“Sanjay and Craig” Talkback
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Desperate-for-a-new-hit-show Nickelodeon debuted a new animated series
Sanjay and Craig this morning. The show, which is about an Indian boy
Sanjay and his...
Just a Classy Night In
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[image: Just a Classy Night In]
Submitted by: Unknown
Tagged: wine , staying in , classy , funny , after 12 , g rated
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The Open Book
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Illustrator and cartoonist Bob Staake made this lovely little silent strip
for the New York Times Book Review (May 10 issue). (thanks to Mike)
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*A Cautionary Tale*
Saturday Leftover Day.
These days, we give Will eisner grief for his handling of Ebony, the
african american sidekick of his hero The ...
Iron Man #243 - Barry Windsor Smith art
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Iron Man #243, 1989 - With Tony Stark hospitalized due to a gunshot wound,
the plot revolves around Iron Man's many supporting characters. Bob Layton
does ...
CR Week In Review
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The top comics-related news stories from May 18 to May 24, 2013: 1. Michael
George, the prominent Pennsylvania retailer and convention organizer
convicted ...
Tumblr contest!
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alltheworldisasunnyday:
kingtrash:
My first Tumblr contest! Send me photos of your pet licking food out of the
pages of Lose #5 or Very Casual and I wil...
Heil Honey, I’m Home: The Worst TV Show Of All Time?
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BY KRISTEN BIALIK Watch the only full episode of "Heil Honey, I'm Home" What's on Network Awesome today? It’s hard to imagine how the studio pitch forHeil Ho...
3-Day Weekend Practically Already Over
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WASHINGTON—According to sources, the long Memorial Day weekend in honor of
Monday’s federal holiday is practically over already, with the hours left
in sai...
My Car Wore a Mustache Before it was Cool
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Tagged: mustache , car , hipster , funny , ductape
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Herriman Saturday
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Tuesday, April 14 1908 -- Tonight's the night for the big boxing
extravaganza at the Naud Junction pavilion. Promising amateurs, picked both
for their aud...
Happy Star Wars Day!
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36 years ago today many kids my age's lives changed forever when Star Wars
opened. It was delayed a day in Kansas City due to a benefit screening on
open...
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Roscoe Trods The Boards
Back in the Arbuckle briar patch and still awaiting definitive bio's from
better authorities than myself. Several are said t...
Published in Batman-1989...And I Never Even Knew It!
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So last night I decided to go to sleep fairly early as everyone else here
had already faded for the evening. The problem was that the Cincinnati Reds
had f...
Price Guide Peek-A-Boob!
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Bill Ward's way with drawing curvaceous women is unmatched in the comic
book world. His bodacious and bosomy babes are immediately recognizable and
on th...
World's Finest # 32, January/February, 1948
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It may look like business as usual from this silly cover but there are a
few changes this issue. The first thing one notices is that Win Mortimer
now tak...
Clown-Clown Comics-1946
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I'm tempted to say the unidentified artist here is Warren Kremer,
eventually to set the house style for Harvey Comics. This would be an early
work but it...
Saturday Morning Ewww - May 25, 2013
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Morris Keesan: Mitch4: I don’t know if his being a stuffed animal makes it
any better, or even in some ways worse. Mitch4
Just another day at Archie McPhee
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Why yes, that is a blessing of Finger Narwhals riding Optimus Prime. We
have Archie McPhee designer Scott Heffernan to thank for creating this
delightful s...
Horror's Little Acre
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Here's another nicely illustrated *Standard Comics* spooker loaded with
chills and atmosphere, originally presented in the August 1952 issue of *Adventures ...
Borgen, “Count To 90”
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*(Want to watch this episode? Are you a U.S. citizen? You can check it—and
prior episodes—out on **LinkTV.**)*
A couple of development seasons ago, NBC ...
"What's Up, Center of the Earth People?"
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The police inspector was yelling at Twain and Einstein again. "You two are
the worst nightclub owners in all of Soho! I'll find something to plant on
you i...
Top 13 (of the Week)
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Over at Advanced Demonology. Ken and Swilson pick 'em. And the world is
safe for another week.
Check it out* HERE. *
*PS* this is only number 7!
...
Are Faux News Anchors on Military Grade “GO”?
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You know, the dextro-amphetamine that the Air Force allegedly fed to pilots
to keep them fightin’? The potential side effects include psychotic
behavior, a...
Lookey-Dookey! Sin Alley!
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I had both of these comps on vinyl, back in the day, & both have stood up
well to repeated listenings over the years. LOOKEY-DOOKEY is a fine
collection...
Dave Cockrum's Star Trek
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I've always loved Dave Cockrum's art. One of my first exposures to his
work is when he drew Marvel's Star Trek comic in the early 80's after the
first mo...
What I'm Working On These Days
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I haven't done any blatant self-promotion stuff in a while, so I figured
I'd throw something up today when no one's really paying attention anyway
because ...
OFFICE JACKASS
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Related posts: THE POST OFFICE IS BACK! UH, RICHARD SIMMONS MIGHT RUN FOR
OFFICE? EARTH’S RECEPTIONIST’S OFFICE Related posts:
1. THE POST OFFICE I...
Personal Comics: Foss, Shapiro, McGovern
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*Haiku Revue and Empty Bed*, by Rachel Foss. Foss was due to enroll at the
Center for Cartoon Studies, but various circumstances never allowed that to
ha...
The Field (UK)
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Aaah looking forward this, second issue Field magazine from the UK,
newspaper-like, and what an ace logo! (Logo designed by Matthew Saint
Design by ace Wel...
Bulletin (22)
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The next Ullage Group event is in the works. We’re planning something
tasty, and will meet again when Anthony gets back to town. I direct your
attention t...
Making a Splash: R.I.P. Jesse Santos
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Sad to report that Ol' Groove recently learned of Jesse Santos' passing on
April 27 at the age of 83. Santos was the artist/co-creator of Gold Key's
Groov...
Mod Happy Hour
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Included with the Sunday, November 22nd, 1970 issue of the *St. Louis Post
Dispatch* newspaper was this giant, fold-out *Southern Comfort* advertising
supp...
Pope Francis Says Atheists Can Be Good
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From The Guardian:
Atheists should be seen as good people if they do good, Pope Francis has
said in his latest urging that people of all religions, and no...
THE RECEPTION: The Funeral of Hearts
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http://welcometotripcity.com/2013/05/the-reception-the-funeral-of-hearts/
AJNA: A Giant, Strange Mechanical-Music Contraption
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From Sweden comes some fantastic new videos of AJNA, a large musical robot
that looks like Dr. Who's police box tricked out with drums, sound-making
thingi...
Conversations with Lord Byron (1824)
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Journal of the conversations of Lord Byron noted during a residence with
his lordship at Pisa, in the years 1821 and 1822 by Thomas Medwin; 1824;
Henry Col...
road trip
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Just a quick note to say that starting May 25th, I’ll be on the road for
few weeks. Some pals and I are driving through the south to photograph
abandoned p...
Sid Check Horror
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Here's a Harvey horror tale with some typically Wood-like art by his
sometime compatriot, Sid Check.
http://fourcolorshadows.blogspot.com/2013/05/here-to...
Lil Dicky - White Dude
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[image: Lil Dicky - White Dude]
Lil Dicky - White Dude 4:28
Third video off of Dicky's debut mixtape, "So Hard". Download it at
http://lildicky.com
Submit...
THIS WEEK'S COMIC
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THE TRUTH ABOUT THE NIXONIAN PRESIDENCY OF OBAMA Click here to read on Boing Boing. Click here to read on Daily Kos. Click here to read on GoComics. (coming)
Emanuele Taglietti II - Blood Back on the Blog !
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L'incroyable engouement qu'a suscité le triste billet concernant les soldes
au Virgin étant passé (post lu plus de 1.200.000 fois sur Rue89, 200.000
fo...
Why you should study at SAW
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SAW is a place like no other in the American comics world right now. A
fully functioning two-leveled studio (see the panorama of activity below);
a stocked...
MURRAY THE BIRD Preview
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Here is MURRAY THE BIRD to keep you company!
I'll be away for the annual Reubens weekend, so I will have to leave you
with this insufferable bird for a sho...
RES IPSA LOQUITUR
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*Ronald Searle*
Oil mogul Armand Hammer amassed a large collection of paintings by famous
artists. He then decided to build a $70 million museum to ho...
I Love To Singa: A Merrier Melodie, Much Beloved
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*RELEASE DATE:*
7/18/1936
*DVD/BLU-RAY AVAILABILITY:*
*Looney Tunes Golden Collection,
Vol. 2* (Warner Brothers DVD 31284)
You can watch a decent color pr...
Woolfolk Records Update 5
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[image: Captain Aero 24 cover]
These are stories mostly from Fawcett and Orbit whose publication data I
wasn't able to add in boldface in my original posts...
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...
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 sometimes vaudeville, nightclub and TV comic, stage actor,
comedy/joke/g...
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...
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, ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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
...
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...
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...
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...
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
***
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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