tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59700302011-07-14T17:35:04.608-07:00Comics books and general tomfoolery.Johnnoreply@blogger.comBlogger751100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5970030.post-1081275119377678182004-04-06T10:08:00.000-07:002004-04-06T11:15:45.140-07:00

Okay, as I said earlier I was planning on ending this blog when I left the country for the summer this June, but I'm jumping the gun and ending it now. I don't have the time to talk about all the comics stuff I want to and it's doubtful I'll get any between now and then. I missed Dave Sim's Onion interview, and the announcement of and the Shelving of American Power('American Power' consisting of

Johnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5970030.post-1079843741646153252004-03-20T20:35:00.000-08:002004-03-20T20:39:04.420-08:00

The creator of the comictastic comic-strip viewing software (which lets you get around all the moneymaking plans those awful greedy web cartoonists throw at you) has posted an open letter to web cartoonists, and as you might expect, he totally come off like an evil Dutch space pirate. In conclusion, the choice is yours. Either you can spend your time and money fighting people like me and my

Johnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5970030.post-1079650542949342812004-03-18T14:55:00.000-08:002004-03-18T14:59:02.280-08:00

You see that name over to your side in the 'contact' section? THAT Jeff Chon, the guy who never blogs anything, has some column at continuitypages.I've never read the comic he's talking about here so I can't tell you if he's crazy or not.

Johnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5970030.post-1079067110302560422004-03-11T20:12:00.000-08:002004-03-11T20:55:01.186-08:00

I'm still a bit befuddled by it, so here are some message board discussions to help me and you out. If I find any more good ones, I'll add them in the comments. You can too! Comic Book Resources, with a great post by Paul McEnery. The Comics Journal. Also at TCJ's message boardsDave Sim's posts to the Cerebus Yahoo! group. Yahoo boards are a nightmare for me personally, so I'm glad someone's

Johnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5970030.post-1078860039123900612004-03-09T11:20:00.000-08:002004-03-09T11:23:46.450-08:00

Gary Trudeau, Steve Sack and Matt Davies are the nominees in cartooning if this list is reliable. (link via the Drudge Report)

Johnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5970030.post-1078382158396220852004-03-03T22:35:00.000-08:002004-03-03T22:40:47.530-08:00

Here's an index to the Calvin and Hobbes' strips that actually includes the comics. It'll probably be shut down soon (and rightfully so) but if you want to read every single Calvin and Hobbes online, you can for a while anyway. (found at TCJ's message board)

Johnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5970030.post-1078294872690932322004-03-02T22:21:00.000-08:002004-03-02T22:24:11.013-08:00

Another kirby tribute thing, this one being a bit better than that comicon one ('capepunk'? punk as in 'gets raped in prison'?) but still, they're kinda depressing. Of course I don't mind anyone saying that Kirby's a genius and that his art's amazing etc., I say that myself. I'm reading that black and white Mr. Miracle collection right now and it's incredible. What bothers me is everyone talking

Johnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5970030.post-1078002183272805652004-02-28T12:19:00.000-08:002004-02-28T13:05:57.110-08:00

Here is an interesting interview with Jay Hosler. He talks about his influences and what his areas of study are. My next project will focus on the life of Santiago Ramon y Cajal. Cajal was Spain's greatest scientist and the father of modern neurobiology. He won the Nobel prize for his work as a histologist. For those that don't know, a histologist stains slices of animal and plant tissue to

Johnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5970030.post-1077946823633309692004-02-27T21:40:00.000-08:002004-02-27T21:43:16.233-08:00

Don't click on this if you're at work, or if you know what's good for you. Or if you don't hate comics and don't want to start now. I know I shouldn't have expected anything intelligent from a comic with 'bukkake' in the title, or from anything from artbomb.net but this managed to still surprise me in how truly awful it is. Why, you ask? Maybe because the narration goes like this.

Johnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5970030.post-1077762669139215342004-02-25T18:01:00.000-08:002004-02-25T18:34:27.186-08:00

Announcement: Unless one of the other two names on that 'contact' section decides to take over, and that doesn't look likely, this blog will end in June when I leave the country for the summer. As of right now, I have no intention of restarting it when I come back. Until then , I plan to finally make this blog awesome. Please stay tuned. News: Africana.com has an interview with Octavia Butler.

Johnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5970030.post-1077251708316594462004-02-19T20:35:00.000-08:002004-02-19T20:37:49.763-08:00

I think the Savage Dragon is awesome and all, but I'm taking a wair-and-see approach here. "...The problem with some of the people who have done numerous books for us in the past, who've come to us and said they'd like to do a line, is that there'll be three books in that line that'll be terrific and then two books in that line that nobody should be publishing. I really don't want to be in a

Johnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5970030.post-1077170621150351672004-02-18T22:03:00.000-08:002004-02-18T22:06:21.763-08:00

Shawn Hoke reviews it at Broken Frontier. You should all read this book.

Johnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5970030.post-1076713372385509972004-02-13T15:02:00.000-08:002004-02-13T15:05:25.716-08:00

I guess I'm the last one to find out about this, but I'd like to say that Milo did a fantastic job with the journal during his run and I wish him luck in wherever he ends up next. The same goes for Dirk, whom I'm sure is more than up for the task.

Johnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5970030.post-107664749975307422004-02-12T20:44:00.000-08:002004-02-12T20:47:31.623-08:00

It looks like Whitey's got some big plans for his site, he plans to become a mini-distributor. Go read the last few entries and send him an encouraging e-mail.

Johnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5970030.post-1076482787236751772004-02-10T22:59:00.000-08:002004-02-10T23:02:16.090-08:00

I guess this is only slightly comics related, but it's an interesting little bit of culture. It gives you an idea of the iconography used in Manga and how it's used outside of the comics.

Johnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5970030.post-1076180751005405572004-02-07T11:05:00.000-08:002004-02-07T11:08:15.780-08:00

THIS IS SO EXCITING I COULD JUST DIE. Funny story: There were nooo good comics at the store yesterday, so I bought Wizard #149! That's the punchline. Actually, the Plastic Man series by Kyle Baker is really good. One good comic was there.

Johnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5970030.post-1076133662290336912004-02-06T22:01:00.000-08:002004-02-06T22:03:26.360-08:00

From Jeff Mason: "Some time in 2005 I'll be releasing one of the most expensive comics I've ever published!!! Just wait until you see the section of translucent pages!! As the translucent pages are turned, images become superimposed over one another so that the ideas are related to each other in sequence. More details over the course of 2004!!!" I'm already sold on this.

Johnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5970030.post-1075930265943015152004-02-04T12:44:00.000-08:002004-02-04T13:33:26.420-08:00

By now most of you suckers have fallen for that whole joke about the Halle Berry Catwoman movie, so I thought I should just clear a few things up. One, the movie is not in production, and will never be. The pictures you've seen are actually Photoshop manipulations by desperate comic book fans who like to create 'real life' versions of their favorite comic characters. The Halle Berry pictures are

Johnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5970030.post-1075883302357712192004-02-04T00:28:00.000-08:002004-02-04T00:30:42.123-08:00

Eeek! Best news ever! I pick up the WWN every once in a while, but this is going to turn me into a full-blown addict. His Batboy strip starts the week of Feb. 24...

Johnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5970030.post-1075578265755157522004-01-31T11:44:00.000-08:002004-01-31T11:46:40.373-08:00

One of my favorite comic strips turns one whole year old. See the never-before-revealed first comics here.

Johnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5970030.post-1075496590590573372004-01-30T13:03:00.000-08:002004-01-30T13:05:24.513-08:00

manga for the non-otaku - The Comics Journal Message Board B r o k e n F r o n t i e r :: View topic - Who can help me with Manga recs? If you think you'd like Manga but don't know where to start, these two threads are full of good reccomendations. Especially the ones by me! Go and leave your own there, or here. Manga party!

Johnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5970030.post-1075491704582210492004-01-30T11:41:00.000-08:002004-01-30T11:43:58.046-08:00

From EgonI came across the unfortunate bit of news that Epileptic Vol. 2 will be cancelled and the whole thing'll instead be printed in one new volume with a smaller page size. I loved Epileptic vol. 1, but this makes me feel like forgetting about the whole thing. It's like buying a DVD and then they re-release it as a special edition with the sequel packed in for the same price. Oh well, such

Johnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5970030.post-1075489222625836112004-01-30T11:00:00.000-08:002004-01-30T11:02:36.466-08:00

ADD's on his second '5 questions for...' interview, and it's James Kochalka. It covers American Elf and a possible big-time record deal.

Johnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5970030.post-1075260058041325802004-01-27T19:20:00.000-08:002004-01-27T19:24:26.296-08:00

From the press release: "Before Koike and Kojima created the unforgettable Lone Wolf and Cub character Itto Ogami, they brought to life Kubikiri Asa, better known to Lone Wolf and Cub readers as Decapitator Asaemon. In the Lone Wolf and Cub series, Decapitator Asaemon, equal in ability to Itto, was known as the bearer of the sword Onibocho and was the man in charge of testing weapons for the

Johnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5970030.post-1075258478557099952004-01-27T18:54:00.000-08:002004-01-27T18:59:09.060-08:00

Here's a link to a picture of the Doraemon robot. Click on 'open'.

Johnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5970030.post-1075175031818307022004-01-26T19:43:00.000-08:002004-01-26T19:46:00.233-08:00

"The robot, made of plastic and equipped with more than 10 sensors, has a vocabulary of 750 phrases to respond to questions or being touched. The 26.5-cm tall robot says "it hurts" when hit on the head, or "help me" when it topples over. It can also express its "emotions" such as "I feel great today" or "I'm irritable" and be programmed to voice birthday greetings." Eek! I need to find some

Johnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5970030.post-1074992919954662022004-01-24T17:08:00.000-08:002004-01-24T17:10:45.810-08:00

Scott Lobdell interviews Fabian Nicieza. Offered without comment. It speaks for itself fairly well.

Sheep!noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5970030.post-1074976626043510992004-01-24T12:35:00.000-08:002004-01-24T13:02:33.326-08:00

In what is the greatest news ever, Blogger's implemented Atom feeds. Hold on while I set this up... ...okay. There's a link to the atom feed on the side.

Johnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5970030.post-1074877886879497582004-01-23T09:11:00.000-08:002004-01-23T09:15:26.890-08:00

Just some random stuff: Indy Magazine is back, with Bill Kartalapopolopolous doing the editing and the neato design. Shan Fumo's blog has been awesome of late. A lot of talk about go, and some comics stuff also. I hearby declare today to be Mac Raboy day. go look at the purty pictures. I think I'm going to send something in for that SPX book this year. Stay tuned for certain heartbreak. This

Johnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5970030.post-1074578773573555252004-01-19T22:06:00.000-08:002004-01-19T22:08:12.860-08:00

This is the first complete collection of Schulz' pre-Peanuts work and it looks to be well done. What a happy day! (link from Egon).

Johnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5970030.post-1074288227809224922004-01-16T13:23:00.000-08:002004-01-16T13:25:42.250-08:00

Black Aquaman finally gets the recognition he deserves.

Johnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5970030.post-1074287871922994542004-01-16T13:17:00.000-08:002004-01-16T13:19:46.436-08:00

Mr. Jakala compares DC's new and varied offerings with Marvel's and finds Marvel's to be a bit lacking. I usually don't bother with Marvel or DC news, but this is a pretty accurate assessment of where these two companies are going.

Johnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5970030.post-1074019659501076342004-01-13T10:47:00.000-08:002004-01-13T10:49:29.390-08:00

This is one of the most interesting sites I've ever seen. You can find the symbols that they relate with sequential art here, just scroll down until you get to 'comic strips, signs used in'. It's a little small, but it's not really the focus of the site.

Johnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5970030.post-1073861232251109792004-01-11T14:47:00.000-08:002004-01-12T11:23:14.806-08:00

This is a piece of shareware for Mac OS X that lets you directly download and view comic strips without hopping from site to site. It comes preloaded with several strips and lets you add more in a really easy and intuitive manner. This program could be used in some unethical ways I suppose, like viewing Garfield without looking at all the ads around it, or by eating up the bandwidth on a site

Johnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5970030.post-1073601596994075722004-01-08T14:39:00.000-08:002004-01-08T14:40:16.703-08:00

Apparently male comic book readers harassing female comic book readers is universal: "This place opened in 1989 but it wasn't for female customers only from the beginning," said owner Cha Won-jin. "We had lots of women customers because it is near a women's college. However, even in the early 1990s, girls could not feel completely comfortable here as some of the men made a nuisance of themselves

Johnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5970030.post-1073230498524062992004-01-04T07:34:00.000-08:002004-01-04T07:35:17.110-08:00

The National Society of Film Critics decided to be cool, and they gave American Splendor top honors.

Johnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5970030.post-1073070436028986502004-01-02T11:03:00.000-08:002004-01-02T11:07:34.533-08:00

Here are some more neat cartoons, this time in a Korean-English mix. This one is the weirdest one I've found so far.

Johnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5970030.post-1073006312802177202004-01-01T17:17:00.000-08:002004-01-01T17:18:50.933-08:00

Check out the portfolio section on this site for some neat cartoons in Swedish. This one is my favorite.

Johnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5970030.post-1072584644530875472003-12-27T20:10:00.000-08:002003-12-27T20:11:01.470-08:00

Bibleman is neat. With that half hearted blog entry, I'll be outta here until Wednesday. Maybe If Mr. Terl or Mr. Chon see this, they might post something to fill that gap? Maybe?

Johnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5970030.post-1071875079029849842003-12-19T15:04:00.000-08:002003-12-19T15:04:53.943-08:00

Here's a little online chat With Patrick McDonnell, the guy behind my favorite comic strip, Mutts. It's mushy and not really informative, but Mutts is a wonderfully mushy strip, so it's okay.

Johnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5970030.post-1071551768307519652003-12-15T21:16:00.000-08:002003-12-15T21:16:22.066-08:00

Apparently none of you (except two, thank you) saw that part in the last blog entry where I said RESPONSES ARE MANDATORY. I'm giving you all a second chance to respond to that one because I'm so dang nice. I don't think I need to apologize for not blogging for ten days, seeing as I had my finals and all, but a little voice in me tells me I should, so I'm very very sorry. I'm out of my 'spider

Johnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5970030.post-1070649990383615982003-12-05T10:46:00.000-08:002003-12-05T10:46:41.000-08:00

Grr! The BLOG just ATE my POST!!! I'm certain that you care! Here's something about Reed Graphica a new imprint for graphic novels. They're publishing David Chelsea in Love, which I'm italicizing with the CITE tag, because Neilalien says I should. I feel like I've accomplished something now. Here is a piece on Joe Sacco's The Fixer at salon-dot-com. The day pass thing today is dumm, but short. I

Johnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5970030.post-1070513795292099142003-12-03T20:56:00.000-08:002003-12-03T20:56:45.383-08:00

It looks like there'll be an online journal of comics studies coming soon. They're open to submissions, so if any of you lean to the scholarly side of comics fandom, give it a shot.

Johnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5970030.post-1070435339472691522003-12-02T23:08:00.000-08:002003-12-02T23:09:10.013-08:00

Mr. Kartalopolous of Egon fame told me to blog this, so I will. It recounts David Rees' adventures in self-publishing and reprints his application for a certain grant that shall remain nameless. Good for some ha has, if you didn't like the last link.

Johnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5970030.post-1070342842520820712003-12-01T21:27:00.000-08:002003-12-01T21:27:32.510-08:00

A great portrait of Michael Jackson

Johnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5970030.post-1070303619102848522003-12-01T10:33:00.000-08:002003-12-01T10:33:49.013-08:00

Send Jeff Mason free stuff I wish I could get away with that. Also from Jeff Mason's forum, Variety's comics blog The pressure's on for the Supreme Court to hear McFarlane v. Twist

Johnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5970030.post-1070256021066566162003-11-30T21:20:00.000-08:002003-11-30T21:20:30.903-08:00

Okay, back from Thanksgiving break. I ate a duck's stomach. NOT RECOMMENDED. Johnanna Draper Carlson has added COLONIA to her list of Comics Worth Reading, and I agree. That's a fun comic. I'm mixed on the reaction to the recent supposedly anti-Muslim B.C. strip. Everyone who thinks Johnny Hart's too much of a hack to do anything sophisticated with symbolism doesn't remember when B.C. was good.

Johnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5970030.post-1069518901798923462003-11-22T08:35:00.000-08:002003-11-22T08:46:38.656-08:00

So I saw Hulk finally. That film is a sin against God. If any good comes from it, it shows the strength of comics as a medium in it's utter failure to bring that format to the screen. Unfortunately it seems like they were going for a 'comics style' in the vein of Todd McFarlane rather than Kirby, but the point still stands. Speaking of Kirby, the little documentary about the Hulk on the bonus

Johnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5970030.post-1069338868266549452003-11-20T06:34:00.000-08:002003-11-20T06:34:35.173-08:00

No real news that I feel like mentioning, but today's Oddball Comics is fantastic. If all that jabber about 'pop comics' a while back had produced anything half as cool as this, mainstream comics wouldn't be so awful right now. Go look at the sample pages.

Johnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5970030.post-1068864159033141522003-11-14T18:42:00.000-08:002003-11-14T18:49:02.246-08:00

The damage control: Arizona Daily Wildcat - Reader Advocate: Comic strip breaks down stereotypes with humor - Monday November 3, 2003 The offending strip: Sarape's Grill Now I've only read a couple of the strips, because the archives take forever to go through, but here's why everyone should be offended: Be offended that it's the same panel copied three times over. Be offended at the ugly

Johnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5970030.post-1068830781754623052003-11-14T09:26:00.000-08:002003-11-14T09:29:24.190-08:00

WorldNetDaily: Clothier pushes porn, group sex to youths "This is so bizarre", I said as I ate a McGriddle breakfast sandwich. But then I came across this: "My idea is you have the Old Testament, the New Testament, and this [the A&F catalog] is the Final Testament. This is a thing about Jesus coming back as a 12-year-old kid … pontificating whether or not he should masturbate … ." and I said "

Johnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5970030.post-1068597809049125252003-11-11T16:31:00.000-08:002003-11-11T16:49:53.293-08:00

Did anyone catch the little write-up for DEMO in the latest issue of that C-Lightning Bolt-N! newsletter? You know, the birdcage liner they give out for free at comic book stores? Nice litte write-up for a comic drawn by Becky Cloonan and written by "Brian Woods." You know, the same Brian Woods who wrote CHANNEL ZEROES, which is published by Larry Youngs and I'm Jeff Chons. I don't exactly

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02965269254286253653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5970030.post-1068307989314136082003-11-08T08:13:00.000-08:002003-11-08T08:13:13.430-08:00

Ben Durgin interviews Danny Hellman at opticalsloth.com. There's nothing really new here, but if you're the last person on earth unfamiliar with the Hellman/Rall brouhaha (I love that word) then this'll give you the Reader's Digest version, and it's a good excuse to waste the day reading opticalsloth's reviews.

Johnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5970030.post-1068268695645238592003-11-07T21:18:00.000-08:002003-11-07T21:18:19.576-08:00

It's about that Sandman book cracking the NYT bestsellers list and how comics have come a long way, baby.

Johnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5970030.post-1068130164316861172003-11-06T06:49:00.000-08:002003-11-06T06:53:07.846-08:00

ONI PRESS EIC JAMIE S. RICH TO LEAVE PUBLISHER IN 2004 That's news I guess. Xeric winners: Alex Fellows – Canvas Jay Hacker – Headstatic Jon “Bean” Hastings, editor – Spark Generators II Neil Kleid – Ninety Candles Joel Rivers – Along the Canadian Leslie Stein – Yeah, It Is! Michael Zittel – Master Catfish That's it. Nothing else going on in comics that I care about. Maybe tomorrow people will

Johnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5970030.post-1067957777563874632003-11-04T08:43:00.000-08:002003-11-04T21:21:53.313-08:00

Since this whole comics activism argument is still going on, I might as well mention Sean Collins' take on the issue. It's easier to read than my jumbled post on the issue. There's also some talk about Tony Isabella and DC, which I don't understand well enough to talk about. Rick Bradford reviews King Cat #62 here. Sixty-two! Since I just swore off the comic store again (I'll probably go back

Johnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5970030.post-1067883653913795242003-11-03T10:20:00.000-08:002003-11-03T10:20:56.646-08:00

Rooftop protest by 'caped crusaders' Spiderman 'on crane for a week' Spiderman protest closes Tower Bridge Spiderman cordon criticised You want people to take you seriously? Dress up as a superhero. Works every time.

Johnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5970030.post-1067708930111165032003-11-01T09:48:00.000-08:002003-11-01T09:50:28.800-08:00

This is the best Halloween costume ever. A day late, I know. At least it's 11 more months until I have to see someone spell it 'Hallowe'en' again. I was clicking through Highwater Book's archives again and rediscovered my favorite comic there. Go read Ben Jones' Osco Drug. The cheapest way I can find to get yourself The Complete Far Side is find someone with a Costco membership and give them $80.

Johnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5970030.post-1067622971414564452003-10-31T22:59:00.000-08:002003-10-31T22:59:54.410-08:00

Not an 'attack', just a reality check. First off, lose the arrogance. You're not saving comics. 'Saving comics' is completely out of your hands. If you and your buddies each got a new reader hooked on comics every week (and you won't do that), that's still a drop in the bucket, even in a field as small as comics. "B-but John! Does that mean we should just give up? How can we just let comics die?"

Johnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5970030.post-1067583126523285332003-10-30T22:52:00.000-08:002003-10-30T23:59:51.050-08:00

Thanks to Neilalien, alltooflat.com and Johanna at Comics Worth Reading for the links. Mr. Chon has his technical difficulties with posting here worked out, so maybe he'll post here soon. Bug him if he doesn't. NOOZ: U.S. Supreme Court may get Tony Twist case Please please please let this happen! Other links: Have you seen This ad at Comic Book Resources? Barf X infinity plus one

Johnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5970030.post-1067416413506510452003-10-29T00:33:00.000-08:002003-10-29T00:33:34.780-08:00

There it is, in case you need it. As a former Savant contributor (although a minor one, I should be clear on that) I'm just going to air some final thoughts about the whole experience. Savant going out like this is frustrating. While most of you who may have followed Savant in the past had probably written it off as dead, there was a serious effort undertaken to bring it back, which in the end

Johnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5970030.post-1067398833294565812003-10-28T19:40:00.000-08:002003-10-28T19:40:34.270-08:00

I haven't been keeping up with it as much lately, since I moved 1,800 miles out of the distribution range for the Baltimore City Paper, but their Funny Paper column tends to offer an entertaining rundown of how inadvertantly amusing (and crappy) the daily comics can be. For, you know, when John Pierce is too busy to do so.

Sheep!noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5970030.post-1067386165421389212003-10-28T16:09:00.000-08:002003-10-28T16:09:26.840-08:00

Thanks to The Johnny Bacardi Show and Alan David Doane for linking here. I'm also glad people don't hate the name. A second nod to Mr. Doane for this. There's no point in continuing that discussion, but I'm going to expand on my thoughts on 'activism' in comics soon. Sneak preview: I am not for it! No sir!

Johnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5970030.post-1067385324376421492003-10-28T15:55:00.000-08:002003-10-28T15:55:25.930-08:00

Will you hear my tale of woe? I just got back from a few seconds inside Alex D's Comics, and I had to leap out of there. Not only is the store cramped and stocked full of really bad comics, they were in the proces of adding to their 'unique' paint job. Lookee here. That's the ugliest building in the world then, so what is it now? TEN TIMES WORSE. They're painting a big Playboy logo next to the

Johnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5970030.post-1067269599061814432003-10-27T07:46:00.000-08:002003-10-27T07:46:39.770-08:00

Paul O'Brien gives us all the heads up on Sequential artist Chad McCail.

Johnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5970030.post-1067267963635153322003-10-27T07:19:00.000-08:002003-10-27T07:19:24.590-08:00

This is a bit of a depressing article for American comics fans. It'd be nice to live somewhere where the arrogant divisions between 'high' and 'low' art aren't recognized.

Johnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5970030.post-1067238419150352052003-10-26T22:58:00.000-08:002003-10-26T23:07:00.123-08:00

testing testing one two three. testing testing one two three. testing testing one two three. testing testing one two three. testing testing one two three.

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02965269254286253653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5970030.post-1067039310475327412003-10-24T16:48:00.000-07:002003-10-24T16:48:30.280-07:00

If you want to add to Milo George's list for the 2003 Year in Review issue of TCJ, follow the link.

Johnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5970030.post-1067025949698653442003-10-24T13:05:00.000-07:002003-10-24T13:05:49.373-07:00

Please comment on the color scheme...

Johnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5970030.post-1067017971501244452003-10-24T10:52:00.000-07:002003-10-24T10:56:02.100-07:00

Today's (10/24/2003) Dennis the Menace is awesome, but it's not on the internet yet. It was so awkward, the way kindly old men try and relate to the kids these days. In the first panel Dennis enters the house, saying "WAZZUP, DUDE?" In the next panel, he's in his time-out chair, facing the wall, saying "I WAS JUST TRYING TO 'KEEP IT REAL' ". Maybe tomorrow Dennis'll call Mr. Wilson his 'beeyotch'

Johnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5970030.post-1066935333261351572003-10-23T11:55:00.000-07:002003-10-23T12:00:42.676-07:00

Hello, everyone. Today the site gets going, if not in its final form. I plan on normally writing about what I hate and blah blah blah, but I'm going to do some positive stuff first: Ted Rall's opinion of The Complete Far Side It's not a stupid one, honest! Read up on Neal Adam's expanding planet theories, if you haven't already. Scott McCloud's current Morning Improv is pretty good. Here are

Johnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5970030.post-1066846425897169412003-10-22T11:13:00.000-07:002003-10-22T11:13:45.856-07:00

Is this working? Hello? Hello?

Sheep!noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5970030.post-1066843988103605192003-10-22T10:33:00.000-07:002003-10-22T10:44:04.956-07:00

Why don't you comment on that?

Johnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5970030.post-1066840866131750202003-10-22T09:41:00.000-07:002003-10-22T09:41:05.890-07:00

Once I get the other people that'll post here every once in a while to log in, I'll get the site set up and we'll be up and going.

Johnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5970030.post-1066710367622198282003-10-20T21:26:00.000-07:002003-10-20T21:26:07.423-07:00

This is a test. With a bit of luck, this will soon be a functioning comics 'blog'. Stay tuned, please.

Johnnoreply@blogger.com