Jan 29 2007
I noted last week a curious absence of protest about a current story arc in the comic strip Get Fuzzy in which Bucky Katt’s presidential campaign slogans are all–supposedly inadvertently–pro marijuana slogans. A bit of over-the-weekend Googling, though, has brought to light some interesting tidbits. First and foremost, the storyline appears to have just been …
Jan 27 2007
People these days have a tendency to get irrationally worked up about anything in the comics page of the paper that’s not totally innocuous. Just last week, for example, somebody had written their local paper about a Zits strip that had Jeremy doing the old mentos in the diet coke bit that’s been making the …
Jan 22 2007
Microsoft to use comics in antipiracy campaign | CNET News.com From the article: Dubbed “Genuine Fact Files,” the campaign is now launching in the U.S. It went online last month in Italy, France, the U.K., Indonesia, Brazil, Australia and the United Arab Emirates. Microsoft plans to draw attention to it through banner ads on its …
Jan 19 2007
[With the deadline for Midnight Sun #3 looming over my head like the proverbial sword of Damocles throughout the tail end of ‘06, I’ve only now had a few moments to write about my excursion up to Appalachian State University to hear a presentation given by cartoonist (and friend) James Sturm.] It was dark, raining …
Jan 19 2007
SPX | The Small Press Expo I hereby recant my good-natured ribbing of the SPX website’s heretofore now sluggish updating schedule; the dates for this year’s show are indeed now up on the site–and announced also is the first guest, Jeff Smith. Good news right out of the gate, I say.
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