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history professor (design, comics, animation), graphic designer, author, editor, photographer
Pasadena fans of brilliant caricature can hear the Hirschfeld Foundation's David Leopold explore Al Hirschfeld's 82 years of illustration that defined much of 20th-century popular culture, spanning Broadway, Hollywood, TV, music, dance, etc. free!
@alhirschfeld.bsky.social
@davidnleopold.bsky.social
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come join the fun at Comic-Con next Thursday as
@robsalk.bsky.social
Jim Thompson, Alonso Nuñez and i bust out of panel borders way beyond all those boring old definitions of comics.
comiccon2025.sched.com/event/26wgo
4 months ago
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are you at Comic-Con next week? come join me,
@kmunson.bsky.social
@sydneyheifler.bsky.social
@shaenon.bsky.social
and others as we discuss Trina Robbins's many wonderful, landmark books spotlighting comics and cartooning's greatest women artists.
comiccon2025.sched.com/event/271Z8/...
4 months ago
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4 months ago
SDCC panel: I'll be covering Trina Robbins's history/herstory books with
@kmunson.bsky.social
, Lee Marrs,
@mchldooley.bsky.social
,
@sydneyheifler.bsky.social
, Peter Maresca, and Bruce Simon!
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join me as i explore four varieties of bad taste: schlock, camp, kitsch, and funk. i'm one of nearly four dozen free online presenters on June 24-25 during the International Graphic Novel and Comics Conference in Brussels, Belgium: sign up for mine and get ’em all.
bit.ly/tastesuper
5 months ago
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newly posted: commentary on Will Eisner’s WWII posters, with bunches of wonderful hi-rez examples (starring Joe Dope) ~
ijoca.blogspot.com/2025/06/the-...
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The Catalogue Raisonne of Will Eisner’s WWII Posters
by Warren Bernard It was clear to US Army leaders after the blitzkrieg of 1939-1940, where German tanks overran first Poland and then mo...
https://ijoca.blogspot.com/2025/06/the-catalog-raisonne-of-will-eisners.html
5 months ago
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read
@mrfishcartoons.bsky.social
's smart, entertaining chat w/ Art Spiegelman: "Convenience makes the instinct to struggle against apathy disappear, which is why comics are more important than ever because they insist on contemplation."
theindependentink.substack.com/p/a-conversa...
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A Conversation with Art Spiegelman
As fascism proliferates and the agonizing screams for mercy from genocide fill the air and the world prepares for a war to end all life on the planet, who better to talk to but the genius behind Maus
https://theindependentink.substack.com/p/a-conversation-with-art-spiegelman
5 months ago
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on today's Independent Ink, check out @
mrfishcartoons.bsky.social
's engaging one-hour talking heads (no visual aids!) conversation with fellow cartoonists Steve Brodner
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6 months ago
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hi, there. here are some folks i think you'd enjoy following...
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@dailycartoonist.bsky.social
’s column on Thomas Nast cites one story with a "positive" take on the influential political cartoonist, one negative – citing his "bigotry" against Catholics/Irish – and one with "a balanced approach" to Nast, written by... me!
www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/20...
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Thomas Nast – Good? Bad? Ugly?
Throughout the Civil War, Reconstruction, and the early years of the Gilded Age, Thomas Nast used his political cartoons published in Harper’s Weekly to satirize current events, expose corruption, and...
https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2025/05/18/thomas-nast-good-bad-ugly/
6 months ago
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a fun preview night for the Jack Kirby exhibit at Skirball Cultural Center ~ #2 of 2
@evanier.bsky.social
@seehatfield.bsky.social
@skirball.bsky.social
@jackkirbymuseum.bsky.social
7 months ago
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a fun preview night for the Jack Kirby exhibit at Skirball Cultural Center ~ #1 of 2
@david-mack.bsky.social
@henrybarajas.bsky.social
@piratelibrarian.bsky.social
@skirball.bsky.social
@jackkirbymuseum.bsky.social
7 months ago
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next Tuesday, May 6, 4pm PDT, 7pm EDT DAN NADEL on ROBERT CRUMB
nycomicssymposium.wordpress.com/2025/04/30/d...
have you ever wondered anything about Crumb? now's your chance to ask Dan, author of the new, critically acclaimed, 480-page bio. FREE! register now:
[email protected]
7 months ago
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pix of an illuminating evening as i interviewed the marvelously multitalented artist David Mack, plus Daredevil: Born Again's production designer Michael Shaw, at ArtCenter, and the post-panel book signing (04/11)
@david-mack.bsky.social
@manwithoutfear.com
~ & thx to
@piratelibrarian.bsky.social
7 months ago
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8 months ago
On Muse set of BORN AGAIN: Mack, Charlie Cox, Hunter Doohan, & Production Designer Michael Shaw. April 11th, 7pm at @artcenteredu David Mack & Michael Shaw, speak w
@mchldooley.bsky.social
- FREE to public! I hope u love my MUSE ART / MURALS in the show
kirbyscomicartshop.com/collections/...
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to my L.A. friends: this coming Friday at ArtCenter i’ll be moderating a convivial conversation with
@david-mack.bsky.social
and we'll be joined by Michael Shaw, Daredevil: Born Again’s talented production designer. it’s free, so please come. and hey, bring a friend!
8 months ago
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#2 of 2: it's always a great pleasure to reconnect with old friends and make new ones - and discover more terrific art! - at
#WonderCon
@rhodemontijo.bsky.social
@tonymoyart.bsky.social
@stephanfranck.bsky.social
@dannyfingeroth.bsky.social
8 months ago
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#1 of 2: it's always a great pleasure to reconnect with old friends and make new ones - and discover more terrific art! - at
#WonderCon
@david-mack.bsky.social
@lonniemillsap.bsky.social
@barbrajdillon.bsky.social
@fanbasepress.bsky.social
@act4publishing.bsky.social
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at WonderCon this Sunday ~ join Charles Hatfield, Jim Thompson, and me as we examine midcentury's "sick" comic books, comic strips, and cartoons that were mad mixes of horror, humor, hostility, and social critique (think Lenny Bruce stand-up).
@seehatfield.bsky.social
8 months ago
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at WonderCon ~ join our panel on Saturday to discuss Feiffer's brilliant legacy including his Village Voice comic strip, Great Comic Book Heroes book, Carnal Knowledge and Popeye films, Kill My Mother graphic novel trilogy, and children's books.
@dannyfingeroth.bsky.social
@seehatfield.bsky.social
8 months ago
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Michael Dooley
Brian Michael Bendis
9 months ago
happy
#daredevil
day to all who celebrate.
@david-mack.bsky.social
and I first became pals on long car rides talking Daredevil. then we got to make daredevil comics together and we thought that was pretty amazing. tonight we get to share screen credit on the kick ass DD show.
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free online event: The Comic Art of James Swinnerton this Tuesday, March 18, 4pm PDT, 7pm EDT with
@eddiecampbell.bsky.social
Michael
@tisserand.bsky.social
, Peter Maresca, Paul C. Tumey, & Rick Marschall.
nycomicssymposium.wordpress.com/2025/03/07/t...
email
[email protected]
to register
8 months ago
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question: would you recommend that i subscribe to Disney+ to get the new
#DaredevilBornAgain
? i loved the original Netflix series. ¶ and here's my Print article on the history of
#Daredevil
comics artists.
www.printmag.com/branding-ide...
@ddevilupdates.bsky.social
@marvelcomicshqs.bsky.social
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The Multimedia Comics Artists Behind Netflix’s Daredevil – PRINT Magazine
If you’ve been captivated by the bold, atmospheric cinematography of Daredevil‘s first season on Netflix, you might want to seek out the similarly stunning comic book version by Alex Maleev. Series ex...
https://www.printmag.com/branding-identity-design/maleev-comic-art-daredevil-netflix/
9 months ago
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Michael Dooley
Ann Telnaes
9 months ago
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How do You Draw a Jew? Ethnic Caricature in the Early 20th Century • free online Thu, Mar 6, 3pm PT, 6pm ET
osu.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Jeffrey A. Marx discusses Harry Hershfield’s breakthrough Abie the Agent, which presented a very different image of the Jew than was seen in previous comic strips.
9 months ago
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free online Tue, March 4, 4pm PT 7pm ET: The Spirit at 85! WILL EISNER experts – Denis Kitchen, Patrick "MUTTS" McDonnell, Danny Fingeroth & others showcase & discuss their favorite Spirit stories.
@dannyfingeroth.bsky.social
@thenewschool.bsky.social
nycomicssymposium.wordpress.com/will-eisners...
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Will Eisner’s The Spirit at 85, March 4, 2025 at 7pm EST
The 416th meeting of the NY Comics & Picture-story Symposium will be held on Tuesday, March 4, 2025 at 7 pm EST. ONLINE PRESENTATION VIA ZOOM. Please email comicssymposium@g…
https://nycomicssymposium.wordpress.com/will-eisners-the-spirit-at-85-march-4-2025-at-7pm-et/
9 months ago
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free online Thu, March 6, 4pm PT, 7 ET: remembering Jules Feiffer, with friends & admirers Peter Kuper, Mort Gerberg, Karen Green, Danny Fingeroth & others.
@klg19.bsky.social
@dannyfingeroth.bsky.social
@pkuper.bsky.social
@thenewschool.bsky.social
nycomicssymposium.wordpress.com/remembering-...
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Remembering Jules Feiffer, March 6, 2025 at 7pm EST
A special meeting of the NY Comics & Picture-story Symposium will be held on Thursday, March 6, 2025 at 7 pm EST. ONLINE PRESENTATION VIA ZOOM. Please email comicssymposium@…
https://nycomicssymposium.wordpress.com/remembering-jules-feiffer-march-6-2025-at-7pm-est/
9 months ago
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for Black History Month today, D.D. Degg at
@dailycartoonist.bsky.social
posted some cartoons by Ollie Harrington, who "set a standard for Black readers, combining his signature wit with incisive social critiques and observations about Black life in America."
www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/20...
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Cartoonist Ollie Harrington
More than half a century before Aaron McGruder’s first introduced The Boondocks as a comic strip (and later television series) and decades before the biting social commentary found in Garry Trudeau’s ...
https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2025/02/20/cartoonist-ollie-harrington/
9 months ago
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Brian Patrick O’Malley
9 months ago
Author & history professor Michael Dooley on cartoonist ThomasNast
@mchldooley.bsky.social
✅ Nast condemned Irish violence against other ethnic groups ✅But when Nast depicted an ideal America—a multiracial dinner party—he included a kindly Irish couple. ☘️ 🇺🇸
www.printmag.com/design-criti...
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Editorial Cartoonist Thomas Nast: Anti-Irish, Anti-Catholic Bigot? – PRINT Magazine
Biased. Disrespectful. Offensive. All sterling job qualifications for any good editorial cartoonist. But “racist”? Woah! Thomas Nast was the granddaddy of the American political cartoon. And having li...
https://www.printmag.com/design-criticism/nast-irish/
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honoring David Edward Byrd, who died last Monday. these are my photos from the opening and panel discussion for “Revolutions 2: The Art of Music”, an exhibition at the Forest Lawn Museum in 2015. David was very kind to me.
@shananys.bsky.social
10 months ago
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Feiffer links at
@dailycartoonist.bsky.social
:
@cartoonbrew.bsky.social
>animation,
@vaultofculture.bsky.social
>Comic Book Heroes book,
@thedailyheller.bsky.social
video,
@literaryhub.bsky.social
essay,
@vmspod.bsky.social
podcast,
@comicsjournal.bsky.social
www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/20...
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Feiffer Files: Memories of Jules
Over the course of his nearly 80-year career, Jules Feiffer tried his hand at everything–comic books, political cartoons, editorials, comics history, plays, films, animation, children’s books, graphic...
https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2025/02/08/feiffer-files-memories-of-jules/
10 months ago
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many superb contributors to
@comicsjournal.bsky.social
/
@andrewfarago.bsky.social
's "Remembering Jules Feiffer" feature ~
@derfbackderf.bsky.social
@lizadonnelly.bsky.social
@tisserand.bsky.social
@tomtomorrow.bsky.social
@jeetheer.bsky.social
me, others.
www.tcj.com/remembering-...
10 months ago
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a Longreads follow-up article to my earlier Twin Peaks post: a dispatch from the real Twin Peaks...
longreads.com/2025/01/30/r...
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David Lynch Was Here: A Visit to the Real Twin Peaks - Longreads
Notes from the Northwest on mourning, remembrance, and black coffee.
https://longreads.com/2025/01/30/real-twin-peaks-david-lynch/
10 months ago
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gave up on Twitter/X/hell long ago. still, happy to be among the masses migrating to
@bsky.app
~
www.dailykos.com/story/2025/1...
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Social media users flock to Bluesky as Musk makes X a hellsite
Social media users flock to Bluesky as Musk continues to tank X Bluesky now boasts more than 29 million users , exploding to more than three times the 9 million ...
https://www.dailykos.com/story/2025/1/26/2298953/-Social-media-users-flock-to-Bluesky-as-Musk-makes-X-a-hellsite
10 months ago
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to learn a bit more about why the first season of Twin Peaks was such a success. and why season two was such a mess ~
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
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An oral history of Twin Peaks by its unforgettable stars: ‘I put my waitress uniform on and began bawling’
Mystery, magic and mayhem reigned behind the scenes as well as on screen. Mädchen Amick, Joan Chen, Dana Ashbrook and others recall the making of the beloved TV series – and the genius of David Lynch
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/jan/23/an-oral-history-of-twin-peaks-david-lynch-madchen-amick-joan-chen
10 months ago
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there’ve been many wonderful essays on Jules Feiffer following his death. here’s a personal one from Steve Heller at Print magazine:
www.printmag.com/daily-heller...
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The Daily Heller: Jules Feiffer Dies—But His Wit, Satire and Wisdom Will Long Be Remembered – PRINT Magazine
Feiffer had an acerbic genius for mixing art and world-weary angst.
https://www.printmag.com/daily-heller/the-daily-heller-jules-feiffer-dies-but-his-wit-and-satire-will-long-be-remembered/
10 months ago
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@comicsjournal.bsky.social
has an excellent in-depth, insightful analysis of political cartoons following the
@anntelnaes.bsky.social
controversy, with critiques from
@brodner.bsky.social
@tomtomorrow.bsky.social
@jensorensen.bsky.social
and others.
@cbldf.bsky.social
www.tcj.com/political-ca...
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Political cartoonists on facing Donald Trump, again: 'There is no consensus reality anymore' - The Comics Journal
Shrinking newspaper circulations. Social media morass. First amendment rights. Zach Rabiroff talks to a variety of cartoonists about all that and more as we head into a second Donald Trump administrat...
https://www.tcj.com/political-cartoonists-on-facing-donald-trump-again-there-is-no-consensus-reality-anymore/
10 months ago
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my personal reflection on the barbaric murders of the French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo’s political cartoonists on January 7, 2015, ten years ago today; my first of several Print articles about this event, written directly afterward.
www.printmag.com/michael-dool...
@charliehebdo.bsky.social
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Charlie Hebdo: Satire, Censorship & Free Expression – PRINT Magazine
Very many of us who make our living as visual communicators have been thinking and reading about practically nothing other than Charlie Hebdo these days. My obsession stems from firsthand experiences ...
https://www.printmag.com/michael-dooley/charlie-hebdo-satire-censorship-free-expression/
11 months ago
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watch a hilarious, illustrated, anecdote-packed 50-minute video chat with Denis Kitchen, recipient of MICE (Massachusetts Independent Comics Expo)'s first-ever "Underground Visionary Award".
@massmice.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_N42...
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MICE 2024: Denis Kitchen, Underground Comics Visionary, a conversation
YouTube video by MICE Media
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_N42riVhxgw&t=2s
11 months ago
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how John Holmstrom used EC Comics to create his Lou Reed cover cartoon for Punk magazine #1, which he called “the Biggest Challenge of my Life!”
@eccomics.bsky.social
@ec-comicscovers.bsky.social
johnholmstrom.substack.com/p/punk-1-cre...
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PUNK #1: Creating the Cover Artwork
Describing Lou Reed Visually Was the Biggest Challenge of my Life!
https://johnholmstrom.substack.com/p/punk-1-creating-the-cover-artwork
11 months ago
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in
@thenation.com
Peter Kuper interviews Jules Feiffer on his 95th birthday and draws a cartoon tribute.
www.thenation.com/article/cult...
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A Dance to Jules Feiffer at 95
Cartoonist and writer Jules Feiffer is a national treasure. To mark his 95th birthday, we had some questions for the longtime Nation contributor.
https://www.thenation.com/article/culture/kuper-jules-feiffer-95-interview
11 months ago
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my Best Of 2024 list for
@comicsjournal.bsky.social
includes works by
@bensears.bsky.social
@dailycartoonist.bsky.social
@jamesthefourth.bsky.social
@eddiecampbell.bsky.social
@caroladlam.bsky.social
@getcampbell.bsky.social
& many, many others
www.tcj.com/the-best-com...
11 months ago
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reposted by
Michael Dooley
The Daily Cartoonist
11 months ago
Thank you
@comicsjournal.bsky.social
and
@mchldooley.bsky.social
for including
@csotd.bsky.social
in your "The best comics of 2024, as chosen by TCJ contributors" –
www.tcj.com/the-best-com...
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The best comics of 2024, as chosen by TCJ contributors - The Comics Journal
What were the best comics of this past year? No idea, but here's some stuff our contributors really liked.
https://www.tcj.com/the-best-comics-of-2024-as-chosen-by-tcj-contributors/#michaeldooley
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the latest "Cartoonists on Cartooning": Liana Finck on Saul Steinberg. "He drew in order to think, not the other way around, and he brings the viewer into his thought process."
lithub.com/a-writer-who...
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“A Writer Who Draws.” On the Life and Creative Legacy of Saul Steinberg
It feels wrong to describe Saul Steinberg’s work in words; it simply transcends them. Steinberg called himself “a writer who draws,” perhaps because he didn’t have a language of his own: he disowne…
https://lithub.com/a-writer-who-draws-on-the-life-and-creative-legacy-of-saul-steinberg/
11 months ago
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Kate Carew: America's First Great Woman Cartoonist is a delightful new book by Eddie Campbell (From Hell artist), who's interviewed on this week's Virtual Memories podcast.
chimeraobscura.com/vm/episode-615-eddie-campbell
@vmspod.bsky.social
@fantagraphics.bsky.social
@eddiecampbell.bsky.social
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Episode 615 – Eddie Campbell
Virtual Memories Show 615: Eddie Campbell “Cartoonists spend most of their life sitting at a table; we don’t get out very much. But that’s the very thing that distinguishes Kate C…
https://chimeraobscura.com/vm/episode-615-eddie-campbell
12 months ago
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Josh Lieb posted about Harvey Kurtzman's first published cartoon, drawn when he was about 15. it was a runner-up in Tip Top comics’s Buffalo Bob contest, and an early example of Harvey's "breaking the fourth wall"...
joshlieb.substack.com/p/cartoon-ni...
12 months ago
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free online: "Reading Love and Rockets", this Tues, 12/03, 4pm PT, 7 ET. Author Marc Sobel discusses his new book that explores what makes Jaime and Gilbert Hernandez's graphic novels such enduring classics. email
[email protected]
to register.
nycomicssymposium.wordpress.com/marc-sobel-d...
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Marc Sobel, Dec. 3, 3024 at 7pm ET
The 409th meeting of the NY Comics & Picture-story Symposium will be held on Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2024 at 7 pm ET. ONLINE PRESENTATION VIA ZOOM. Please email comicssymposium@gma…
https://nycomicssymposium.wordpress.com/marc-sobel-dec-3-3024-at-7pm-et
12 months ago
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Best. Single-Panel. Cartoon. Ever. (by Liana Finck)
about 1 year ago
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here's a good, illustrated interview with Chris Ware (by Steve Heller, printmag) that explores his early strips, Acme Novelty brand, Datebooks, lettering sources, regrets, future plans, and much more. enjoy!
printmag.com/daily-heller/the-daily-heller-chris-wares-favorite-wares
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The Daily Heller: Chris Ware’s Favorite Wares – PRINT Magazine
"ACME Novelty Datebook Volume 3" is a gift to all who worship at the altar of Ware.
https://printmag.com/daily-heller/the-daily-heller-chris-wares-favorite-wares
about 1 year ago
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cartoon animation Wild Takes: eyes and other body parts multiply, enlarge, and fly apart in sexual arousal, fear, etc. here's a long look at its growth and variations, with plenty of clips...
cartoonbrew.com/cartoon-study/a-thrilling-tour-through-the-history-of-wild-takes-in-animation-243744.html
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A Thrilling Tour Through The History Of Wild Takes In Animation
Get ready to have your eyes pop out of your skull, because today we’re taking a look at some of the great wild takes throughout animation history.
https://cartoonbrew.com/cartoon-study/a-thrilling-tour-through-the-history-of-wild-takes-in-animation-243744.html
about 1 year ago
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