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Dennis the Menace and Dairy Queen
From 1971 till 2001 Dennis the Menace was the poster boy for Dairy Queen. The company dropped the character because they felt he no longer represented the youth culture. The demise of this campaign in many ways hurt the strip. Be it irrelevance or just corporate greed, I miss the old Dennis character sprawled on [...]
Manga Kamishibai: The Art of Japanese Paper Theater
Manga has exploded like mushrooms throughout the years. There are many book stores that now have sections dedicated to the current version of manga. Mostly North American young girls flock to manga. At one time manga was not about giant robots and fantasy elements, the stories were about real people on the street. In Japan [...]
Homage to Calvin and Hobbes “Attack of the Deranged Mutant Killer Monster Snow Goons”
A Jagged Gorgeous Winter – The Main Drag from Main Drag on Vimeo.
The Main Drag are a group I never heard of till they did a video with an homage to Calvin and Hobbes Attack of the Deranged Mutant Killer Monster Snow Goons. Calvin and Hobbes only refuge in pop culture has been print form. [...]
Also posted in Cartoons, music, weird Tagged Bill Watterson, calvin and hobbes, music, pop culture, the main drag Comments closed
Captain America is Back
Steve Rogers is coming back. No not the Montreal Expos baseball player. Blue Monday still echoes through my deep chasm mind of regret. Captain America was killed 2 1/2 years ago by Marvel Comics as chronicled in Captain America #25. Well he is back with issue #600. What a run. Marvel has gone back to [...]
Charlie Chocks Vitamins
Chock treatment! Charlie Chocks is perhaps one of the lamest spokesperson cartoon character for a vitamin brand devised by Miles Laboratories, the creators of Alka Seltzer. They created the first chewable vitamin for children in 1960 and made parents very upset with commercials on Saturday morning cartoons. Miles introduced Flintstone Chewable Vitamins in 1968, [...]
Also posted in Advertising, Animation, Art, kid books, kids, promotion Tagged Alka Seltzer, Bugs Bunny Multiple vitamins, Charlie Chocks Vitamins, Flintstone Chewable Vitamins Comments closed
Comic Art of Jack Bradbury
Jack Bradbury is not a common household name but many generations were entertained by his art in both film and comic book form. He handled many characters from Walt Disney to Warner Brothers and other studios. He left behind a legacy of great art to draw ideas from. A very versatile artist in his own [...]
Also posted in Animation, Art, Cartoons, Web, webcomic Tagged Jack Bradbury, walt disney, Warner Brothers Comments closed
Donald Duck Turns 75
The grandfather of quack is turning 75 this week. Having long used his senior card, Donald Duck is perhaps the first anti-hero and was created to be the nemesis of the one dimensional Mickey Mouse. From Daffy Duck, Disco Duck to Howard the Duck, Donald has inspired many ducks in all these years. He is [...]
Also posted in Animation, Cartoons, TV, Web Tagged Daffy-Duck, disco duck, donald duck, howard the duck, walt disney Comments closed
Lucy Knisley: The Fast
Fast food is taking off like gangbusters. The increase of consumption is on the rise because of low prices to attract families on slim budgets in though times. Many people are finding they are having to battle the bulge. One sure way to lose weight is to fast. That is rather funny when you look [...]
Basil Wolverton’s Culture Corner
Comic book master Basil Wolverton is perhaps considered to be the first guy to write and illustrate “dummy” books under the banner called Culture Corner. Many moons ago he worked for Fawcett Comics the publisher of Captain Marvel under the corporate comic book called Whiz Comics. He ran a strip from 1945 to 1952 called [...]
Also posted in Art, Web, webcomic Tagged artist, Basil Wolverton, Book, captain-marvel, cartoonist, Fawcett, mainstream, Strip, Whiz Comments closed
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