NW

sorry WHAT

NW. Really hoping he's gonna turn out to be a friendly guy. Going to take a big sip of water and hit play

True Cinema has arrived in the mail. Five of the maestro's films. With the box art in German (I have been assured the movies themselves play in English)

Part II of my 2025 reading! The third and final part will hopefully be up sometime soon.

Since Blondie and Dagwood have now entered the public domain, I shared the first month of the comic strip in its entirety on my blog:

Blondie and Dagwood-- albeit college-aged versions who are very different from what we now recognize-- have entered the public domain this year. Here are the first few strips

Happy New Year. Here's what I listened to the most in 2025. Godspeed everyone

I would never do the "Here comes the airplane" bit to feed my child. Embarrassing for us both. I would calmly explain the importance of adequate nutrition and they will yield to unimpeachable logic

NW

Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller December 28,1946

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Final Friday of 2025

Found this at Value Village yesterday. NW

I wrote a bit about some of the books I read earlier on in the year:

Jim Davis' first comic strip, Gnorm Gnat, had a few familiar names in it

It was really fucked up when the Heat Miser melted the moon during his song. That has real consequences.

Thinking about the weirder Brothers Grimm stories that never quite took off

Haven't watched a movie in a little bit. NW

Super Miser Bros.

The loss of Rob and Michelle is devastating. The stuff of Greek tragedy.

Rob Reiner gave us several phenomenal movies, helped give the world Spinal Tap, the first truly good SNL episode was the one he hosted, and he gave one of the best television performances ever as Meathe-- er, Michael.

Happy 100th birthday to Dick Van Dyke from all of us here at Noah Pasternak HQ

Just found a high-quality color scan! comicbookplus.com?dlid=97313

I was stricken with the art direction of this scene (and entire special!) and wanted to paint it

Basically it's time

Let's all wish a happy birthday and a "Good Morning USA" to Seth MacFarlane, who turns 100 today! D'oh!

Rock And Roll

Rock And Roll

Few realize that the Marilyn Manson rumor was originally about Quick Draw McGraw