I stopped buying and reading any new superhero comic series about ten years ago. There’s nothing new or interesting, for the most part, that I haven’t already read before being produced by Marvel, DC, Dark Horse, etc… My Niece’s husband[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
In my life, since I was a child, I’ve had three cartoonist/comic strips that were my favorites and idols. “Peanuts” by Charles Schulz, “Pogo” by Walt Kelly and “Dick Tracy” by Chester Gould. In the near ten years that I’ve[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I can’t be the only one who feels this way, can I? Sure, when the food does arrive you’ll have something to do, eating your food, that the need for distraction may not be necessary, but there is a lengthy[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
When I bought this book back in 2000 I’d heard a lot of good things about it and the subject matter seemed right up my alley. Here’s a synopsis: The novel follows the lives of two Jewish cousins, Czech artist[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
These Little Orphan Annie hardback collections generally cost about $34. The book that gave me this jolt was Little Orphan Annie Volume 12. It was released January 12, 2016, just under 4 years ago. So when I went to order[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I did my best in this comic, to replicate the look of Arno’s work. He worked in brushes. Inking the lines and adding the greys in watercolor tones. Since I draw these in different size markers I could only represent[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I’m not too surprised that they’ve gotten into this habit. When I wake up most days, one or both of the cats are sleeping with me on my bed, which isn’t too unusual. I think pets see their owners as[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
How weird is it. For nearly five full months, because I’ve been unemployed, if I wanted to spend an entire day, lounging around and really doing nothing, I could have. All those days, and it could have been spent “being[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s just a partial shot of some of my myriad of books and book shelves. One nice thing about owning a lot of books, especially those of comic book and comic strip collections, it looks very colorful.
Besides what I say here, and yes, John does finally start talking about Monty Python, both the TV series and the films in those last 75 pages, it’s a good read. I especially liked hearing about the BBC series that[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…