I’m guessing that nearly everyone who reads this probably have never heard of Pud before. I know I hadn’t, before I started working at Concord Confections with Dubble Bubble products. When it comes to comics with gum, nearly everyone remembers[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Posts Tagged History
When I looked at my notes for what happened on this day, I basically just wrote “Eating Caesar Salad on the Ides of March.” It wasn’t until I started drawing up the thumbnail that I got the idea of depicting[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Unless you’re a fan of historical films, this movie won’t be for you. By the way, if you’ll note in the title, this movie is called “The Directors Cut”. Why is that? Was there an original, non director’s cut released?[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
When I start working on a comic (and since I’ve been drawing these for 9 years now) I sometimes wonder if I’ve written about a particular subject before. To my knowledge, in the over 2,700 comics I’ve done, I’ve never[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
With today’s comic I’ve filled yet again another sketchbook. Since I began these comics in February of 2010 this is the 18th book that I’ve competed. Take a look what this filled sketchbook looks like:
When I was working on this comic, it kept nagging in the back of my mind, that I’d written about watching the Ken Burns film, “The Roosevelts: An Intimate History” in an older comic. And sure enough, after digging through[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The first thing I did after reading this e-mail (besides questioning if it was legit or not) was Google the name Chris Darling in relation to Florentine Films. Yes, a Chris Darling is an Assistant Director with Ken Burns’ company.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
As a history fan and a fan of Ken Burns films, I’ve been looking forward to this, his 10 part feature of “The Vietnam War” and I was NOT disappointed! Back in the 1990’s when his “Civil War” series premiered,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I can’t get enough of watching historical documentaries. I know they’re not for everyone, in fact I know that there are many people who feel that the subject of history is boring, but not me. Not only do I find[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…