April 2005 archive

Boxing Bucket “couch comic” pg. 2

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LOTR

Here’s a special early work from yours truly, from a “Lord of the Rings” picture book I made as a youngster. Nerds are born, not made. (Click for larger image)

Amazon.com: Books: Hank Ketcham’s Complete Dennis the Menace 1951-1952

Amazon.com: Books: Hank Ketcham’s Complete Dennis the Menace 1951-1952 I’m really excited to see that Fantagraphics is starting a complete run of Hank Ketcham’s “Dennis the Menace.” The punchlines (such as they are) in this strip are always kinda dumb, but Ketcham has perhaps the greatest visual design sense of anyone who’s ever worked in …

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CNN.com – ‘Star Wars’ fans wait at wrong theater – Apr 6, 2005

CNN.com – ‘Star Wars’ fans wait at wrong theater – Apr 6, 2005 Ha Ha!!!!

Mastication is normal: a journal — Behind the Typeface: Cooper Black

Mastication is normal: a journal — Behind the Typeface: Cooper Black Please enjoy this hilarious, yet oddly compelling, “Behind the Music” parody that explores the history of the Cooper Black typeface—including interviews with individual letters. Hipsters will know this typeface from the cover of the Beach Boys classic record “Pet Sounds.”