Today I had a talk with both of my kids about the Connecticut elementary school massacre. Parents will blame video games and social media sites…
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Power to the people!
Is there such a thing as smart graffiti? Apparently there is somewhere in the lonely streets of Montreal. Looks more like an albino Don King.
2012 is the year of the end of Bazooka Joe and Twinkies. Bazooka Joe was cheesy at best but a part of many generational youths.…
I was having coffee at McDonald’s and a rushing thought appeared to me from my art school days. Right below me was the scream by…
I think I have seen enough snow already! Christmas is just a few days away, I have plenty of snow for a white Christmas. Thank…
Ever wonder what Ronald McDonald looks like from the inside? Wonder no more. From the wonderful land of Japan where everything is possible our imagination…
With all the money the coyote spends on Acme, he could have a decent meal each day if he ordered out. Personally I would eat…
Happy Birthday Mr. Dressup! Google Doodle celebrates Ernie Coombs’ 85th birthday. I grew up watching this show and never questioned the fact that Ernie Coombs…
I was pleasantly surprised by Drawing Comics Lab: 52 Exercises on Characters, Panels, Storytelling, Publishing & Professional Practices by Robyn Chapman. I thought it was…
Kurt Cobain knew his music. Here is a handwritten list of his favorite albums.
Better get a jumbo stocking for this Calvin and Hobbes tome of the complete adventures of your favorite kid/tiger duo. This time around the set…
The purpose of a soldier is to die.
Whatever you want to do, the only secret is to believe in it and satisfy yourself. Don’t do it for anyone else.
I still love NY. Designer-artist Sebastian Errazuriz’s New York city studio was paralyzed after Hurricane Sandy. Unable to work and tired of watching the disaster…
Chuck Jones, Tex Avery and Friz Freleng are perceived as the animators who built the foundation of the Warner Brothers animation studio. The McKimson brothers,…
The aftermath of Hurricane Sandy worries me. Jason Kottke got me thinking when he posted this on his site today. He is so right about…
Things we say today which we owe to Shakespeare.
God bless the net. Just when I thought I saw it all. Shoestrology: Discover Your Birthday Shoe is something only your wife could understand. The…
The Life of Pi according to Calvin and Hobbes. With apologies to Yann Martel and Bill Watterson. I could not help myself, a boat, a…
Houston we have a problem. If you never heard of 80legs, you are lucky. One of my main sites was shut down because of this…
Who could forget the classic, Halloween is a Grinch Night from Dr. Seuss. Well, maybe we did all forget. Hard to believe but this cartoon…