Charley Harper: An Illustrated Life Charley Harper – An Illustrated Life, showcases his illustrations that appeared from 1950-1975 in the Ford Times magazines, as well as in books such as the beloved “The Giant Golden Book of Biology: An Introduction to the Science of Life” in 1961, “Betty Crocker’s Dinner for Two” in 1961, and […]
Knuffle Bunny Too: A Case of Mistaken Identity We want Mo and Mo. Mo Willems is making the rounds with both kids and adults as of late with many of his books. Now he has another "Knuffle Bunny" book sequel, I love the Sesame Street feel to it. After looking and reading this book, memories […]
How Do Dinosaurs Go To School? Mark Teague is a self taught artist without any art school education. He has dazzled many young kids with over 20 picture books such as the popular Pigsty, Baby Tamer, and One Halloween Night. He is better known for the best-selling books by Jane Yolen, How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight?, How Do […]
The Comic Worlds of Peter Arno, William Steig, Charles Addams, and Saul SteinbergAs we continue to drift further from the early decades of the 20th century, that era begins to feel not just like a different time, but an entirely different world. The New Yorker, in its formative years, became the cradle of a distinctive […]
The Comic Worlds of Peter Arno, William Steig, Charles Addams, and Saul SteinbergAs we continue to drift further from the early decades of the 20th century, that era begins to feel not just like a different time, but an entirely different world. The New Yorker, in its formative years, became the cradle of a distinctive […]
Disguised As Clark Kent: Jews, Comics, and the Creation of the Superhero offers a powerful and eye-opening exploration of how Jewish writers and artists helped shape the foundations of the American superhero mythos. This insightful book draws a direct line between the cultural identity of many Golden Age comic creators and the characters they brought […]
Rediscover the hilarious 1931 classic Boners, featuring misguided schoolkid “facts” and early artwork by Dr. Seuss—now beautifully reissued!
DC comics is making inroads with the all ages group with the release of three new titles Billy Batson and the Magic of Shazam, Tiny Titans, and Super Friends for the Johnny DC imprint in early 2008. It cannot be stressed enough that the Marvel and DC comics should lead the way to bring kids […]
Happy 83rd birthday Gene Deitch, the man barely has any candle room on his cake but is still going strong. The above cartoon was produced by him called Munro an Academay Award winner in 1961. The story was written by Jules Feiffer from the book Passionella and Other Stories. Gene recently released with Fantagraphics his classic short […]
The Great, Great, Great Chicken War This book is created by nine year old David de la Garaza with the help of his mother and father. Conflict is a hard thing for many kids to understand and this book addresses that issue. This is a rare book created by a family trio of creative individuals. […]
Showcase Presents: Adam Strange This is the pick of the week. Adam Strange is rolled into a space-hero from the likes of Buck Rogers and Flash Gordon. I always enjoyed the Zeta Beam that transported Adam to far reaches in outer-space to the planet Rann. It’s amazing how Adam is a hero in a world […]
This is a fun video that I had to post, it works on so many levels. It has that early Sesame Street feel to it. This was created in rotoscoped animation on a wacom tablet by Benjamin Arthur. See more>>