Posts published by “Tony M.”

That Salty Air Ernest Hemingway  would be proud of Tim Sievert’s "That Salty Air". It’s amazing the bond that fisherman have with the sea. Since…

Truth, Justin And The American Way Giuseppe Ferrario is a strange anomaly, the native Italian artist was contacted to create a whole new strip for…

Eiji Tsuburaya: Master of Monsters: Defending the Earth with Ultraman and Godzilla In the year 1966 Eiji Tsuburaya unleashed on the world the first exported…

My Fab Years! Sylvia Anderson One half of the Anderson duo, Sylvia Anderson, always creatively attached to the symbiotic Gerry Anderson gave the world "Supermarionation". Many kids in…

Squirrelly Gray (Picture Book) Multi talented James Kochalka has labored many years as an underground artist and now it seems the big boys are paying…

Astro Boy Essays: Osamu Tezuka, Mighty Atom, and the Manga/Anime Revolution I don’t think the onslaught of Japanese pop culture would not take fruition if…

Monkey Business: A Flying Cowboys Collection The Flying McCoys is one of those strips that is gaining prominence in the past few years, here is…

Greetings! Allow me to introduce you to a captivating aspect of Japanese culture that has captured the hearts of people worldwide: the endearing and incredibly…

Spy vs. Spy 2: The Joke and Dagger Files When a Cuban exile cartoonist is able to marry the simplest of concepts of good and evil…

The Girl’s Like Spaghetti: Why, You Can’t Manage without Apostrophes! Just as the use of commas was hilariously demystified in Eats, Shoots & Leaves: Why,…

One Beastly Beast: Two Aliens, Three Inventors, Four Fantastic Tales Garth Nix and Brian Biggs weave an exciting new book with rich illustrations with stories…

RV There Yet? A Cross-Country Cautionary Tale It’s the silly season and what a better way to enjoy it with RV There Yet. There is…

Play Pen: New Children’s Book Illustration These are exciting times in art, after going to the Adobe Photoshop Seminar Tour with Bert Monroy, I am…

The Last Flower: A Parable in Pictures Originally published in November 1939, two months after World War II officially began, James Thurber’s parable in pictures–…

Theodor Seuss Geisel: The Early Works Of Dr. Seuss Volume 3 Now here is a series that went under many radars. There were glimpses of…

Betsy and Me is the creation of complex cartoonist Jack Cole, the creator of Plastic Man. This syndicated newspaper  lasted about two years before Jack took…

DavidsDoodles is a great blog to see how David Colman draws. Who is David Colman? You have seen his work but never his face. He is…

Phooey! Marc Rosenthal brings us Phooey, a return to classic kids’ illustrated books. This book will leap at you with rich images and sounds. This…

Eric Larson has been a fan favorite of mine, the man can tackle just about any project. This December old school will become new school.…

DIC Entertainment is releasing Dino Squad this fall for CBS, a new boy-driven property TV show that has great promise.

Voyagers! – The Complete Series Here is a fun series that all the whole family can enjoy and learn about history. More DVD picks>> Journey back…

Charles M. Schulz: 40 Years Life and Art This book is five years in the making and authored by David Michaelis. Charles Schultz was not exactly an…

The dentists from all over the world want to thank PEZ for helping them put their kids through college and university. Since 1927 PEZ was…