Canadian Art Talks Comics
There’s a great featured article about comics on the Canadian Art site, titled “The Art of Compression: Comic Conversations” The article is notable for the insightful quotes from cartoon heavyweights such as...
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John Callahan R.I.P.
In Saturday, July 24, Portland cartoonist and musician John Callahan died at 59. Maybe you know John Callahan’s work from his single panel cartoons. Or maybe you remember the animated television series Quads, based on his...
Read MoreFriday Afternoon Turtle
One day I woke up and realized that all my interests, hobbies, goals, ideas, and understanding of the science of mutation can be traced directly back to the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Everything I need to know, I learned...
Read MoreThe Fun Kind of Hate
You know what God really hates? Probably nothing because if there is some sort of unfathomable higher power, it probably wouldn’t waste its divine intelligence on such petty human emotions as hate and love. Instead it...
Read MoreYour Comparatively Crappy Life
Take a moment to look back on your life and reflect on the happiest moments you’ve ever had. Done? Good. Because even if you are destined for future moments that will be thrice as happy as those in the past, it will all...
Read MoreIn Soviet Russia…
… things were different in such a way that one might interpret them as being the opposite of our North American customs, thus leading to great humorous effect. Which is to say, look at these swell illustrations from the...
Read MoreGary Coleman Died
Carle Steel wrote earlier that in addition to Art Linkletter dying, Gary Coleman was hospitalized after suffering head injuries from a fall. Apparently, Coleman has now succumbed to his injuries. (CBC) I never watched...
Read MoreJust one more hit, I swear
If my mom gave up the Internet, it wouldn’t be a huge deal. She really doesn’t use it for much more than googling her kids’ names to see if any of us are famous yet (nope, not yet), or to look up “the...
Read MoreArchie Comics’ First (openly) Gay Character
It was bound to happen, but given Archie’s history of clean-cut (if not socially conservative) idealism, I’m still quite surprised by this news. Not to mention the fact that the company is known for its aggressive...
Read MoreOn Cynicism, Unicorns and Conan
As much as I’ve always enjoyed Conan O’Brien, I didn’t really pay much attention to the drama surrounding his brief time on The Tonight Show (my TV only plays Turbo Grafx). I followed the news just enough to...
Read MoreMaking Star Wars Neat Again
If you’ve seen RedLetterMedia’s hilariously accurate reviews of The Phantom Menace and Attack of the Clones (complete with unnecessary and unfunny psychopath side story), the last of your happy memories of Star Wars...
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