The Mormons baptized Gandhi
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Not satisfied with converting all their ancestors, the Mormons got their
sticky hands on the world’s most famous Hindu, Mahatma Gandhi, whose real
name was...
A Slide Show
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Tiny paws in prayer position, close ups, tunnel shots and a hammy sammy!
For more hammy goodness, visit Roborovski Hamsters. Filed under:
Uncategorized Tag...
Another Grim’N'Gritty Earth 2 Preview From DC
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Share this link on Facebook!By Todd Allen DC is being a big tease about
Earth 2 again. They’ve released Jim Lee’s design sketch for the Earth 2
Batman. Th...
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 ...
MY KID ART: SHOGUN WARRIORS
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One of my favorite comic books from when I was a kid was Shogun Warriors
written by Doug Moench with art by Herb Trimpe. Even though I only had one
Mattel...
Dave Gerard
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There are a whole lotta reasons to like my friend Ger Apeldoorn's THE
FABULOUS FIFTIES blog.
Here's another one: some great old gag cartoons by Dave Gera...
To The Face
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If someone like Iron Mike Tyson, who could literally knock anybody out with
one punch, can’t pull off a face tattoo, what makes you think can? Trust
me, it...
Study Group Interview + Dr. Seuss Tribute Show
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Hello friends! I recently had the pleasure of being interviewed by Zack
Soto for the amazing Study Group blog. It’s one of the larger interviews
I’ve done....
Goliath is here! (Almost!)
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*Goliath* hits stores tomorrow and Tom Gauld is celebrating by making a
beautiful in-store display at Gosh! Comics, where he kicks off a fabulous
trans-atl...
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Cartoons With A View
Monday Cartoon Day.
Dave Gerard started selling cartoons in 1932. His his/her cartoon Viewpoint
was a regular feature in Collier's be...
Intriguing for the Eye
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Frank Papé was an illustrator whose work is intriguing for the eye, and
yet he's not as famous as a number of his contemporaries. Papé had an odd
mixture ...
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...
Tour Alert: John Mayer Returns to the Road
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John Mayer In April John Mayer will kick off his first US tour in about two
years The tour is in celebration of his forthcoming album Born and Raised
The f...
What Are You Gonna Do About It?!
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IRL Troll - What Are You Gonna Do About It?!
Submitted by:
sporkmie1987
[image: Submitting 10 LOLs][image: sharing 25 LOLs on Facebook][image:
Submitting...
Unterzakhn Reviews and Links
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Some links and reviews for Leela’s Unterzkakhn. We’ll keep this post
updated as more come in. Publishers Weekly
Preview: http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw...
Monday with Hayley Mills: Top Billing
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A picture of the cast and an article from a July 1964 paper featuring an 18
years old Hayley Mills appearing in a revue show at the Palladium in London.
An Ullage Dozen (44): The Owl’s Nest
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Ask me no questions, I’ll punch you no mouth. the caregiver and the
caretaker a musket that shoots musk Not the courage of our convictions, but
the courage...
The 9 Funniest Detention Slips
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[image: The 9 Funniest Detention Slips]
The 9 Funniest Detention Slips
Oh, I'm sorry I didn't realize you could be punished for being awesome.
Submitted ...
Oscar Hangover And The Great Whatsit
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Perhaps the only remarkable thing about the 2012 Oscars™ telecast was that it featured no 'Illuminati' symbolism whatsover. Not that it didn't have a chance....
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Paul Krassner and the publisher Lyle Stuart (1922-2006) had separate
offices on the same floor at 225 Lafayette Street. This address was the
location of ...
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!)
Behind The Awkwardness: Pit Stop
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*“Every summer, we drove from Southern California to Iowa. Every summer,
the car broke down.”*
(submitted by Ginger)
Rariatrics… world’s most fabulous hobby (Aug, 1951)
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view additional pages Rariatrics… world’s most fabulous hobby Here’s a
pastime so unusual that only one person in the whole universe can practice
it. And n...
COMIC BOOK COMPULSIVE — The Mad Hatter #1
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As previously established (when I wrote about Green Giant Comics) there are
still a lot of Golden Age comic books I never thought I’d get to read. Mad
Hat...
“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...
Obscurity of the Day: Jills and Jive
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Bill Chase seems to have been a part-time cartoonist and full-time editor
at the *New York Amsterdam News* from the mid-30s to 1942. He contributed a
com...
The Bulletproof Coffin: Disinterred #1
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The first volume of David Hine and Shaky Kane’s The Bulletproof Coffin told
a story–about an everyman subsumed by funny books, about pre-code comics,
about...
Fear #15 / Man-Thing - Frank Brunner cover
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Adventure into Fear #15 featuring the Man-Thing, 1973 - Frank Brunner draws
his first of three memorable Man-Thing covers. His use of light and shadow
give...
Letters to McSweeney’s by Various Letter Writers
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From: Tim Streisel
Date: Thu, Feb 23, 2012
Subject: Re: Death Star Garbage Compactor
Not that I am authorized to speak for the Empire, or his Imperial Maj...
Dune!
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This lovely and graceful painting by John Schoenherr for the cover of the
first ACE paperback edition of Frank Herbert's *Dune* is awesome, in every
sense...
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Number 1113
Beany & Cecil & Bob & Jack
Bob Clampett was the creator of the popular *Time For Beany* puppet show, a
very early children's program on tel...
Little White Lies (UK)
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Always a fab new cover Little White Lies: "The Pirates" Design director
Paul Willoughby Editor Matt Bochenski By the ace creative agency Church of
London
...
Adventure Comics # 111, December, 1946
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Another fun Superboy cover and another solid, if unspectacular, issue with
entertaining tales and art all around.
Okay, they were really stretching these...
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 Swami and the Spectre
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In case anyone missed the news, *Mykal* has unleashed a blog devoted to *
DC's* coolest classic supernatural creation-- *THE SPECTRE!* The blog,
appr...
Advanced Demonology Podcast Lesson 4
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This month on *Advanced Demonology*, *Ken* and *Swilson *turn down some
very dark corners and present you with four (and a half) hours of misery,
jealou...
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...
Top Cat and the Pleasures of NYC!
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Exchanging comments with friend Debbie (who does the excellent web comic *Fluffy
and Mervin*) on my recent Flintstones post put me in a Hanna-Barbera state ...
Paul Kupperberg and Gray
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Paul has a copy of the above issue on eBay that he will personalize if you
wish. He wrote on Facebook:
One of my all-time favorite art jobs on a story I ...
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...
Batman Comics and Me in '66
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The folks at DC Comics tried their best to walk the fine line between the
more serious version of Batman they had debuted in '64 and the campy TV
version...
The 2012 Free Comic Book Day button features OWLY!
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We've always been big fans of Free Comic Book Day, the first Saturday in
May when everybody, young or old, can visit their local comic shop and get
FREE ...
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...
Comics Critic Round Table – Feb 2012 Edition
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After having such a blast doing my year end review show with some fantastic
critics of comics, I decided I want to try and do these more often. This
episod...
Real-Life Infiltrates the Romance Comics!
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Big dreams for romance
character, Debbie Williams!
But, alas! Those aspirations of
winning an Oscar came true!
Panels from the DC story, "First Prize.. Hea...
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Back With Brooklyn Gorillas
A guy named Steve Calvert played the titular gorilla in *Bela Lugosi Meets
a Brooklyn* *Gorilla*. He'd bought the skin from R...
Hello Dere!
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I remember receiving a Halloween card (*this one*) as a kid in the
70's, and making the startling revelation (on my own) that the funny witch
on the front ...
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...
Old Video Game- FULL METAL PLANET
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Video/ Computer games today certainly look nicer than their fore bearers of
25 years ago, but I find that they often lack something the simpler games
provi...
Monkey’s Paw #40: ROACHALTUTION
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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...
What A Bombshell
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An original Joseph Jasgur photograph of Mary Ann Gleason as a bombshell pin
up styled as a torpedo spreading patriotic Americanism in 1942. From the
seller...
Warm Up With Stinckers
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It's 33°F in Minneapolis right now,
74°F in Los Angeles and I'm glad to
be in California because* I'm a weak sister.*
Just got this pic from
BIG BRAIN CO...
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 ...
The Art of Joe Kubert
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Just did a "review" of the book **The Art of Joe Kubert on Amazon.com and
thought I'd share it here too.
[I gave it two stars while the five other reviewers...
Nite Riders
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*Nite Riders, only known photo, Doc Starkes top right.*
*
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* Nite Riders, doin' biz as the Nightriders and Night Riders*.
The Nite Riders aka The Nightrid...
John Held, Jr.--Novelist
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*Thar's Gold in Them Thar Digs!*
Back inmy paperback-collecting days I amassed quite a few Dell Mapbacks.
When I soldthe collection I kept several intend...
Counting Down to Number 1,000th Jack Kirby Page
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UPDATED Feb 27: Cover #999 is Kamandi, The Last Boy on Earth
What if Kirby is closing in on the 1,000th page of Jack Kirby original art
posted in the Gal...
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...
What I Think of Mini-Comics
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Dang, mini-comics…Does anybody still make them? I just finished a new one,
CRIME WORLD #3, it turned out all right I guess. It’s the first one I’ve
done in...
Bolles inside Esquire
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Our saga of the Bolles girl channeled on the cover of *Esquire* continues,
courtesy of mega Bolles-fan, Alan Wrobel who wrote the magazine to alert
them o...
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...
Ronald Searle Abroad
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Thanks to JL in the comments section for pointing out a blog all about
HOLIDAY magazine. I had considered doing something similar with my
extensive colle...
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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...
On hiatus
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Regular readers of this here bloggie will have noticed that it’s been
awfully quiet lately. I know, and I’m sorry. It’s just that there’s only
36 hours i...
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...
John Severin's CRACKED Paperback covers
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1961The late John Severin was a legendary comic book artist who's work
appeared regularly in a wide variety of comics publications for more than
half a cen...
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...
Do Not Touch Dave's Ladder
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Today's Bizarro comic is dedicated to all of the wine lovers who follow this blog.
Here's the sketch I submitted to Dan Piraro. As usual, he worked his mag...
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...
Why Chicks Cry: Teardrop City
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(I have been both surprised and humbled by the attention "Why Chicks Cry"
has received. It has been Facebooked, Twittered, even mentioned in Time
Magazine...
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...
Did Zdenek Burian Influence Frank Frazetta?
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I have been a huge fan of Frank Frazetta for 8 years. He is my all time
favorite painter. More recently I became a fan of Czech artist Zdenek
Burian - a pr...
Jeff Kinney: Wise Words from Wimpy Kid Writer
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Today, cartoonist and household name Jeff Kinney stopped by The Center for
Cartoon Studies to talk about his empire built upon one unusual book: Diary
of a...
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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...
Selling an Ace in the Hole
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Billy Wilder's Ace in the Hole (1951) remains as timely as today's breaking news, and this fictional account of a newspaper reporter's cynically contrived me...
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...
INTENSE SULLIVANT ORIGINAL
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Just look at this! Can you beat it? Do you feel "esprit" respiring in its
depths? Don't you wish you had been present at the creation?
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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