Lovable ‘toon penguins defeat James Bond
"Do you expect me to talk, Goldfinger?"
"No, Mr. Bond, I expect you to waddle over to that ice floe and guard your eggs fiercely.":
A...
Kibbles ‘n’ Bits 11/17
The footnote interviews color whiz Matt Hollingsworth, who just moved to Croatia:
Q: Coloring techniques have changed quite a bit over the years, with them...
Comic novels
It was a red letter day for The Beat when we finally got linked in Gawker in an item parsing Wil Moss's report on...
Does Mick Anglo own Miracleman?
We had a chance to listen to the Alan Moore interview on Fanboy Radio, and in it he dropped a bit of a bombshell...
RIP Paul Rigby
Paul Rigby, the Australian cartoonist whose lush cartoons were a fixture of the new York Post and Daily News in the 70s, has died...
Stuff 11/16
§ Trend-watcher really on top of that comic book thing.
§ The Austin Chronicle reviews ROCKETO and GØDLAND.
§ The Stranger reviews LOST GIRLS:
The last time...
“As more graphic novels appear in libraries, so do challenges”
Thus reads the headline on a story , widely circulated via the AP which looks at the Marshall Library matter in a wider context:...
What’s happenin’!
§ "Funky Winkerbean" cartoonist Tom Batiuk has won the American Cancer Society's Cancer Care Hall of Fame Award for his comics about the Lisa...
VHS, 30, dies of loneliness
Variety says it all:
VHS, 30, dies of lonelinessThe home-entertainment format lived a fruitful lifeBy DIANE GARRETTVHS RIPAfter a long illness, the groundbreaking home-entertainment format...
Fall 2006 Xeric winners announced
The fall Xeric Grant recipients have been announced! As is normal, several of them resist easy googling -- one shares the name of a...
Batman and Robin: crime-fighters…or distractions?
Bournemouth UK police dressed as Batman and RObin to nab drug suspects. But it appears the Dynamic Duo were effective not because their appearance...
Marshall, MO slogs towards policy
Zack Sims continues to faithfully chronicle the activities of the Marshall, MO library board, as another meeting to discuss their policy on material...
