Stick to Drawing Comics, Monkey Brain!: Cartoonist Ignores Helpful Advice With all the hype about biographies on cartoonists, this slipped under the radar of sorts. Stick to Drawing Comics, Monkey Brain!: Cartoonist Ignores Helpful Advice by Scott Adams. I’ll tell you one thing, I am not a fan of the Dilbert but I am a fan […]
Stick to Drawing Comics, Monkey Brain!: Cartoonist Ignores Helpful Advice With all the hype about biographies on cartoonists, this slipped under the radar of sorts. Stick to Drawing Comics, Monkey Brain!: Cartoonist Ignores Helpful Advice by Scott Adams. I’ll tell you one thing, I am not a fan of the Dilbert but I am a fan […]
Schulz and Peanuts CD: A Biography The audio version of the newest book on Charles Schulz is very compelling to listen to. With the latest wave of controversy of this book from the likes of the New York Times that trickled down to the blog-sphere. I am still a firm believer in body language and […]
Freckleface Strawberry If you can act or sing you can write children’s books it seems. Add Julianne Moore as the latest celebrity to the hat of famous people to the realm of children’s literature. I guess the book is semi-autobiographical because Julianne Moore is a red-head herself with freckles. One thing is for sure the […]
Erector Spykee Spy Robot This has to be the coolest toy for a kid, espionage at its best. What little eyes can pry on with this little robot. Mothers and fathers keep your rooms closed cause junior has a whole spy network ready and watch those little frolics of yours. The robot is equipped with a […]
Do You Know What I’m Going to Do Next Saturday? Did you ever beat more than one kid at a time? Well, I’m going to beat five kids at a time. And then I’m going to beat their fathers, too. Who was Helen Palmer, she wrote the above excerpt from her book "Do You Know What […]
Schulz and Peanuts: A Biography Talk about a grumpy old man, seems old Charlie Schulz had a few skeletons in his closet and Carl Jung would have field day with his comic strip. Charlie was reflecting his life in his strip. His bitter wife was of course in vein of Lucy and the other nasty […]
Hank Ketcham’s Complete Dennis the Menace 1957-1958 (Vol. 4) Peanuts was cerebral in many levels. Hank Ketcham’s Dennis the Menace was a one panel fast paced gag of mischievous child behavior. Denis was the embodiment of every plotting kid in North America. I grew up in an environment in school where we would get a scholastic […]
The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain Seems only like yesterday when when the world was divided by the iron curtain. The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain by Peter Sis is a book reminiscent of Marjane Satrapi’s memoir Persepolis of a world so out of touch with our own and how people […]
Pippi Longstocking As import characters go, Pippi Longstocking, has a certain appeal to young girls as being a tomboy type of hero. I don’t think the character has really caught on full force like other European characters in the past 50 years. There are many strong characteristics to like about her, I hope this rendition […]
Artist to Artist: 23 Major Illustrators Talk to Children About Their Art Here is a book for kids and those who want to either draw or write childrens’ books. A real behind the scenes look at what goes into a book from concept to final product. This should be fun for all. Kids always want […]
In robotic terms, the best way to describe Astro Boy would be Mary Shelly’s Frankenstein were a scientist creates life not of rotten flesh but from electronic circuits. Ever wonder where they got the idea for the movie AI: Artificial Intelligence, well in Astro Boy a scientist builds a robot in the image of his lost […]