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Garfield is Dead

Garfield is dead! Well erased from his own strip that is. A world without Garfield is a better world some will say. The famous and…

BARACK OBAMA Comic Book

Inspiration is abound. Hollywood is cashing in comic book related movies with this summer’s bonanza box office receipts. So what are comics to do? They look…

Cuil New Search Engine

Cool! Kewel! Cuil? Cuil is the newest search engine that might give Google some competition. At one time Yahoo was king and a little lacklustre…

Captain Biceps

Renowned world creators Zep and Tebo (Tootuff) have unleashed famous properties such as Fly Tales, Malo Korrigan and the Space Tracers, Kaput & Z?sky and Flatmania.…

Artweaver

Looking for a painting program like Corel Painter? Corel Painter might be a bit pricey for some. Sure there is Photoshop and other programs out there that…

Simon’s Cat ‘TV Dinner’

When it comes to pet owners some are attention deprived when it comes to the needs of their said animals. Simon’s Cat is a new animation created by…

Super Mario Kart Wedding Cake

The Game of Life literally begins when you get married and you emulate one of your favorite games into the scheme of your special day. Seems everything…

Sid Meier’s Civilization Revolution

Sid Meier’s Civilization Revolution Sid Meier is the gaming guru of the world for the past 20 years. He has unleashed on the world games…

Doctor Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog

From teenage doctor Doogie Howser to Doctor Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog, Neil Patrick Harris is making house calls once again with the latest offering by Joss Whedon.

Space Invaders Extreme

Space Invaders Extreme Only 30 years? Space Invaders captured the fancy of a generation in 1978 that was just ambushed by George Lucas with Star…

New Strawberry Shortcake

Strawberry Shortcake is getting a face-lift. American Greetings Properties the owners of Strawberry Shortcake worked over a year to update the popular 80’s icon for…

Anna Smudge: Professional Shrink

Anna Smudge: Professional Shrink With the advent of summer holidays and school winding down. Kids are under the impression that learning is out the window.…

Smurf Movie

To smurf or not to smurf, Sony has acquired the rights to Belgian cartoonist Pierre "Peyo" Culliford’s Smurfs to be produced in CG. Seems everybody…

Treasury Comics

With stagnating sales in the 70’s DC and Marvel were looking for ways to make extra revue, comics were still not in comic shops because they…

Cherise the Niece

Jim Benton’s Cherise the Niece If you cherish Edward Gorey, Charles Addams, and Tim Burton and have a bent for black humor, then Jim Benton…

Adrian Tomine

The New Yorker Magazine is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you will get. Adrian Tomine’s cover is a priceless expression between…

Elwood H. Smith

Elwood Smith’s most vivid childhood memory is of crawling across the Sunday comics, his fat baby knee bones smudged with images of Krazy, Pogo, Mickey,…

Trade Loeffler

"I link,therefore I am!"This is the quote that introduces the world to webcomics from Charley Parker’s Argon Zark!. Since then, a slew of new strips…

Patricia Storms

Sandbox World-What books were you influenced by the most when you were a child?Patricia– So many different titles come to mind. Regarding picture books, I…

Balloon Guy

How can a guy who is full of hot air be a welcome sight for both kids and adults. Well Balloon Guy has created himself…

Al Jaffee’s Tall Tales

Tall Tales was an innovative newspaper strip syndicated internationally by the New York Herald Tribune from 1957?1963. Whereas newspaper strips are square, single-panel or multiple-panel…

Alex Hallatt’s Arctic Circle

What does New Zealand native Alex Hallatt who lives in a town called Lyttelton in South Island know about the Arctic Circle? Plenty more than…

Dick Tracy Museum Closes

Out with the old, in with the new. A part of comic strip history died this week. How many people knew there was a  Dick…