Climbing down the rabbit hole so you don't have to
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Chicken Little
I think they were trying to imitate 'Grim Fairy Tales' from TALES FROM THE CRYPT. This was originally in MYSTERIOUS ADVENTURES #25 in 1954, scanned from BEST IN HORROR AND SCIENCE FICTION from 1988
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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.
Mossad and “The Grim Beeper” episode
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I didn’t think Mossad admitted its involvement in “Beepergate“: the
dissemination among Hezbollah of pagers and walkie-talkies that exploded on
a signal la...
JACOBS STREET TOTTENVILLE
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Forgotten New York -
HERE’S a vintage shot that didn’t make “the cut” in the images shown during
FNY’s 25th Anniversary “tours,” a series of live and Zo...
Hmm...Could Be
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Artie Auerbach died in 1957, but his catchphrase lives on.
Auerbach was a newspaper photographer who met a man in Bronx. When Auerbach
became a radio acto...
Grinching a Sacred Cow
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*This*, George, Is the Distance to Put Between Yourself and Bedford Falls
It's a Wonderful Lie
Would Frank Capra or his writers have chosen to live in Bed...
Aircheck Of The Week
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Dan Ingram's Electric Radio Theatre is on the air with WABC's Top 100 Hits
of 1969. Dan's laughing and scratching his way through December 1969 on
Boss...
Happy Christmahanakwanzika
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I'm taking the week off to try to relax for the holidays. Whatever you
celebrate (or don't) I hope you're able to find some peace and enjoy the
spirit of t...
Very Good Movies from 2024
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*by Rob DiCristino*
Thoughts on a few misshapen gems that may have slipped through the cracks.
1. *Oh, Canada* (Dir. Paul Schrader)
A cold, obtuse, navel...
Christmas 2019 ENCORE with Mario Cantone
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GGACP celebrates Christmas 2024 with this ENCORE of a holiday installment
(from 2019) featuring the podcast’s own winter warlock, Mario Cantone. In
this ep...
The Last Unicorn!
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Charming is the ideal word to describe Peter Beagle's classic *The Last
Unicorn*. First published in 1968, story by Beagle's account is the
continuatio...
"You Pull the Trigger of Myyyyy..."
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*"Coke Xmas Pop Gun!"* Here's a neat midcentury *Coca-Cola* promotional
item for children everywhere to blow-away xmas with-- a cardboard pop gun!
Nice San...
Double Danse Macabre
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*Zero, Ghost Detective* was another in a long line of fun supernatural
back-up filler crime horror heroes, this time found in the pages of *Quality's
Fea...
Substitute For Another Guy
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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...
45 Days Of CCS, #21: Crank Case & Iris Gudeon
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Iris Gudeon's comics are odd and funny. Using a four-panel grid and a
deceptively simple line, Gudeon's storytelling leans into a cute, upbeat
aesthetic...
Animator Spotlight: Rod Scribner
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In today’s world of focus-tested blandness and homogenized AI sludge,
watching Scribner’s boldly personal weirdness from 80 years ago is a breath
of fresh ...
HORNSBY & HALO #5 cover by Dean Haspiel
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I had the honor of drawing a cover for Hornsby & Halo #5.
Here's the solicitation info in Diamonds Preview:
JAN250571
HORNSBY & HALO #5
(W) Peter J. T...
Honky Tonk Nights (1978)
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Apparently *Honky Tonk Nights* represents an attempt by a group of
pornographers to make a legit flick for the drive-in circuit, which goes a
long way to...
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*You are what you eat!*
*Back at the Chicken Shack *
*with host Ken Struck *
*on WFDU.fm HD2 internet radio*
*Wednesday from 8 -10pm est**Remotely rec...
Solar, Man Of The Atom #15 [1992]
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SOLAR, MAN OF THE ATOM #15 [1992] is the third and final issue of the
Valiant series that Ditko drew back in 1992, with the 21-page story "The
Power Trip...
Thelma Todd 1906-1935
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Beautiful blonde actress and comedienne Thelma Todd died mysteriously 89
years ago this week. There was a ton of newspaper coverage including images
of ...
Upcoming Holiday Closures – December
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As we celebrate the holidays, here are our adjusted hours: The museum will
be closed on Christmas Eve (Tuesday, December 24), Christmas Day
(Wednesday, Dec...
A Crafty Ladies Christmas
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Oh my goodness: where do I start with this?
Well, first I should thank Dick Miller, the kind donor of this disc, a
seven-track EP originally issued thir...
Top Heavy
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“My 9 year old daughter drew me a picture for my 40th birthday…at least my
legs look good!” (submitted by IG @kerrinaomi)
The post Top Heavy appeared fir...
Germany
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The British caricaturist Ronald Searle was on a four day visit of Germany
on invitiation of SDR. Interview with Ronald Searle. (August 26th 1959)
...
Illustration: Mary Blair’s Little Verses
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Mary Blair has become well known in the past few years for her concept work
on Disney’s classic animated features of the forties and fifties, but two
of ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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 ...
Clutch Cargo-1961
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I read JACK AND JILL as a kid but not 'til 1965. I watched Clutch Cargo as
a kid but not 'til also around that same time. So I missed his 1961 comic
str...
The Sleep Gas reviewed at The Comics Journal!
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There’s a pleasantly positive review of my new Fantagraphics book THE SLEEP
GAS at The Comics Journal website today, written by Frank M. Young! “Cilla
gr...
February 7 is Wear Red Day! Bolles has her covered
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In a letter Enoch wrote to his daughter and budding artist Lila, he passed
along a word of advice he'd gotten decades earlier from a printer; *"use
any c...
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...
THE HALLOWEEN O' 2019
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Once again, I assembled a list of Halloween activities and then followed my
list. Here is what that looked like this year...
*1. Decorate for Halloween*
H...
SKATETOWN USA (1979)
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*Skatetown USA (1979. Dir: William Levey) *
Here's one that totally bypassed dvd and just went right from VHS to its
new blu-ray edition out this month! I ...
Book Revue
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Just a couple of recent developments you folks might find of interest...
I spent the past two years restoring Cecil Jensen's indescribably droll,
dark and...
The Last Superman Story
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For many years, I've been of the opinion that *Crisis on Infinite Earths*,
the sprawling mini-series that sought to streamline the DC Universe, was a
tragi...
Dear Everyone Who Isn’t A Lunatic:
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At this moment, someone you know personally, or are related to, is
expressing of victorious exultation, on Facebook or over pasta at The Olive
Garden, beca...
An Interview with Paul Krassner - Part Seven
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*Kliph Nesteroff: You appeared on The Merv Griffin Show high on mescaline.
The episode also featured comedian Jackie Vernon.*
*Paul Krassner: Oh, yes. I...
The ABCs of Dating
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*Sponsored by Orbit #TimeToShine*
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*Orbit makes dating as easy as learning your ...
Popartz!
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At last...volume 2 of POPARTZ! is now in print. "Whut iz it?" you may
ask. Well...around 2008 or so I started making these little 5" x 5" pen
and ink ...
The Batman Effect
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In January of 1966, the Batman TV show debuted and it seemed like the whole
country went Bat-mad. Perhaps in an effort to make clear the other comics
that...
Writing the Dell Way
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This turned up on Howard Lowery’s auction site four years ago and I don’t
recall ever seeing it posted elsewhere (and I swore I had), so I’m putting
it her...
Addams Family Holiday
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I spent most of the fall of 2017 as a Visiting Professor of Integrated
Studies (whatever THAT means) at Penn State University where I discovered a
neglect...
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...
In Which Mike McGuire is Sick of Hash and Stew.
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Let's take a gander at some random panels I found in *Daredevil Comics*,
starting with this beauty:
Mike McGuire amuses me. He reminds me of that "I wa...
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.
Six Eyes
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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! six eyes, 2017
watercol...
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...
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...
The current occupant of the White House
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news item: You Can Read Steve Bannon’s Words; He Runs America Now
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/my-mouth-is-shut-so-you-can-read-steve-bannons-wo...
ZOOGZ TOOSDAY: Son Of Puke
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It's the (slight) return of Zoogz Toozday!
Like a cross between cartoon soundtracks and free jazz, side 1 of this 1987
cassette-only release is a sprawling...
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...
Rube Goldberg Wishes You a Merry Christmas
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Over the course of his 35 years or so as a daily and Sunday newspaper humor
cartoonist, Rube Goldberg celebrated many Christmases in pen and ink. Here
is a...
Georgy Girl
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To this day I've never seen the movie but in 1966, "Georgy Girl" by the
Seekers was my favorite song. I had a vague idea who the Beatles were and I
didn...
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 ...
Jungle War Stories~ Ring of Fire!
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One of the few places you'd see mention of our involvement in Viet Nam
before late 1964 was in comic books such as Dell's* Jungle War Stories. * This
sto...
Learning How to Animate Makes Me Happy
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Animation Lesson: An Ub Iwerks Walk Cycle Tutorial! Included are pics to
supplement this lesson--study the key poses (1,...
Posted by Animation Resources...
Vintage Reno, Nevada
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Reno, Nevada, in the 1950's and 1960's.
Barney's Casino, Lake Tahoe
Horseshoe Club
Joe Mackies Red Bull Restaurant & Casino - Winnemucca, Nevada
Joe Ma...
Sarah Glidden
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Sarah Glidden’s How to Understand Israel in 60 Days or Less is one of the
more exciting books to come out from Vertigo in quite a while. It’s a great
look ...
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.
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