Climbing down the rabbit hole so you don't have to
Saturday, December 12, 2009
Harpoon #3, 4 of 5
If only more magazines used strips of the past in their funny pages. See how Justin Green is featured. They seem to have used the underground as much as NL. Heres a strip by friend of the show Ned Sonntag...
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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.
THE WAY WE BORE
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*THE WAY WE WERE* (1973)
dir:Sydney Pollack
MAD #168, July 1974
w: Larry Siegel
a: Mort Drucker
Katie Morosky (Barbara Streisand) is a political crusader wo...
The Party Animal
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“My mother hired this critter to liven up my birthday party. 1986, Ribeirão
Preto, Brazil.” (submitted by IG @glaumir_muraca)
The post The Party Animal ...
Casper #1 - 1st appearance, 1st Baby Huey
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Casper #1
*Casper (the Friendly Ghost) v1 #1, 1949* - Unable to fit in his ghostly
community, a lovable ghost goes out into the real world. Already appeari...
Batman - Tales Of The Demon!
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A hero is often measured by the quality of his enemies, and few heroes have
as varied and dangerous an array of foes in his or her rogues gallery than
t...
WILLAMSBURG(H) LIBRARY
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Forgotten New York -
In 1901, the Scottish philanthropist/industrialist Andrew Carnegie
Foundation gave $5.2 million to New York City for its libraries ...
The Lancet extols Indigenous Traditional Knowledge
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The British medical journal The Lancet has become infamous for being woke
(its editor is beyond redemption), and is most infamous for the cover
below. As ...
Kirby's Thundarr Villains
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Today we’re taking a look at the villains from the *Thundarr the Barbarian*
cartoon. The show was conceived by Joe Ruby in anticipation of the
still-a-year...
Meanwhile, 40 Years Later…
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A tale of two *Ronin*, comparing the 1983-84 Frank Miller/Lynn Varley
original with Miller's 2022-24 sequel, made in collaboration with Philip
Tan & Dani...
GGACP Classic: Election and Save the Tiger
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GGACP celebrates the 25th anniversary of Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor’s
dark comedy “Election” (released April 23, 1999) by revisiting this
“Colossal Obs...
Superspiked
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Have you ever wondered what would happen if you brought two titans of
comedy together for a disco single? Well, wonder no more!
Credited on the label ...
The Wail of the Werewolf
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*"The Wail of the Werewolf"* from the May 1952 issue of *Adventures into
the Unknown #31*, is one whale of a weird tail, er-- tale, for our latest
instal...
The Mal Thursday Show: 1966 A to Z - I-J-K
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Playlist:
*The Ides of March*: Roller Coaster
*The Iguanas* (Ann Arbor MI): Again and Again
*The Illusions* (St. Clair Shores MI): City of People
*The Impa...
Back at the Chicken Shack on WFDU.fm HD2!
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*The price is right!Back at the Chicken Shackon WFDU.fm HD2 internet
radiowith host Ken StruckWednesday 8-10 pm estRemotely recorded in a far
...
FTM 721: THE THREE MUSKETEERS (1993)
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All for one and one for Patrick and Adam Riske.
Download this episode here. (45 MB)
Listen to F This Movie! on Apple Podcasts.
Also discussed this epis...
Popeye the Juggler Game
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Found a very rare, super old 1929 *Popeye* hand game where the object is to
maneuver all your little BB balls by hand into the designated holes --and
eve...
I ride my bicycle
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I ride my bicycle every day.
It's probably the ONLY exercise I get. And even that is paltry because I
would actually get more exercise out of walking. But ...
ONE LOVELY DRAWING, part 72
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This drawing by James Montgomery Flagg is as confident and brash as Flagg
himself.
The drawing is large-- nearly 30 inches (76 cm) and appears to have be...
Category Called Comedy #5
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CCC: A Brit Box Plus Duke and Sammy
WHISKY GALORE! (1949) --- Retitled *Tight Little Island* for US
distribution by Universal, this was a J. Arthur R...
Fumetti Classico
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Sunday Italian Classic Day.
I am a huge fan and collector of Italian master Jacovitti's very funny
comic strips. Apart from creaing characters as Cocco ...
All Mod Cons
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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...
Ken Loach: His Last and First 10
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If it is indeed true that *The Old Oak* is Ken Loach’s last film, then he
could’ve picked no stronger note to go out on. The film shows how far he’s
come...
Now Available to Order--Set Sail With McHale
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McHale’s Navy (1962-1966) was a popular ABC-TV half-hour sitcom that ran
for four full seasons (after a one-off hour-long pilot) and even had two
fe...
7.5 Million Views!
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Hey there, groovy people! Last time I posted one of these updates about
viewership milestones, I offered my hope that readers had not grown bored
with rep...
IN PERPETUITY is In Stores Now!
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Greek mythology meets film noir -- It’s a surreal smuggling operation
across the boundaries of life and death in the latest moody mystery from
award-winn...
CRAM Week, Part 2: CRAM #1
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The underground/alternative comics anthology is a tradition dating back
close to sixty years that has birthed movements and introduced exciting new
talen...
The Work of Norman McGary (Pt. I)
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Good afternoon, Kids! So nice to visit with you all again!
Today, and for the next few posts, the Big Blog will be highlighting a
wonderful Golden Books ...
Have You Seen These Cartoons?
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Regular readers of this blog will likely know I’m a real fan of animated
industrial films of the 1950s. Some fine artists who worked on theatrical
cartoons...
The Science of Love
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My translation of Charles Cros’s prose works, The Science of Love, is now
available from Wakefield Press. From the publisher: The Science of Love and
Other...
Vintage Razor Blades and Wrappers
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I came across this collection of vintage razor blades in wrappers. They are
mostly Swedish and I would guess they are mainly from the 1930s, 1940s and
195...
Getting to Meet Groovy Age Greats!
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Greetings, Groove-ophiles! Ol' Groove just had to share some of his
experiences at the Lexington Comic and Toy Convention this past March 9,
2024. I had ...
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...
Holiday Hours and Winter Break
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The Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum’s Museum Galleries, Lucy Shelton
Caswell Reading Room and Offices will be closed on the following: December
24-2...
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...
BLOGGING ON MY WEB LOG ABOUT THE HALLOWEEN OF 2023
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It’s all coming back to me. I type about stuff that I like, and hopefully
it will result in a handful of people finding some extra amusement during
their...
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...
Those Pesky Nepo Babies
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It’s 2023 and suddenly nepotism seems to be all around. It seems like
there’s a whole bunch of talented people who also have parents! That are
also talente...
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...
HAPPY HALLOWEEN 2020
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Hopefully, this Halloween video will bring some joyful nostalgia. Putting
this together was very therapeutic for me, so for anyone who might be
struggli...
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...
How To Replace a Riding Mower Battery
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Riding mower batteries ought to be maintained when fully charged and
replaced when dead and you need all the right materials when you are about
to replac...
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.
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