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...
Numberin’ Beasts # 666
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I don’t recall seeing this site before but yesterday I discovered a
site called Amazing Golden Age Heroes which is similar to my own Four Color
Shadows...
Books, Books, Books
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Time for another round-up of recent reads I can highly recommend (How’s
that for alliteration?). First up, a magazine: Disney Twenty Three (Special
Issue, ...
Kibbles ‘n’ Bits 3/1/12
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As usual, we fell behind but it's time to start a BRAND NEW MONTH with all
sorts of things to read; plus, something happening right now that is so
unbeliev...
Davy Jones RIP
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I am an unabashed Monkees fan. The wit and charm of that zany television
show is a big part of my boyhood, and I continued to appreciate and enjoy
the mus...
Black Cat Mystery #51
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[image: blackcatmystery51_01]
The first of the month means another three days in a row of the same title!
[image: blackcatmystery51_02]
[image: blackcatmyst...
Eureka (UK)
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The Technology Issue cover (with inside fold-out) Eureka magazine: "Call
that a Cloud?" Intro: "It’s a one million kilometre subsea fibre-optic
leviathan c...
Video: Robert Crumb Interviewd by Gary Groth
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from the Comic Con India, here's a February 19, 2012 interview with Robert
Crumb conducted by Gary Groth. It was recorded live on the last day of the
Secon...
Adventure Comics # 114, March, 1947
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Reversed for the splash panel, this fun Superboy cover goes to a clever
story about a spelling contest.
LITTLE ARTHUR? Not the same as the later ...
"Quicker Kitty, Stab, Stab"
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Rylee Jean comes from a double show-biz background but I'm not going to
tell you what those connections are. You can probably figure it out for
yourself i...
Ehn!
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If I complete this somersault without any errors, I might just win the
Gold! Extreme Tongue Action Close Up! Photographer, Veronica S. writes,
“This is: Ja...
The Ink Panthers Show! 122 The Band Burglar
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There’s lots and lots of business to discuss in this episode! Should we
start offering sponsorships? Would random paid-advertisments in the middle
of a Ton...
DAVY JONES 1945-2012
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I was very saddened this morning when I heard the news that Davy Jones had
passed away. Above is the DAVY sketch card from my set of MONKEES
cards...and be...
Illustrated Journalism: its past and its future
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*Illustrated Journalism: its past and its future, *
by Clement K. Shorter, Contemporary Review, Vol. 75, 1899
A nice Companion Piece is
*Illustrative Art:...
Phish Announce Summer Tour, 'Junta' Vinyl Reissue
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After taking the spring off to pursue various solo endeavors Phish
announced that they will return to the road this summer with a tour that
includes a spec...
hipster animals: A Hipster Aesopimal Fable
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hipster animals: A Hipster Aesopimal Fable:
I put a new post up on Hipster-Animals every single weekday this month. Now
I’m going to go to sleep forever.
...
Unsolved Mysteries Call For Submissions
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Brand new publisher Hic & Hoc announce a call for submissions to their
non-fiction comics anthology of Unsolved Mysteries. They also have books
coming soon...
Anchor Andrews - comic series checklist
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- - - - - - - - - - Anchor AndrewsSt. John1953-531 - Matt Baker art2-4- - -
- - - - - - - See today's posts, more series checklists or the master list
of s...
Lynd Ward in the '60s: Part 1
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Even in Lynd Ward's day the average fee for illustrating an entire book
made wood engraving a financially unfeasible technique. In such cases, not
surprisi...
Paula Kirby on Dawkins’s “agnosticism”
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I won’t summarize this because it’s a short read over at the Washington
Post, but have a look at Paula Kirby’s “On Faith” piece, “Why Richard
Dawkins is st...
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 ...
Interdimensional Coffee
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wtf photos videos - Interdimensional Coffee
Submitted by:
butterflyperception
[image: submitting a LOL that makes it to the homepage][image: Adding 100
F...
The Nein Nein Percent
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Saw this cartoon hosted by Daryle Cagle the other day skewering the social
divide between the Haves and the Have Nots. While the artist is Romanian
the car...
In Memorium: Davy Jones
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The Monkees #4 (Sept.1967; Dell)Tenuous comic book connection
notwithstanding, I had to post this. *What a bummer!* Singer *Davy Jones*of
*The Monkees* h...
Rowland B. Wilson's Trade Secrets
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Bill Peckmann just alerted me on this book:
Rowland B. Wilson's Trade Secrets: Notes for Cartooning and Animation
Looks like a "must have" and I can't wait...
120. The Fire Alarm (1935)
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Title card courtesy of Dave Mackey.
*featuring Ham and Ex. (plus Beans)*.
*
*
*Warner cartoon no. *119.
*Release date: *December 23, 1935.
*Series: *Looney T...
Tony Sarg — and Bobby Edwards
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I’m a great fan of Tony Sarg. He’s perhaps best known today for his work
on the first Macy’s Thanksgiving balloons; but he also made animated
silhouette f...
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 ...
‘The Artist’ Re-imagined for Mainstream Americans
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The Artist won a stunning five Oscars on Sunday, including Best Picture,
Best Actor, and Best Director — but the French film still lags behind
insipid garb...
Mining the Audio Motherlode, Volume 156
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Give the Drummer Some's Favorite Downloads from the MP3 Blogosphere Hey, no one gets how the Interwebs is all about getting stuff for free. Mining the Audio ...
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 ...
Monster Howls (PART ONE)
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*THOIA* honors the great *John Severin* who passed away earlier this month
at the age of 90. An incredibly gifted, influencial artist who needs no
introduc...
It Never Hurts To Ask Early
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Having started back as a columnist at Collectors Quest, I’m still
struggling to find the time balancing all my blogs (Inherited Values,
Kitsch Slapped, amo...
Herriman Wednesday Special Announcement
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Dear Readers --
I moved our weekly Herriman post to today, since I was not about to let
such a lovely example of kismet go to waste. Oddly enough, our re...
Non-hilarious, non-shocking discoveries
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Apartment 3-G, 2/29/12 Huh, did Scott really not know that Tommie and Margo
were roommates? That seems like a weird detail … that probably won’t be
relevan...
Thundarr Van girl
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Here's a commission I just finished. Some of you cats have been wanting to
see a little more of my process, so I actually took the time to scan my
pencils ...
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Number 1114
Bad blondes
Women didn't fare too well in pulp crime fiction or crime comic books of a
bygone era; they were either on the covers being thr...
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...
Valentine's Month Massacre (PART ETC...)
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Okay, I lied... we weren't quite done with the vintage *Valentines* yet
this month. The reason being last Sunday was *The Great Midwest Paper Show*here in S...
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.
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The Yum-Yum Kid
Thursday Comic Strip Day.
To go with yesterday's Dave Gerard cartoons, here is an overview of his
strip Will-Yum, which started in the ear...
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...
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. PARTY / OPENING at SAW on MARCH 30 for LEELA
CORMAN’S UNTERZA...
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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!)
“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...
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 ...
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 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...
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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...
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...
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...
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...
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 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...
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...
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Big update to the 'Dick Deadeye' section and also 'Heroes Of OurTime' , 'TV
Guide', 'Take One Toad'
Thanks to JL in the comments section for pointing o...
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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...
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...
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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