Climbing down the rabbit hole so you don't have to
Saturday, September 11, 2010
My Insurance company....
Yeah, I'm tired of the commemoration of this date,too.
from ESQUIRE, December 1971 from ESQUIRE, October 1971 from "Who Was Richard Nixon's Running Mate in 1960?" from "The Real-Life Death of Jim Morrison" illustrated by Jean Lagridge, ESQUIRE June 1972
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Much of the material here is at least a generation old and therefore sometimes has racist and sexist standards we wouldn't conform to today. I try, but can't always do a line-item veto. Remember, if something has stereotypes it's posted in spite of them and not because of them. You're not wrong to be offended, think of it like a friend you like hanging out with 95% of the time but once in a while they embarrass you. My own attitude is to move forward.
Many of the images I posted between 2011-2013 were disappeared by the image bank I was using then but I still have most of the scans and am bringing them back slowly. Be patient.
Sunday: Hili dialogue
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It’s October! Welcome to Sunday, October 1, 2023. As always, I begin with
the evocative words of Thomas Wolfe, which I always post on this day,
adding that...
A STAR IS CORN
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*A STAR IS BORN* (1953)
dir: George Cukor
*A STAR IS CORN*
Panic #10, August-September 1955
w: Jack Mendelsohn
a: Jack Davis
Movie's been done several time...
Heart Throbs #120 - Neal Adams cover
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Neal Adams
*Heart Throbs v1 #120, 1965* - One of the most disturbing romance covers, a
man threatens to kill his girlfriend out of sheer jealousy. Neal Ada...
The Shadow Knows!
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October is the month for scares. And no hero in the history of the genre
has been scarier than The Shadow. Created originally for radio as a
mysterious v...
BUSH TERMINAL LAMP
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Forgotten New York -
A group of white-painted monoliths between 2nd and 3rd Avenues between 29th
and 36th Streets west of Green-Wood Cemetery were const...
Mercer and Matalone
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He may have voiced more cartoons uncredited than anyone in the business.
Even at a time when Daws Butler and Don Messick’s names were appearing on
televis...
Herriman One-Shots: May 18 1902
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This is a half-page of gag panels from the McClure comics section of May 18
1902, and Herriman contributes only a single cartoon. From top left
clock...
Check, Please
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This is the weekly dispatch from Bizarro Studios North, where I have been
writing and drawing the Monday through Saturday Bizarro comics since 2018.
My par...
The Theater of Comix
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Whenever I'm drawing a comic book that I've already scripted and laid out,
my subconscious seeks a new story to craft. Sometimes it's another comic
book st...
Caffeinding
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“My husband wanted coffee but I didn’t want to be late for our family
portrait session.” (submitted by Priscilla)
The post Caffeinding appeared first on ...
Go Visit CXC
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This weekend sees Cartoons Crossroads Columbus (CXC) in the middle of Ohio
again. The show itself is really impressive, and has pretty much everything
I'm...
Kogar's Jungle Juice Show #33!
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01 The Daddy-Os Dancing Elephants SHELL
02 Johnny Moore and his New Blazers Bullfrog RENDEZVOUS RECORDS
03 Jerry Warren And The Tremblers – Rompin ...
The King Stay The King – This Week’s Links
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Whew, I’m so glad the writer’s strike is over; now I can go back to hiring
million-dollar talents to write these post descriptions. We never skimp on
qua...
7 Million Views!
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Hey there, groovy people! I hope regular visitors to this blog have not
tired of occasional posts celebrating readership milestones, but I’m so
gratifie...
GGACP Classic: David McCallum
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GGACP celebrates the life and career of the late actor David McCallum by
revisiting this interview from 2019. In this episode, David talks about his
days a...
Leigh Luna's Clementine Fox
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Back in 2013, I wrote this of Leigh Luna, who at the time was still an
undergrad at the Minneapolis College of Art & Design (MCAD): "Luna seems
ready to ...
September 27 is Scarf Day!
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Back to posting after a bit of a layoff. Today we celebrate Scarf Day with
a sassy cover by our man Bolles. This issue of *Gay Parisienne* debuted at ...
"The Dread of Night"
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One more from the October 1973 issue of *The Witching Hour #35* (see our
previous post), and this time it's a spooky weird, lurid AF love triangle
of terro...
The Tragic Life of Thomas Mayhew
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by Robert J. Kirkpatrick The name of Mayhew will be very familiar to
students of 19th century literature. Henry Mayhew was one of the founders
of Punch,...
HOW MacNELLY KEPT IT LOOSE
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There's a lot going on in this political cartoon by the great Jeff
MacNelly.
Using three point perspective, he fits important information neatly through...
Podcast Interview
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A couple of months ago, I did an interview with Jennifer Crittenden’s
creative podcast "Books, Shows, Tunes and Mad Acts". (I probably fit into
that last...
Supreme Artist of Glamour Photography
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*Hurrell's Hollywood *as Revealed by Mark Vieira
Permit Greenbriar to sing unabashed praise for Mark A. Vieira’s latest
book, a reprint, with much ne...
Lucille Young Bust Massage
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We've been talking so much about the lower half of a lady this month, I
fear we might catch some flack for ignoring the top bits! So let us now
assist in t...
Back at the Chicken Shack on WFDU.fm HD2!
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*It's Date Night at *
*Back at the Chicken Shack*
*on WFDU.fm HD2 internet radio*
*with host Ken Struck*
*Wednesday 8-10 pm est*
*Prerecorded beforehan...
Warren Kremer - Harvey Master!
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Good afternoon, Kids! So nice to visit with you all again!
Today, let’s go for a long multi-chapter romp with Harvey master, *Warren
Kremer*!
Unlike so...
Museum Open Late this Thursday 9/14!
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The Billy Ireland Museum Galleries will be open until 7:00pm this Thursday,
September 14, 2023, as part of the OSU Arts District Open House, organized
by t...
En guide
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Här är en kortfattad guide för dig som funderat över hur du ska förbereda
dina filer när du färglägger serier.
+ lite om hur du monterar dina filer i InD...
Here Come the Mad Hatters
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One of those albums that is forever turning up in ‘bad album cover art’
lists, for years I had assumed that the sole album by the Mad Hatters (or
the Mad...
Bury Me Already (It’s Nice Down Here)
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These pages are from a graphic novel I’m working on about having a kid. I
got the title – Bury Me Already (It’s Nice Down Here)- from this comic,
which was...
TYPO 3
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Typo 3 is now available! For the third issue of this inimitable
publication, I contributed a parody of Oscar Wilde (“Bosie’s Translation”),
an article on t...
Adventure Comics #477 [1980]
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Adventure Comics #477 [1980]
This issue features the 8-page Starman story "The Search For Mn'torr", the
penultimate chapter of the year-long run on the f...
An Interview with Peggy Webber - Part One
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*Peggy Webber: You have Bob Denver on your shirt.*
*Kliph Nesteroff: Yes, Gilligan’s Island.*
*Peggy Webber: Was he a friend of yours?Kliph Nesteroff:...
Some Updates
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2. I have a new comic in The Believer Magazine about consciousness. Check
out the full story in the hard copy at book and magazine shops. 3. Here are
some ...
Swan/Burnley on Tommy Tomorrow?
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The *Who's Who's* credits for John Fischetti started out as just
"Fischetti" on Tommy Tomorrow, if I remember correctly, but now encompass
any number of 19...
Dax Norman Stinckers
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MIND-BLOWR!!
Stinckers has teamed up with artist/animator/musician/gif-master Dax Norman
to create our 1st animatable sticker design. Can you even believ...
Those Pesky Nepo Babies
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It’s 2023 and suddenly nepotism seems to be all around. It seems like
there’s a whole bunch of talented people who also have parents! That are
also talente...
Movie Ad of the Week: PENITENTIARY (1979)
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*World Premiere* - Wednesday, November 21, 1979 - Detroit, MI
Jamaa Fanaka's PENITENTIARY, starring Leon Isaac Kennedy and Badja Djola,
premiered at the ...
NEW BLOG SITE
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Hello, This is to announce that as of today, this is no longer the site of
the active Tom the Dancing Bug Blog. The Blog has moved to
https://tomdbug.wpcom...
Bad Kingdom (1972)
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In 1972, the government drew up plans to construct a deportation facility
off the coast of Ireland that could house as many as 70 million people -
the en...
Shannon Stirnweis, Part 4: Paperback Cover Art
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*My conversation with Shannon Stirnweis continues...* ~ *Leif Peng*
*Leif Peng:* I'm guessing around this time in the mid-1960s you started to
do paperback...
Lulu Book Three
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The third and final (for now) volume of Drawn + Quarterly's full-color
hardcover *Little Lulu* books has been out for a bit. I'm sad that the
series has ...
Whatever Happened to Adam?
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Dear Ones,
I'm sorry for the abrupt conclusion to this blog. 10 years of blogging is
a long time, and I thought I could keep it going after the hiatus,...
The Big Issue (uk)
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A complete redesigned @bigissueuk done by ace @mrwilley , editor
paulmcnamee and @mrmneil . photo Paul Logan (vendor of The Big Issue at
Liverpool St, Lo...
You Know Me, Al: filling in the gaps
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We’re giving the You Know Me, Al archive a refresh! We’ve filled the gaps
in the beginning of the run: the first seven weeks of the strip are now
complete ...
Purple Mayonnaisery
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I am excited to have this display of my work included in Paul Nudd's
Purple Mayonnaisery group show at Western Exhibitions in Chicago. It
features sele...
Zinda Blake, Mermaid Blackhawk
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Kevin Ahearn shared this with me and now I'm sharing it with you. It's a
continuation of his wildly entertaining interpretation of the Lady
Blackhawk s...
What a ride... the end of Cinema Sewer
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So here I am at the end of a significant era of my life. Basically the
entirety of my adult life, to this point. When Cinema Sewer started, it was
24 years...
Still Truckin'/Sad Sack in "The Grudge"
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Greetings, Groove-ophiles! Ol' Groove is just checking in to reassure
everyone that he (and DotGK) are alive and well--just buuuuuussssaaayy!
Writing/le...
Journey Into Mystery #4
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*Halloween Post-A-Day 2020, Day 31*
*Journey Into Mystery #4*
* A brief trio of tales kicked off by an HPL story*
*Editor – Roy Thomas*
*June...
HAPPY HALLOWEEN 2020
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Hopefully, this Halloween video will bring some joyful nostalgia. Putting
this together was very therapeutic for me, so for anyone who might be
struggli...
New Portraits of Underground Cartoonist Icons
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"Underground cartoonists are all a bunch of
baptist ministers in Popeye suits"
-Charles Bukowski
I'm working on a series of illustrations that will event...
It is only a matter of time
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On September 12th of 2011, the *New York Times* published an article by Dr.
Abigail Zuger in which she criticised certain supposedly unrealistic
aspects ...
The End 2010-2020
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Ten years and 3100 posts later, we're done. And on a Friday the 13th, yet.
I know I said that once before and I was only gone a few months but this
time, I...
So Long, Farewell
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WE SHOOK off the childhood trauma of gym class and ventured early in the
morning to Comic Arts Brooklyn, held at Pratt’s ARC, meaning Athletic and
Recreati...
Cartoon Logic Podcast
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And yet another distraction from this brick and mortar blog… I’ve entered
the world of podcasting with renowned animation director and historian Bob
Jaques...
The Good Works of God and Mankind
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I sometimes like to imagine God filling in the colorless canvas of a new
Earth with the products of His imagination. It must have been a labor of
Love. Act...
The ABCs of Dating
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*Sponsored by Orbit #TimeToShine*
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*Orbit makes dating as easy as learning your ...
Summer Reading Stack July 20 2019
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As usual, I am behind on posting about some of the books I have been
reading. While the podcasts are not running very frequently, I am still
reading and re...
New Titles in the Shop!
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Hi! Fresh of the heels of the MoCCA Fest, Paper Rocket Minicomics has some
new titles for you! Carlito by Carlo Quispe! Things Go Wrong #2 by
Jason Bra...
That's all, folks!
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My posts have gotten thinner over the years. I'm aware of that. I've been
hopeful for a long time, that I can remain active with blogging and sharing
furth...
Addams Family Holiday: Redux
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In addition to being a bon vivant, ladykiller, and sports car enthusiast,
cartoonist Charles Addams was also a thief. He stole from himself.
This car...
Cratedigger’s Lung - catch it
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Don’t miss the debut of “The Cratedigger’s Lung Adventue Hour,” tomorrow,
Nov. 30 at 7pm, EST.
*A one-hour exploration of excavations from the farthest re...
CSotD Part MMMXC -- A New Beginning
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Adjust your bookmark, because the blog is moving in order to become a
feature on The Daily Cartoonist, a site newly re-energized with the
addition of DD De...
New Books and Comics: May 18, 2018
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Comics highlights this week: Barrier #3 — the stellar new series by Brian
K. Vaughan and Marcos Martin (don’t forget pick up issue one and two before
they ...
Adventures in Drawing! Class in Gainesville
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ADVENTURES IN DRAWING Learn to draw from life and the imagination
through fun, creative projects and regular sketching practice. We’ll
explore a variety ...
Kudos MoonPie
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Had to come back from the dead to share this hysterical twitter thread with
you. It's between the maker of MoonPies and a woman who doesn't like them.
inflight
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BIG HALF-PRICE CHRISTMAS DEAL! i recently unearthed this piece, perfect for
that special someone who just seems to have everything! inflight, 2017
graphite...
Adventuring Pups (1948)
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Three beagle pups run away from their farm home and get lost in woods. They
experience several adventures in the forest before finding their way home
again...
How To Replace a Riding Mower Battery
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Riding mower batteries ought to be maintained when fully charged and
replaced when dead and you need all the right materials when you are about
to replac...
TOONSEUM FUNDRAISER
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Rick Meyerowitz hand-signed original "The Mona Gorilla" Poster A donation
of $200 gets you this rare 1971 poster of The National Lampoon’s most
famous...
Get Thee to the Library
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I’m thinking of getting a driver’s license. That’s not to say I’ve never
driven a car, but only a few times in questionable circumstances under the
intense...
Hang Loose
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Poster for the short film Hang Loose, directed by Sammy Harkham & Patrick
Brice, and Starring Kyle Field of Little Wings. 4 color silkscreen print on
110lb...
As We Head into 2017 - An End-of-Year Update
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2016... oh what a crazy year you've been. While it will no doubt go down as
a year full of tragedy and turmoil in the world, on a personal level, 2016
has...
And So the Year Finally Comes to an End
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After nearly 6 years of celebrating my favorite year, it's time--now 50
years on-- to leave it in the past...at least for now. Check BOOKSTEVE'S
LIBRARY ...
old time religion A Postcard Home from Bible Camp
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Apparently, the old time religion Covenant Point Bible Camp has been in
business for 90 years. I am hoping they will add this to the celebration!
Covena...
In the shop....
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These are all just sitting in the shop. Waiting for you.
*Awake and Dreaming* by Harve and Margot Zemach (1970).
*Brian Wildsmith's ABC* (1962).
*Cindy's S...
Thank you for a Decade of Cute!
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Dearest Cute Overload Peeps, It’s hard to believe that Cute Overload has
chronicled and celebrated over ten years of the most anerable,
prosh, sweetest ani...
442.
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*“I’ll rip those bastards a new one, and then I’ll rip a new one in that,
and then I’ll rip a new one in that, ad infinitum.”*
(From the first page of ...
Vintage Teen Dance Party & Disco
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Vintage photos of 1950's and 1960's teen-age dance parties and college-age
night clubs complete with discotheques and go-go girls dancing inside of
cages a...
Same Surname Inheritance
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Are you in line for a windfall inheritance because you share your surname
with a dead person?
19 years ago
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SAM HENDERSON has been doing comics, illustration and writing popular among people aware of their existence since his birth, though he wasn't paid for it until 1991. In addition to his own series,The Magic Whistle, clients have included Nickelodeon, New York Press, DC Comics, Heavy Metal, New York Observer,and ...um... Screw. He was a storyboard director for SpongeBob Squarepants in 2001.
See what books are currently available, links to my own work and other web presences, or contact me by writing magicwhistle.henderson@gmail.com. Currently at work on graphic memoir titled Hail Seizure.
Portrait by Jess Rullifson.
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