“ParaNorman” trailer #3
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Third time’s the charm – the longest and most extensive look at Laika
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Number 1117
Catfight in the jungle!
A couple of weeks ago I featured a crazy ACG two-parter drawn by Ogden
Whitney, "Delinquent in Space." Today we are...
Merchants Of Mongo!
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I've owned the original Alex Raymond Flash Gordon adventures in the
Nostalgia Ventures volumes for decades. The last time though that I read
that material...
Happy Women's History Month 2012!
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March is upon us, and so is Women's History Month! To kick things off, here
are a few of my favorite posts from last March!
A look at how Marvel, DC, and ...
It’s Been a Long Week
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Soakin’ and soothin’ in a pink tub o’bubbles. Lettin’ the world go by!
Ready to face the world again! Thank you for sharing your sudsy buddy, 四川
成都 Filed u...
Adventure Comics # 118, July, 1947
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Here's a fun Superboy tale dealing with the mid-forties radio quiz show
craze. Of course, Superboy, as his subtitle has been reminding us for the
last c...
Punch's Almanack Comic Strips (1881-1883)
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Five comic pages from Punch's Almanack. The comic strip at top is by George
du Maurier. The second strip is signed by Joseph Swain (head of the
engraving...
'Walking Dead' Recap: Judge, Jury, Executioner
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Where we left off Sheriff Rick and Shane pummeled each other into near
oblivion yet reunited as teammates after surviving a zombie attack Rick
needs a nigh...
I’m Happy! Index Card Doodle
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[image: Sherm Cohen Index Card doodle sketch cartoon man says I'm HAPPY!]
Nice to start off the week with a happy thought. I grabbed a few index
cards befor...
Space Youth '72 ---PLUS Rib Ticklers!
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*Brunswick Worsted Mills, Inc.* had the fantastic forsight to see into the
future (of 1972) when launching this timeless *"Space Youth"* fashion
mission. Y...
(Adult) Fairy Tales 1978
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Sexy funk from Andrew Bellings score to the 1978 movie *(Adult) Fairy Tales*
.
*Angela Aames (better known as "Boom Boom Bangs" from the movie H.O.T.S.) ...
Strongside/Weakside: Danica Patrick
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*She's one of sports' single-name stars, but even after her first Daytona
500 start, Danica is more well-known for her endorsements than her
performance.*
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The Girl with the Striped Shirt and the Baret
Sunday Meskin Measures.
Next up in my ongoing series about the Mort Meskin/Jerry Robinson
collaboration year...
The Westerner #194, 1966 part VI
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Here are pages 24 to 28 from The Westerner #194:
"Hitch Your Wagon To A Star – Famous Names Help to Sparkle Whitman
Products"
The rest of #194 will ...
Sunday lolz: Mittens vs. Mr. Burns
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Via Mad magazine (my favorite reading as a young lad), reader Ray, and then
Matthew Cobb, we have this quiz. I’ve snipped out the answers, so guess
below. ...
The Official Barf Book
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April Fool's day is fast approaching. If you're one of those who purchases
gag gifts for April Fool's Day, might I suggest THE OFFICIAL BARF BOOK.
Quite fr...
Hello John Porcellino students
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we have sent emails to everyone and believe everyone has what they need to
get settled. Click the link below for more info, or please contact Tom at
SAW a...
Comics I Like Despite Themselves
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A brief look into the longboxes of Erica Friedman's mind, to pull out the
best and worst comics she enjoyed as a child.
Catholicism & Politics
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WARNING: The below content reprints hate-filled anti-Catholic propaganda.
Making the news for the past week+, has been rival Republican Presidential
Front-...
Ink-Slinger Profiles: C.D. Russell
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Clarence Davis Russell was born in Buffalo, New York on August 19, 1896,
according to his World War I and II draft cards. The same birthdate was
recorded...
Hillbilly gulag
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Crankshaft, 3/4/12 I’m always intrigued by the precise relationship between
Crankshaft and its mother strip, Funky Winkerbean — not so much in terms of
cha...
Pop (UK)
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Fab new cover Pop magazine: "Joan Smalls Supernova" Mission statement: "In
a rapidly changing world POP magazine is a LEADER not a follower. With a
bold in...
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...
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...
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...
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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On what would have been Ronald Searle's 92nd birthday another amazing tale
from Searle's wartime days as a POW is revealed. The Daily Mail has the
scoop on...
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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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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.
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...
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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