I don't think anvils really exist. It's like somebody way back when drew an amorphous chunk falling on a guy's head as a sight gag and had to explain it to the overanalytical art director. The artist had to cover his tracks by introducing a character "Mike the Clumsy Metalsmith" who made horse shoes on the balcony of his tenth floor apartment.
Your blog is way too good, I haven't evne looked at a tenth of what you've got here yet. Probably more like a twelfth so far.
Hmm...if we are to believe what we see on TV, people who throw fish heads in their garbage also have a habit of only eating the center portion of apples around the core before throwing them away.
Vader's Little Princess: Excerpt
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Here's a excerpt from Jeffrey Brown's latest book, Vader's Little Princess.
In this irresistibly funny follow-up to the breakout bestseller Darth Vader
and...
THIS JUST IN: Severe Tornado In OKC
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There’s been severe damage and 37 deaths reported after massive tornado
activity in Moore, Oklahoma, which is in the Oklahoma City area. CNN
reports the to...
BTA: Left My Pants In San Francisco
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*“This is our family trying to get a decent photo to use for our Christmas
card. Maybe next time we won’t hang out on a nude beach!”*
(submitted by Alli...
The Entire Silver Age in One Comics Panel
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Panel from "The Menace of Metallo!" in *Action Comics* #252 (May 1959),
script by Robert Bernstein, pencils and inks by Al Plastino
Another Look Inside the CCS Student/Mentor Process
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In honor of the graduating class of 2013 at the Center for Cartoon Studies,
here's some heretofore unreleased interview material that I did for my
article ...
TV: TV Club: Motive
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*Motive** debuts tonight at 10/9c on ABC before moving to its regular
timeslot at 9/8c on Thursday.*
In 2010, ABC debuted *The Whole Truth*, a legal pro...
But Not Much More Than Pi
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1930s : Telephone Engineer in Mayfair
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“Twice a year the wires which support London’s phone cables – each cable
may hold the lines of thirty subscribers – are inspected. The cables are
fastene...
Lucky Peach (US)
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Issue 7: "Travel" Fresh new journal of food writing: Lucky Peach, a
McSweeney's/David Chang/Zero Point Zero Production. Photograph by
Christopher Boffoli A...
Incomplete Manifesto for Growth--Bruce Mau Design
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You know how the internet can be...one minute you're looking at pictures of cats and the next one you're reading the Incomplete Manifesto for Growth from Bru...
“Epic” Artist of the Day: Stephen P. Neary
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This week we’re taking a look at some of the artists who contributed their
artistry to the production of Blue Sky’s Epic, which opens in the United
States ...
Gone Fishin’
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Clearly that whale tail wasn’t going to fit in the aquarium but I figured
the employees would do more than just let it flop around and look back into
where...
Swamp Thing #18 - Nestor Redondo art & cover
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Swamp Thing #18, 1975 - Stumbling upon a community of elderly people, the
Swamp Thing discovers too late that they also dabble in the occult to
procure the...
Inside Focus
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Inside Focus 5:26
This video will finally reveal the truth about exactly who Ken Jeong is.
Submitted by: *The_Hangover_III*
Regular
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John Martz: Drawn 2005-2013
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John Martz: Drawn 2005-2013:
johnmartz:
[image: Drawn in 2005]
Drawn in 2005.
2005
Have you heard of these things called blogs? Blogging wasn’t new in...
Drawn 2005-2013
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Drawn 2005-2013:
Drawn is dead. Long live Drawn. Thank you, everyone.
johnmartz:
[image: Drawn in 2005]
Drawn in 2005.
2005
Have you heard of these t...
The Negotiation
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Several randomly selected men could win two tickets to the UEFA Champions
League final in London this Saturday if they can convince their girlfriends
to ...
REVIEW: An End For Amethyst
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TweetWith Amethyst 8 comes the end of the series, from Christy Marx and
Aaron Lopresti. Bringing back Amethyst was another experimental move from
DC, but o...
15 influences
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I thought I would dive in and take the Yuko Shimizu challenge. Unlike the
others I'm going to limit my selections to specifically collage influences.
To...
Joey Adams Wrote A Lot Of Books
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The late *Borscht Belt* comedian Joey Adams (Joseph Abramowitz, 1911-1999)
was a vaudeville, nightclub and TV comic, stage actor, comedy/joke/gag
writer,...
BATMAN '66 #2 + CREEPY #13
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ITEM #1
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I just finished drawing a Killer Croc story for BATMAN '66 #2, written by
Jeff Parker. It will appea...
Barbeque Book '56 (PART TWO)
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Continuing now with the second part of fantastic food imagery from the *Better
Homes & Gardens BARBEQUE BOOK *from 1956-- in our previous post (*CLICK HERE
...
MURRAY THE BIRD
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Here's my new mini-book: MURRAY THE BIRD: THE ANGRIEST BIRD IN THE PET SHOP.
Lotsa people saw this comic at the Maine Comics Arts Fest on May 19th,
whe...
instaboner 602 @danharmon
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danharmon What kind of world are we entering. #DogShopping Related posts:
instaboner 393 @mythix instaboner 506 @thegavin2000 instaboner 586
@alissa_brunel...
COMIC BOOK COMPULSIVE — Weird Comics #12
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If nothing else, Victor Fox’s Weird Comics lived up to it’s name, It’s
pretty much equally divided between a couple of sensationally lame
superheroes ad ...
Alternative Comics @ TCAF 2013
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Special guest report from Laura Susong on the 2013 Toronto Comics Arts
Festival (TCAF). Alternative Comics found itself in a serious last-minute
crunch whe...
Are you ready to laugh, Brooklyn?
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We had Lisa Hanawalt in town last week giving a presentation, and let me
tell you: you are going to laugh and laugh and laugh, Brooklynites. So get
on th...
The Chicago Tribune Comic Book: Streamer Kelly
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Today I suppose a strip titled *Streamer Kelly *would tell the saga of a
multimedia website developer, but back on September 8 1940, when the strip
debu...
Monday with Hayley Mills: The Girl from Tiger Bay
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Hayley Mills as Gillie hiding from the bill in *Tiger Bay* (1959).
Tiger Bay was a rough and tumble place: Creation of Tiger Bay.
Talented performer and...
Junk drawer advertising
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Created by M&C Saatchi Abel, Johannesburg. "All by myself. Don't want to be all by myself. Send your old tech to a better place. Trade in and upgrade 16 Feb ...
The Start-Up Ride Stops Here by Janet Manley
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Come in, close the floating glass door behind you and take a seat on the
purple mitt chair. Laugh and high-five me as I tell you this: After a
period of ...
Number 1370: Doiby’s ruint derby
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Paul Reinman was an American comic book journeyman who was born in Germany
and emigrated to the U.S. at a young age. He worked in comics from at least
the...
The Cinema Of Solomon!
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I was very pleased to learn that at long last *Solomon Kane*, the
feature-length movie starring James Purefoy as Robert E. Howard's
sword-slinging Purita...
World's Finest # 27, March/April, 1947
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A very colorful cover greets us this issue with
Supes goofing around again. Down to only 5 main features and filler. Note
that M...
Quick Apology
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Just wanted to drop a quick note to apologize for the lack of blogging this
weekend. As you may recall, I recently moved to the Chicago area and the
S.O. a...
Peter Cushing Blogathon
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I discovered Peter Cushing around 1969 and have been a big fan for more
than four decades now. Although long gone now, to celebrate the 100th
anniversary...
Switch N Go
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I had the car set. It was a pain because I had to take up the whole kitchen
floor to set it up, even going underneath the table and chairs. The tank
vers...
I Just Wanna Get Along
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SORRY it’s been a week since TCAF but we’re raw, where the shot leaves us
gagging for the arrow. This year’s official Secret Acres comics mule, Dash
Shaw, ...
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*Mexican Rim*
Sunday Meskin Measures.
A simple tale from a later issue of My Greatest Adventure. Artwise it
looked like a canditate fo being pure Meskin a...
Movies About Girls Podcast Episode 166
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This week, it's a *TV Shows About Girls* episode!
Jeff Crazy presents us with his favorite episode of 70's jiggle-com *Three's
Company*!
Plus: the most d...
Where Is Everybody? Come Out, Don't Be Afraid!
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Woosh, another Sunday comin' up over the horizon.
And here's another *Kandi* strip by Kelly from a *Looney Tunes issue*,
scanned by this blog's friend Oth...
I Will NOT Be Appearing On Radio Misterioso...
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...this Sunday nite. Two hours of radio hijinks will be postponed to a
later date. But the good news is, thanks to super-swell maniac Phil C., "The
Lavend...
RIPBCGF
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Totally gutted to hear about the discontinuation of Brooklyn Comics &
Graphics Festival. Best damn show. I’ve nothing particularly profound to
say about wh...
Vintage Jeans Commercials: Fit For All
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BY KRISTEN BIALIK WATCH VIDEO: Collection - Vintage Jeans Commercials “Once in a great while, a natural phenomenon occurs that is so beautiful, so dramatic, ...
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The Art Shop Watch For 5/18/13
SOCKING OVER SLEAZE --- You'd think these were 50's paperback covers at
first glance, but it's actually a Warner combo cir...
Richard John Smith, or ‘O. Smith’ – 1776-1855
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[1] Three Fingered Jack; The Terror of the Antilles,
1878 advertisement in the Boys’ Standard storypaper.
by John Adcock
RICHARD JOHN SMITH or, as he...
Sponsored
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This week's comic was a lot of fun for me -- it was one of the first times I acknowledged that more people read the comic online than in print. My entire car...
Live long and eat plenty of bacon
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There may not be any food that’s better than bacon, but did you know that
it might also hold the key to longevity? Pearl Cantrell of Richland
Springs, Texa...
Free 3D Mustache
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It seems you can 3D print anything these days, from a bikini to a
gum-chewer’s face to a gun — but some people in Colorado are putting the
technology to a...
SHHH...DON'T TELL, BUT I JUST BOUGHT SOME MOON ROCKS
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FLEA MARKET FRIDAYS #83
Okay, before the FBI comes knocking at my door, I better explain myself.
This morning at an estate sale, I found two goofy novelty...
How Can I Love a Member of the Establishment?
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*"How Can I Love a Member of the Establishment?"*
*Story: Stan Lee, Pencils: Don Heck, Inks: John Verpoorten*
*My Love #5 (May 1970) *
Girl, I honestly don...
Fortune Telling Cards (2)
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“The Military Fortune Tellers” was published by H. V. Loring, in Chicago,
in 1917. The deck is 52 cards; but the four suits are stars, hearts,
bells, and ...
TCAF Trip Report Part 2 – Sleep?
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My Saturday at TCAF started really early. I was stuck watching the table
for Alternative comics for the morning, so had to get up to the second
floor of th...
More Frantic 45s
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I've come to the conclusion that I need to spend more time working & less
time blogging. I'll continue to post here, only not so frequently. Here's
a bu...
Rat-Trap
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The cover image featured on *HAUNTED HORROR #5 *(coming this July from *IDW
/ Yoe Books*) is from the November 1952 issue of *Mister Mystery #8*, --and
so ...
Athanasius Kircher and the Hieroglyphic Sphinx
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More than 170 years before Jean-François Champollion had the first real
success in translating Egyptian hieroglyphs, the 17th century Jesuit
scholar Athana...
ABE LINCOLN JUNIOR MY FRIEND*
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*99¢ Dreams* are here!! Sheer brilliance** from our man in Brooklyn. *
Autographed *Sheets On Sale at the *low, low, introductory price of $12.50 (Shipping
...
Exploits of Daniel Boone
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[image: Exploits of Daniel Boone 2 splash, 'Duel at Dawn']
When I first looked at Quality's *Exploits of Daniel Boone*, I could see
that the covers were b...
ENVELOPE ART (HIGH AND LOW)
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The Museum of Modern Art in NY is currently exhibiting a collection of
envelopes which constitute a work of art by Alighiero Boetti, perhaps the
most pro...
(Page) Miss Glory: A Reluctant Excursion Into Style
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*RELEASE DATE:*
6/9/1936
*DVD/BLU-RAY AVAILABILITY:*
*Looney Tunes Golden Collection,
Vol. VI* (Warner Brothers DVD 115871)
You can watch a nice color pr...
In Fatima the Difference is Quality (Sep, 1951)
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That’s a pretty specific claim. Not the best cigarette, just the best long
cigarette. In Fatima the Difference is Quality “I smoked FATIMAS when I was
a Mi...
Siberia, Part Three
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Much of this material was gathered from this source:
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/For-40-Years-This-Russian-Family-Was-Cut-Off-From-Hum...
Barks in the limelight
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Dana Gabbard has yet again provided us with a rare piece of Barksiana:
"My friend Brent Swanson has found another Barksian rarity, a 1994 issue of Mouse
Ra...
Who Was Ray Houlihan?
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A few years ago I found this illustration in a 1954 issue of *Saga*magazine. It's by an artist named Ray Houlihan...
[image: Houlihan01.detail01]
... and ...
Ray Harryhausen 1920-2013
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The innovative puppet animator Ray harryhausen dies this week, it's a huge
loss to classic film effects fans and marks the end of an era of physical
effec...
From 1977: Weekends Were Made For Cheryl Ladd
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My beauty *idol*, that is. And my favorite Angel. And the star of that
really great TV movie where Cheryl gets busted for drugs with her
boyfriend, is p...
Power Of Plants, The
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Uses time-lapse photography to show the physical power of plants in their
efforts to receive sunlight and fulfill their growth. Experiments show how
plant ...
Howard Kaylan: the Funhouse interview
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I'm sure I heard the music of the Turtles all throughout my childhood on AM
(and the burgeoning FM “oldies”) radio, but my first conscious memory of
Howar...
An Endangered Species Walks Into a Bar...
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Today's Bizarro cartoon tweaks a familiar cinematic trope, seen in countless westerns and film noirs.
When a director wants to tell the audience that a cha...
Jacovitti's "Pa and Ma"
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*Marriage, Jacovitti Style*
Taking my dictionary into my hands, I've made a stab at translating a
couple of later Jacovitti strips.* Pa e Ma *is a concept ...
Uncontrollable Urge
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I am very glad to have my screenprint Human Pile included in this great art
show curated by YETI Magazine's Mike McGonigal! Go to The Portland Museum
of M...
Saturday Night Fever 1977
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I recently picked up Saturday Night Fever on Blu-ray and it reminded me of
how much I really dig this 70's classic. I remember wanting to see it the
summ...
Great War Fluff
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No publisher is interested in Mr. Kitty Fluff and his friends (I can't
imagine why not!) so maybe I'll just post a page here from time to time.
The JLA Villains
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With the Justice League of America, Julius Schwartz and Gardner Fox had
something of a problem. During the JSA's run in All-Star during the Golden
Age, co...
Eisner awards
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A couple times a year, my ma meets up with the parents of my childhood
friends and they drink decaf coffee and eat tea biscuits or whatever and
brag about ...
American DJ's and topless women from the early 80s
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Richard and pals. Houston Texas. 1982.
Walter and thrilled-yet-uncredited friend. Houston Texas. 1982
DJ Al spins fat beats and his friends Lee Ann an...
Canada Fabulous
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This weekend I'll be signing at TCAF- the Toronto Comics and Arts Festival.
Then I'll be in Montreal signing alongside the brilliant Lisa Hanawalt.
TORONTO COMIC ARTS FESTIVAL!
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I’m hanging out in Syracuse, NY right now after an awesome few days in New
York City. I had the pleasure of visiting the MAD Magazine offices and the
First...
COWABUNGA SCHNAUZER
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*Cowabunga Schnauzer*
(Belly Wot Leaflet 2013, Special Large-ish issue)
Marc Bell
Half World Books
10.5” tall x 8” wide, 20 pages (12 in colour)
First prin...
RoboToyFest
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[image: Baconzinga]I will be set up with a table of Mr Toast stuff at the
RoboToyFest and Brick Boutique - lots of Legos, Robots, etc. The show is
Sunday, ...
Oom Pah Pah! Today is Tuba Day
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I've been dying to post this cover for Tuba day but missed my cue two years
in a row. No way was I going to let that happen again. You just got
to lo...
Fan Art
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The PRISON PIT Facebook page is a hotbed of awesome fan art. Here are a few
recent favorites people have posted… Amazing Cannibal Fuckface amigurumi,
croch...
RIP Werner Voran aka The Lolly Pope
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the saddest news I can think of, my friend the Lolly Pope aka Werner Voran
died 2 weeks ago from heartattack! I just talked to his girlfriend, still
can't ...
Get in line ...
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... a Cugat conga line, to pre-order the new Flora anthology, *The High
Fidelity Art of Jim Flora*. It features all of Flora's known album and EP
covers (...
Upcoming Ditko - #9 TEEN
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As announced in the just released ATE TEA N: 18, this is the next new Ditko
scheduled to come out, #9 TEEN, featuring the continuing adventures of
Madman,...
Appeal for help!
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I'm working on an exciting book project that will collate all of Searle's
'Holiday' era reportage work of the late 50s through the late 60s. I've
made ...
T.I.P.S! 161 Brainiacs, feat. Josh Flanagan
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iFanboy’s Josh Flanagan creeps back into The Lair to tell us his tips for
home and car improvement. Alex updates us on an English couple who have
given the...
**COMMISSIONS***
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Here is the first significant commissioned drawing I've made since The
Cartoon Utopia was released
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I really like doing stuff like this, and encourage ...
Citrus Cel Animation Festival 2013
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Our film, “Christmas Day” played in Jacksonville at the Citrus Cel
Animation Festival last week. Kelsey Stark flew down for the weekend. This
is her repor...
Asking For Help
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My computer is having issues. Any purchase made through this site at this
time will go toward helping get a replacement. If you don't see anything
you wan...
Bijou Heads to Kickstarter
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We have some timely news regarding the Matinee at the Bijou sequel series. The Bijou team is preparing to launch a Kickstarter campaign in early May for the ...
Tomorrow night! Reading at KGB!
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Sunday I have the great pleasure of performing at the famous KGB Easter
Comics Reading with Karl Stevens, Jesse Reklaw, Sam Henderson, Gretta
Johnson and C...
Just like that
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The late, great Tommy Cooper was one of the most recognisable comedians in
the world, his frantic act a perfectly delivered mixture of jokes and
calamito...
Nobody Here But Us Updates!
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Greetings and Salutations! Y'know, a popular expression among comics is
"always steal from the best." that's why I would like to announce my
intention to r...
An Unpublished 1940 Sub-Zero Cover by Jack Cole
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Here's a super-cool rare piece of previously unpublished early superhero
art by Jack Cole that provides a small revelation about his early career.
It's a...
"Stand By Me!"
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Just 'cause everybody needs to see/hear this.
Everybody needs somebody to stand by them. You won't find that somebody
with a new Pope or some invisible g...
Comic Art Con - Not Your Normal Con
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A smaller but excellent convention takes place on March 24th in Secaucus,
NJ. This con happens in the Fall and in the Spring and is strictly comic
art, n...
RL Book 2
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Dear friends,
It's been a few months since posting, or writing.
I've posted a new chapter of my book here:
http://www.tomhart.net/rosalie.html .
If yo...
Advice To A Young Cartoonist
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Chuck Forsman and Melissa Mendes were kind enough to return to WRJ last
week as visiting artists. They talked about their comics, Oily Comics, and
life aft...
Wendy, The Good Little Witch (1962)
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Let's enjoy a great character who has gone sadly unappreciated here: *Wendy,
The Good Little Witch*! Like Casper, with whom stories are often shared,
Wendy...
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Hi gangsters!
One last post before this blog will be removed from the internets.
Hope to see you on the other side on our *fb-page* or elsewhere!
Happy n...
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I don't think anvils really exist. It's like somebody way back when drew an amorphous chunk falling on a guy's head as a sight gag and had to explain it to the overanalytical art director. The artist had to cover his tracks by introducing a character "Mike the Clumsy Metalsmith" who made horse shoes on the balcony of his tenth floor apartment.
ReplyDeleteYour blog is way too good, I haven't evne looked at a tenth of what you've got here yet. Probably more like a twelfth so far.
What about fish heads in trash cans?
ReplyDeleteHmm...if we are to believe what we see on TV, people who throw fish heads in their garbage also have a habit of only eating the center portion of apples around the core before throwing them away.
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