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Saturday, March 14, 2009

The Old 'Hit on the Head' Routine

Four comics I read this week featured the same classic gag . . .

Sam's Strip (11/3/1961): Walker and Dumas. Reprinted in an excellent collection of Walker and Dumas's 'metacomic' Sam's Strip just released by Fantagraphics.

Yogi Bear #29 (7/1967): Artist unknown.

The Yellow Streak and Friends Annual #1 (1968): Artist Boring. Reprinted in David Boring (2000): Artist Clowes.

Nubbin (5/5/1986). Artists Boltinoff and Burnett. Reprinted in Robin Synder's Revolver Annual #1 (11/1986). Please note the umbrella in the last two comics. Was there really a chance of rain the day shown in Nubbin? I don't see any clouds in the sky. I think the "WOP!" was premeditated. Where would children's comics be without the "injury to the brain" motif?

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Toth Cover

I had never seen this attractive Alex Toth cover before; much more of an 'underground' feel than the other work by him I'm familiar with. [Click on the image to enlarge it.]

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Friday, March 13, 2009

Marc Trujillo: Drive Through

New Marc Trujillo gallery show Drive Through, MARCH 12 - MAY 01, 2009 at the Hackett-Freedman Gallery in San Francisco, CA.

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Saturday, March 7, 2009

The Seven Faces of Alex Niño

See a 'new and improved' version here: http://www.tcj.com/category/columns/grid/

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Friday, February 27, 2009

Brunetti's Covers

A beautiful Ivan Brunetti cover titled "Ecosystems" appears on the current issue of The New Yorker (3/2/09). This one's loaded with details, so you really need to see it up close.

His art also graces the cover of the current volume of Ecotone:

[I think this illustration first appeared in an issue of Brunetti's comic Schizo. . .]

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Coming Not So Very Soon

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Thursday, February 26, 2009

For Ted May

The above is a panel from Dr. Solar, Man of the Atom #23:

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Monday, February 23, 2009

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Sunday, February 15, 2009

Smart Robots

Two of the comics I got last week [ Dr. Solar, Man of the Atom #9 and Tom Gauld's The Wise Robot Will Answer Your Question Now] feature computer-robots that look a little alike. Here's some of the attractive title lettering of the Solar story:

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A day late and a . . .

"Strange Romantic Customs." From another recent purchase, Hi-School Romance Date Book #2, January 1963.

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Wednesday, February 4, 2009

On the newsstand...

The Commemorative Inaugural Edition of Newsweek has a full-page illustration of our new president Barack Obama by Daniel Clowes. Should be available on the newsstands through March.