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Number 1116
Twisted Fate: *Man in Black* #2
How embarrassing is this? I could have *sworn*—I mean, if you stacked up
copies of your favorite holy book ...
Update Before the Road
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Sorry for the lack of reading list updates. I have been swamped with
personal stuff and way behind on Inkstuds. On Thursday, I head down to
Portland with B...
The Baseball Season Burgeons
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Over on The Pictorial Archives blog I've let it be known that I'm on a
leave of absence from blogging while I'm slogging through deadlines. But
anyone tuni...
SHELDON MOLDOFF 1920-2012
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Sorry to see that Golden Age and Silver Age comic book artist SHELDON
MOLDOFF has passed away at 91. Moldoff is best known for drawing HAWKMAN
and BATMAN f...
Adventure Comics # 117, June 1947
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Horrid, faded scans this time around but nothing to write home about this
issue anyway. For the record, here are the splashes.
Washington Post hack to post post-facto fact check
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The Washington Post ran an article about the "inventor" of email, which it
identified as V.A. Shiva Ayyadurai. But there's a problem! Ayyadurai didn't
inve...
Movies About Girls Podcast Episode 135
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Another nitrous oxide-inhaling episode of the internet's wildest party
awaits you!
Tonight, the gang takes on 1986's surreal small-town mayhem masterpi...
Site Maintenance
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I’m working on moving the site to a new host this weekend and things might
get a little weird and broken while that happens. If you want to post any
commen...
FFF Results Post #285 -- Cartoonists 55 And Over
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On Friday, CR readers were asked to "Name Five Favorite Living Comics
Makers Older Than Fifty-Five." This is how they responded. Tom Spurgeon 1.
Moebius (7...
Corrections: Homoerotic
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Last week we forgot to include homoerotic undertones in our piece on high
school wrestling. *The Onion* regrets the omission.
The Muppet Show / Last Day at Elstree 1980
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Here's a short but sweet look behind the scenes at Elstree Television Studios at the end of "season five" of the Muppet Show in 1980. Here's one more clip, a...
The Week In Kickstarter Comics
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Order of the Stick isn't the only crowdfunding comics project out there.
Let's take a look at what's out there right now:
Music Video Round-up #6
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Easy Way Out by Gotye Director Darcy Prendergast of Melbourne,
Australia-based Oh Yeah Wow had one golden rule for this music video:
“Nothing should be cre...
Swimming On The Road
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wtf photos videos - Swimming On The Road
Submitted by:
butterflyperception
[image: submitting a LOL that makes it to the homepage][image: Adding 100
Frie...
Topps FLIP•O•VISION
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Hey Kids! FLIP•O•VISION!
*Flip•O•Vision* produced back in 1949 by the TOPPS company, was a set of 60
flip books that each made a mini movie. Inside each el...
Didn’t Break Under Pressure
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IRL Troll - Didn't Break Under Pressure
Submitted by:
jerkface207
[image: submitting a LOL that makes it to the homepage][image: Submitting
10 LOLs][imag...
Sick baby sloth shaved, slathered with slime
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I’m feeling soft-hearted this weekend, so you get to watch a mangy sloth
shaved and treated with a homemade remedy. I have no word about whether it
worked:
Bronze Age Sub-Mariner Splash Page Saturday # 53
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Wow, does that look wet or what? After all those early splashes that seem
to look dry as a bone, Subby's papa sure took him back to the water. A
little w...
Lynd Ward, Pen & Ink Master
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There's no denying Lynd Ward's well deserved reputation as a master of
pen-and-ink drawing.
[image: Ward45]
Several years ago, TI list member Maureen Good...
Cache of wartime cartoons unearthed
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Another amazing tale from Searle's wartime days as a POW: the Daily Mailhas the scoop on a batch of early Searle cartoons discovered on the
'Antiques Roads...
Cyanotype
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"Stockholm, Sweden. View towards the Old Town and the Southern part of
Stockholm city. Photograph by: Carl Curman." Year: 1900. Same view today.
Swedish Na...
Mirror, mirror, tell me true
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Seen this watercolor by Barks before?
Sold at auction in oct 2007.
Titled "Mirror, mirror, tell me true".
Anyone with more info on this?
Which year was it ma...
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Metro Wants Its Four Million Back --- Part One
For too long, I thought of 40's special effects in terms of Lon Chaney man-to-wolf
transform or Mr. Joe Yo...
Run, Tangle – Run!
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No wonder he’s running away — look how horrible your stiching is! Oh, it’s
not so bad: this is the backside of this animated cross-stitched running
dog by ...
Monster Howls (PART TWO)
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Our Part Two look at the* Monster Howls* '66 one-shot issue *(Humor-Vision
/ Major Magazines)* features even more fun art and monster madness, aka *"Laughs ...
News of Yore: The Life and Times of C.E. Toles
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*1880 U.S. Federal Census*
Home: Elmira, New York [327 Center Street]
Name / Age / Occupation
Adolphas Chidester(?) 64 Carpenter
Elizabeth Chidester(?) 54
...
Erotic marital mirth
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Hi and Lois and Beetle Bailey, 3/3/12 Ha ha, it’s funny because Hi is
flirting with some other lady right in front of his wife, and General
Halftrack is re...
A Thousand Days
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Released in 1965, Arthur Schlesinger's retrospective of JFK's presidency
remained a big seller though '66 and, in fact, won the 1966Pulitzer Prize
for Lit...
INTIMATE ILLUSIONS (aka Boiling Point) 1978
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San Francisco hooker Angel (redhead Phaedra Grant) is a confident strutter
with street-savvy and cool to spare, but despite that gets caught up in a
conv...
Alien is not a saga
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The excellent science fiction and pop culture site Tor presents The Real
Struggle for the Heart of Alien by Faith Erin Hicks (Demonology
101 and Zombies Ca...
1050s Gouache Technique
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*Heads Up!*
Wandering through the scrap file I came upon these three heads clipped from
some mid-1950s magazines. I post them as beautiful examples of the g...
Husband Hunting Tips
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From various 1950s issues of New Romance I present as a public service
announcement some really handy advice for those young women intent on
pursuing roman...
Vanity Fair: a Civil War Comic Paper
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* *
“*VanityFair, *another sixteen page quartowas commenced December 31, 1859.
Louis H. Stephens was the publisher, and FrankWood, the burlesque writer
a...
Not just Movies, but Films too!
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*Expensive Women (1931) –* ½. *Silent-starDolores (Drew Barrymore’s
grandmother) Costello’s last leading role casts heras a rich socialite. She
is fine an...
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Cuban Hero
Friday Comic Book Day.
I have always found Ric Etrada to be a pretty cool artist.I know him best
from his work for Warren and DC . He did do so...
Snowbound in Hell: The Last of February
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*This post ain’t about the weather—it’s about the MOVIES!
*
Let’s recap:
The first batch of February Flicks is *HERE*;
& the second batch of reviews of th...
Children’s Card Games (165)
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The backs of these cards identify them as “The Inka Culture.” Each card
carries some motif from the Andes. There is no date or publisher on my
copy. I d...
Resurrection of an Icon
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Some amazing graphics from Wood highlight Michael Dooley's PRINT piece
about Wood's big comeback of late. Thanks to David Spurlock for the tip.
http://imp...
"Gal" Friday! Lynn Collins
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Next week Disney's theatrical adaptation of Edgar Rice Burroughs pulp hero,
*John Carter* opens worldwide. Fans of ERB are probably more familiar with
hi...
Recent Drawing Friday 3-2-12
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A new recently drawn drawing. Happy Friday! I thought I was done traveling
for a while, but I was wrong. This Sunday I am leaving for a week to attend
the ...
Playboy Cartoonist Doug Sneyd Profile
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Maclean's has a profile of longtime Playboy cartoonist Doug Sneyd titled "Hef's
Bosom Buddy," written by Nicholas Kohler
“The cartoons helped really defin...
outtakes
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For about a year, I’ve been working on a four-page comic about what it’s
like to have a kid and try to be an artist at the same time. I’ve drawn
and redra...
Charlton's Bold Move!
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One thing about Charlton was that the little publisher rarely missed an
opportunity to promote comics as a medium for advertising if not as an
artform. On...
The Monkees: Last Train to Redemption
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Isn't it a little audacious that the very first song on the very first
album by The Monkees is their own theme song? The fact that it was the
opening theme...
Dick Hall's Woody Woodpecker!
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Let's try a couple from *Four Color* No. 364, December 1952 on for size.
After the beautifully composed cover by *Dan Gormley*, both of the
following inter...
Grab Bag!
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A neat two-page ad in the back of *Monster Howls* magazine (1966) titled *"The
Transylvanian Grab Bag!"* (though your money gets sent to *"Horror House
Gra...
March Two, Dress in Blue
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Today
What shall I say?
For this blog
has set me agog
So the web I peruse
until the theme I choose
March two, Dress in Blue
But which girl wins the pos...
Monkey’s Paw #41: Conspiracy Theory
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Click the above image to see it full size. Monkey’s Paw by Zmith and
Stwalley is updated every Friday. More info from Stwalley: If you’re
enjoying Monkey’s...
I, Anonymous
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Why the fuck are you even here? *The compline service is 30 fucking minutes
long.* Thirty minutes out of the week for contemplation—sil...
We R In YR Interwebs Advertising At U
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Hello. Thanks to anyone who somehow got here because they saw this ad. It
is currently running on certain popular comics sites and a particular
search engi...
The Book
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I’m still chugging along, working hard on my book. This guy is the main
character in one of the new stories in the book… sort of. My kickstarter
backers ca...
Selling Romance - Dusty and Skye Dolls from Kenner
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I don't know how things went for you, but February totally flew by for me
-- even with the extra day today! I didn't get a chance to post even half
of the ...
Heavy Heart
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Friends, it's with a heavy heart that I must take a leave of absence from
blogging.
My deadlines are such that I've been painted into a corner and I just ...
Confessions of a Film Collector
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This week for the first time in over 80 years American movie-goers are realizing that silence can indeed be golden and that classic films, whether silent or ...
THIS 1970 MONTGOMERY WARD CATALOG IS GROOVY COOL
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Let's travel back to the age of grooviness and view some select pages from
a 1970 Montgomery Ward Fall Catalog.
What the heck are these two hip teenag...
Red Circle Ad
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Seen at Daniel Best's blog, here's a fun and seemingly homemade early ad
for Archie's Red Circle horror line which highlighted Gray. This is from
the prog...
Zdenek Burian Artwork Blog
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New posts will be slow for a while because I am recovering from ankle
surgery. In the meantime check out this blog of Zdenek Burian Artwork.
Pilot Season "Behind Blue Eyes"
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[image: Pilot Season Behind Blue Eyes]
Pilot Season "Behind Blue Eyes" 1:23
Maria auditions for the pilot "Behind Blue Eyes".
Submitted by: *andyblitz*
Reg...
Cab Online
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Not sure how long this will be up: full hour of Gail Levin’s Cab Calloway:
Sketches which recently played on American Masters. The whole show was
produce...
NEW FRANK-THEMED T SHIRTS FOR SPRING
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My! Aren't they FANCY! Rich, beautiful color; soft technology. In short,
trmdus. Go directly to Americaware.
Pictured above: Frank Tours t...
Getting Started in Storyboarding
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This question came in from Twitter today: "How would I go about getting a
first storyboarding gig?" I thought I'd put my answer on the blog so others
can ...
positive attitudes
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moved upstate, i’ve got nothin to say except some scary shit from my
friends at ABBA: ” I am behind you, I’ll always find you, I am the tiger
People who fe...
parental visit pt 1
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(Disclaimer: this visit happened in 2003 when I was living in a weird,
illegal inlaw unit with two roommates in San Francisco. Hey Miles!)
“Sick,” part 20
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Read the first 17 parts on one huge awkward page HERE. Part 18 is here Part
19 is here (sorry for the mess) and here below is this week’s episode.
Click it...
Bad Boy – Jim Thompson (Lion Books, 1955)
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Here is a case of the pulp writer slipping “something else” onto the book
racks simply on name value. Bad Boy isn’t a novel but a series of
interlinked aut...
The Last Slice
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This is one of three drawings I have contributed to the March exhibit at Pony
Club in Portland, the Pizza Show. Opening night is Thursday March 1st, you
ha...
Late Night With The Avengers
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When I was in junior high in 1983-84, two of my favorite things were Marvel
Comics and Late Night With David Letterman so I was very excited when The
Aven...
THE CARTOONIST'S REVENGE
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Everyone knows what it takes to have a successful career. A college
education is essential. A graduate degree is even better (preferably in a
field su...
There Is Nothing Like A Colonial Dame
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Oh, well. I am not Rio bound and I don't suppose most of the potential
makeup buyers back in 1945 were either. But we can all get a "Rio-Tan"
complete wit...
Lucky Peach - "The Secret Lives of Chefs"
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Larger image here.
You guys, I’m excited about this one! I wrote and illustrated this piece,
“The Secret Lives of Chefs,” for my new favorite magazine, L...
Sharp Stick: Black Eye, Volume 1
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The Black Eye anthology gained some initial notoriety thanks to being
stopped at the Canadian border prior to TCAF in 2011 and rejected by
customs, due to ...
Nite Riders
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*Nite Riders, only known photo, Doc Starkes top right.*
*
*
* Nite Riders, doin' biz as the Nightriders and Night Riders*.
The Nite Riders aka The Nightrid...
Counting Down to Number 1,000th Jack Kirby Page
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UPDATED Feb 28: FINALLY! Cover #1,000 is The Demon
What if Kirby is closing in on the 1,000th page of Jack Kirby original art
posted in the Gallery. WiK ...
Daddy Lightning Preliminary Sketches and Ideas
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I'll be posting the first bunch of pages again from Daddy Lightning here On
Monday. First, some sketches and thoughts.
I wrote this book in the winter of 2...
The Acme Optometric Library
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So... I was reading about these Battlestar Galactica eyeglasses at the
National Museum of American History's blog, and while scrolling down
through th...
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Hello! You’ve arrived at Troubletown, the former blog of the former comic
strip, Troubletown. Thanks for your interest. This blog is now inactive but
as th...
L.A. Zinefest this weekend!
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The brand new and already awesome L.A. Zinefest happens this weekend! And
I'm involved in a couple of the events.
First off - Saturday Night, Feb 18th at 8...
A/V Geeks Present “Manster (1959)”
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[ March 2, 2012; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] In the grand tradition seeking out
and screening low budget-high entertainment films, the A/V Geeks are proud
to pre...
The 3rd Annual Kitty Awards!
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Three years ago I decided that the movies and actors I like never seem to
be recognized… so I started my own awards called “The Kitty”. I recently
posted t...
B+W Cannibal Fuckface Pre-Order
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The folks at Monster Worship are now taking pre-orders on a new B+W version
of the Cannibal Fuckface vinyl toy. We’ve also collaborated on a t-shirt,
also ...
Goodbye, Whitney
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Some of the music greats leave the world in their prime like Cobain,
Morrison, or Hendrix, others live a giant full life and go out swinging
like Johnny Ca...
His Mother the Car
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Jerry Van Dyke
My Mother the Car
MP3 File
For those of you who don't already have an MP3 of Jerry Van Dyke singing
the theme song to My Mother the Car ...
Angoulême days 3 & 4
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Akileos was kind enough to put me up in this bed & breakfast right in the
center of the old town in Angoulême. This is the courtyard of the 17th
centur...
Grace Church
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Grace Church is located at 802 Broadway. Over the past few years I've been
working on a New York City series. This work rose out of walks with my
daugh...
Goldfinger 1964
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The 50 years of Bond celebration continues with an ad from arguably the
definitive Bond movie. Goldfinger is a masterpiece that helped the spy
genre craze...
donations? final push!
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Hi! hey! If I was having an election, or had done a proper a kickstarter?
I've gotten to the part where i need to ask everybody one last time, help
me f...
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WING MAN
by Max Clotfelter
20pp / BW / 4.25 x 3.75
$1.00
what's 20 years between father and son?
bloody well find out!
rough, urgent, joyous comics drawin...
RIP Pizza Island
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Hello Gentle Reader, It is with much sorrow and regret that I, intrepid
reporter and investigator Penelope C. Boner, am writing to report that
Pizza Island...
1964 JET ROCKET SPACE SHIP
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Image via Neatocoolville.com
Recently, a 1964 Jet Rocket Space Ship by Honor House was offered on ebay
for $1500. Like its tank and submarine counterparts...
Monster gazing at fish tank
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Here’s another watercolor experiment, really just an excuse to draw more
plants. This monster is gazing at her planted aquarium. Many people are
surprised ...
Wrapping up 1943
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So goeth 1943.
Columbia was low man in the quality department this year, but they were
moving towards the future in the looks. And they had some interestin...
Follow Me Back to 1974!
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What are you doing here? 1976 has ended! Follow me back to 1974 where we're
doing it all again for the next twelve months!
http://1974geeksfirstjournal.bl...
Change of Address (For Some)
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If you read this blog through an RSS reader or other syndication tool,
you're probably going to have to reconfigure it tomorrow or whenever I get
the new...
Flora talk & rare art show Dec 17 in NYC
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*untitled tempera, early 1940s*
Flora biographer/archivist me (*Irwin Chusid*) will present an informal
talk about the artist's life, accompanied by digita...
D-D-Don’t Don’t Stop the Beat
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ALL NIGHT PASSION got us through the day. It was a race to the finish line
for BCGF. We haven’t pulled so many all-nighters since the last time we had
fi...
GET THEM TO SIGN ON THE LINE WHICH IS DOTTED
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Today I’m lying on the couch with some kind of throat and head fug but
TOMORROW is going to be awesome. I will be at Brooklyn Comics & Graphics
Festival t...
INTERVIEW!
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Check it out, my Sunday interview with The Comics Reporter, ya'll!
http://www.comicsreporter.com/index.php/cr_sunday_interview_rich_tommaso/
Put Me Back In My Tomb
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I have retired MCB but just wanted to let ya'll know I've fired up a Musick
Blog and will be spending time over there from now on. Please check it
out, it...
Happy Halloween! - ALL HALLOWS
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From 1982 comes the greatest halloween story ever produced by comics.
"ALL HALLOWS" was written by Bruce Jones and had beautiful artwork by Tim
Conrad, a...
Kella
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I found this index card in a library book at my school. I don't really
understand what it means, especially the last line "stay pregnant with me."
[image: ...
The 700 Flub
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By Miles Leicher
They say that time flies when you're having fun, which is why I try to
avoid it. I mean, what's the rush? But whether I like it or not,...
NYC Comic Jam 10th Anniversary Jamboree
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AUGUST 2001: You remember those halcyon days of innocence, don’t you? The
world was at relative peace. Comics were still printed on paper. And “blog”
wa...
It's time to raise the Maypole!
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Tra-La, It's May! That Lusty Month of May!
May 1st has long signified many and diverse traditional celebrations all
over the world.
The day has always put...
META: Archive Feedback – Scout Raskin
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Hi there, I’m production supervisor over at Frankenhole, a stop-motion show
on Cartoon Network. I’m really sad to hear that the archive is shutting
down. T...
Soupy Sales Sez Do the Mouse and Other Teen Hits
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Soupy Sales was a popular kid's show in the 1950s and 60s. He also had a
minor hit with the song "The Mouse," which also had an accompanying dance.
On thi...
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