Video of the DAY; 60 Minutes visits MAD Magazine
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Back in the late '80s, Morley Safer sat down with the MAD crew.
OSU collection renamed the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library
The Ohio State University's archives of comics-related material is one of the greatest collections of comics history and art on the planet. And now it's getting a name and a renovated home, thanks to...
Kids discover mysterious new creature, beat it to death
Hairless corpse believed to be a strange new mutant creature. The mysterious beast crawled feebly from a cave in Panama, so alarming local youths that they were forced to beat it to death. Because...
Random thoughts
Over on the Wildstorm blog the other day, they dropped a BOMBSHELL. Gen13 is getting a new artist, a very talented fellow. And his name is Cruddie Torian.
How do you just go on...
SWEET! Old kids comics
A recent link on Journalista reminded us that cartoonist/animator Doug Gray has a blog, The Greatest Ape, which is to wacky old oddball comics as Golden Age Comics Stories is to Reed...
A little more print goes away — UPDATED
UPDATE: At The Wrap, a THR insider disputes the THR online only story, although, saying they'll stick around through the lucrative Awards season isn't exactly a ringing endorsement for the future of the print...
And a Jedi shall lead us…
We trust that readers will be very familiar with the expression Michelle has adopted here.
Do today’s comics look like ads for lingerie?
Thanks to Agent Provocateur and their new line of superhero-inspired undies, you can now make a detailed comparison, as Laura Hudson did.
But Topless Robot thinks you may be saddened:
I hadn't really thought about it...
New Blogs! Bell! Drechsler! Trouble!
§ Gabrielle Bell has a blog in which she shares her mysterious, haunting comics. (Link via Claire Bennett)
§ Debbie Drechsler (DADDY'S GIRL) has a new site with her portfolio and a blog where...
10 Days that Shook Comics: Updates
As we head into the first weekend of the Third Age of Comics, much is still being written and pondered. Let's check out the Google earth view, shall we?
* First, a succinct Tweet...
Dorkin/Thompson BEASTS OF BURDEN tour
Crumb's GENESIS. ASTERIOS POLYP. Joe Sacco's NOTES FROM GAZA. The ALEC collection. 2009 has seen more than its share of graphic novels that change how we look at the medium. But none of those...
