time when I found it at a dollar store
bac...
THE MADACY HALLOWEEN CASSETTE SERIES
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Welcome back to Secret Fun Spot, your source for the latest news in
Halloween audio cassettes from thirty-five years ago. This year I completed
a set...
Music From Elsewhere
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Music From Elsewhere is now available from Strange Attractor Press! This
book collects and discusses music derived from unusual sources, including
music at...
Casting Out Demons Again
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It staggers me to realise that, after penning this blog for almost 17 years
now, I have only featured A. A. Allen’s incredible output once, seven years
a...
Stripper's Guide is Moving!
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Those of you with a long memory might remember an announcement back in
April 2022 that I was working on a new website for Stripper's Guide. Over
two yea...
Closed for Labor Day – September 2, 2024
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The Billy Ireland Cartoon Museum Galleries, Reading Room and Offices will
be closed on Monday, September 2, 2024 in observance of Labor Day.
Here we go Again.
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Here we are again. The election season will again feature a Republican
monkey shit flinging fight with all the reality-TV tropes we’ve come to
expect in th...
ZZZZPG
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*ZPG* (1972)
dir: Michael Campus
*ZZZZPG*
Cracked #105, November 1972
a: John Zeverin (Severin)
ZPG stood for Zero Population Growth, an idea floating arou...
Jungle Room Records
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Ungawa! I'm unleasing obscure oddities from 35 years of record collecting
that (hopefully) have not appeared on other compilations of wild, weird
Mid-cen...
The Endangered List (Case File #170)
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*THE VIXENS* (1969)
a.k.a. FRIENDS AND LOVERS
Starring
Anne Linden (Betty)
Mary Kahn (Ann)
Peter Burns (Bob)
Steven Harrison (Alan)
Claudia Bach (Judy)
Rob...
En guide
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Här är en kortfattad guide för dig som funderat över hur du ska förbereda
dina filer när du färglägger serier.
+ lite om hur du monterar dina filer i InD...
An Interview with Peggy Webber - Part One
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*Peggy Webber: You have Bob Denver on your shirt.*
*Kliph Nesteroff: Yes, Gilligan’s Island.*
*Peggy Webber: Was he a friend of yours?Kliph Nesteroff:...
Swan/Burnley on Tommy Tomorrow?
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The *Who's Who's* credits for John Fischetti started out as just
"Fischetti" on Tommy Tomorrow, if I remember correctly, but now encompass
any number of 19...
Dax Norman Stinckers
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MIND-BLOWR!!
Stinckers has teamed up with artist/animator/musician/gif-master Dax Norman
to create our 1st animatable sticker design. Can you even believ...
NEW BLOG SITE
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Hello, This is to announce that as of today, this is no longer the site of
the active Tom the Dancing Bug Blog. The Blog has moved to
https://tomdbug.wpcom...
Bad Kingdom (1972)
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In 1972, the government drew up plans to construct a deportation facility
off the coast of Ireland that could house as many as 70 million people -
the en...
Shannon Stirnweis, Part 4: Paperback Cover Art
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*My conversation with Shannon Stirnweis continues...* ~ *Leif Peng*
*Leif Peng:* I'm guessing around this time in the mid-1960s you started to
do paperback...
Lulu Book Three
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The third and final (for now) volume of Drawn + Quarterly's full-color
hardcover *Little Lulu* books has been out for a bit. I'm sad that the
series has ...
Whatever Happened to Adam?
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Dear Ones,
I'm sorry for the abrupt conclusion to this blog. 10 years of blogging is
a long time, and I thought I could keep it going after the hiatus,...
The Big Issue (uk)
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A complete redesigned @bigissueuk done by ace @mrwilley , editor
paulmcnamee and @mrmneil . photo Paul Logan (vendor of The Big Issue at
Liverpool St, Lo...
You Know Me, Al: filling in the gaps
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We’re giving the You Know Me, Al archive a refresh! We’ve filled the gaps
in the beginning of the run: the first seven weeks of the strip are now
complete ...
Purple Mayonnaisery
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I am excited to have this display of my work included in Paul Nudd's
Purple Mayonnaisery group show at Western Exhibitions in Chicago. It
features sele...
Zinda Blake, Mermaid Blackhawk
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Kevin Ahearn shared this with me and now I'm sharing it with you. It's a
continuation of his wildly entertaining interpretation of the Lady
Blackhawk s...
What a ride... the end of Cinema Sewer
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So here I am at the end of a significant era of my life. Basically the
entirety of my adult life, to this point. When Cinema Sewer started, it was
24 years...
Journey Into Mystery #4
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*Halloween Post-A-Day 2020, Day 31*
*Journey Into Mystery #4*
* A brief trio of tales kicked off by an HPL story*
*Editor – Roy Thomas*
*June...
New Portraits of Underground Cartoonist Icons
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"Underground cartoonists are all a bunch of
baptist ministers in Popeye suits"
-Charles Bukowski
I'm working on a series of illustrations that will event...
It is only a matter of time
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On September 12th of 2011, the *New York Times* published an article by Dr.
Abigail Zuger in which she criticised certain supposedly unrealistic
aspects ...
The End 2010-2020
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Ten years and 3100 posts later, we're done. And on a Friday the 13th, yet.
I know I said that once before and I was only gone a few months but this
time, I...
So Long, Farewell
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WE SHOOK off the childhood trauma of gym class and ventured early in the
morning to Comic Arts Brooklyn, held at Pratt’s ARC, meaning Athletic and
Recreati...
Cartoon Logic Podcast
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And yet another distraction from this brick and mortar blog… I’ve entered
the world of podcasting with renowned animation director and historian Bob
Jaques...
The Good Works of God and Mankind
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I sometimes like to imagine God filling in the colorless canvas of a new
Earth with the products of His imagination. It must have been a labor of
Love. Act...
The ABCs of Dating
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*Sponsored by Orbit #TimeToShine*
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*Orbit makes dating as easy as learning your ...
Summer Reading Stack July 20 2019
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As usual, I am behind on posting about some of the books I have been
reading. While the podcasts are not running very frequently, I am still
reading and re...
New Titles in the Shop!
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Hi! Fresh of the heels of the MoCCA Fest, Paper Rocket Minicomics has some
new titles for you! Carlito by Carlo Quispe! Things Go Wrong #2 by
Jason Bra...
That's all, folks!
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My posts have gotten thinner over the years. I'm aware of that. I've been
hopeful for a long time, that I can remain active with blogging and sharing
furth...
Addams Family Holiday: Redux
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In addition to being a bon vivant, ladykiller, and sports car enthusiast,
cartoonist Charles Addams was also a thief. He stole from himself.
This car...
CSotD Part MMMXC -- A New Beginning
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Adjust your bookmark, because the blog is moving in order to become a
feature on The Daily Cartoonist, a site newly re-energized with the
addition of DD De...
New Books and Comics: May 18, 2018
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Comics highlights this week: Barrier #3 — the stellar new series by Brian
K. Vaughan and Marcos Martin (don’t forget pick up issue one and two before
they ...
Adventures in Drawing! Class in Gainesville
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ADVENTURES IN DRAWING Learn to draw from life and the imagination
through fun, creative projects and regular sketching practice. We’ll
explore a variety ...
Kudos MoonPie
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Had to come back from the dead to share this hysterical twitter thread with
you. It's between the maker of MoonPies and a woman who doesn't like them.
inflight
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BIG HALF-PRICE CHRISTMAS DEAL! i recently unearthed this piece, perfect for
that special someone who just seems to have everything! inflight, 2017
graphite...
Adventuring Pups (1948)
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Three beagle pups run away from their farm home and get lost in woods. They
experience several adventures in the forest before finding their way home
again...
TOONSEUM FUNDRAISER
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Rick Meyerowitz hand-signed original "The Mona Gorilla" Poster A donation
of $200 gets you this rare 1971 poster of The National Lampoon’s most
famous...
Get Thee to the Library
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I’m thinking of getting a driver’s license. That’s not to say I’ve never
driven a car, but only a few times in questionable circumstances under the
intense...
Hang Loose
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Poster for the short film Hang Loose, directed by Sammy Harkham & Patrick
Brice, and Starring Kyle Field of Little Wings. 4 color silkscreen print on
110lb...
As We Head into 2017 - An End-of-Year Update
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2016... oh what a crazy year you've been. While it will no doubt go down as
a year full of tragedy and turmoil in the world, on a personal level, 2016
has...
And So the Year Finally Comes to an End
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After nearly 6 years of celebrating my favorite year, it's time--now 50
years on-- to leave it in the past...at least for now. Check BOOKSTEVE'S
LIBRARY ...
old time religion A Postcard Home from Bible Camp
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Apparently, the old time religion Covenant Point Bible Camp has been in
business for 90 years. I am hoping they will add this to the celebration!
Covena...
In the shop....
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These are all just sitting in the shop. Waiting for you.
*Awake and Dreaming* by Harve and Margot Zemach (1970).
*Brian Wildsmith's ABC* (1962).
*Cindy's S...
Thank you for a Decade of Cute!
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Dearest Cute Overload Peeps, It’s hard to believe that Cute Overload has
chronicled and celebrated over ten years of the most anerable,
prosh, sweetest ani...
442.
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*“I’ll rip those bastards a new one, and then I’ll rip a new one in that,
and then I’ll rip a new one in that, ad infinitum.”*
(From the first page of ...
Vintage Teen Dance Party & Disco
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Vintage photos of 1950's and 1960's teen-age dance parties and college-age
night clubs complete with discotheques and go-go girls dancing inside of
cages a...
Same Surname Inheritance
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Are you in line for a windfall inheritance because you share your surname
with a dead person?
20 years ago
things
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SAM HENDERSON has been doing comics, illustration and writing popular among people aware of their existence since his birth, though he wasn't paid for it until 1991. In addition to his own series,The Magic Whistle, clients have included Nickelodeon, New York Press, DC Comics, Heavy Metal, New York Observer,and ...um... Screw. He was a storyboard director for SpongeBob Squarepants in 2001.
See what books are currently available, links to my own work and other web presences, or contact me by writing magicwhistle.henderson@gmail.com. Currently at work on graphic memoir titled Hail Seizure.
Portrait by Jess Rullifson.
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