These two Foxtrot strips were published a few weeks apart, but I wonder if they’re related—and indicative of some real life response to the Sunday strip from the Bill Keane/Family Circus empire. (Especially possible, given the differing lead times cartoonists have to adhere to for daily vs. Sunday strips.) (Click for larger image) (Click for …
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Jul 03 2006
Heroes Con: Peter Bagge Sketch
As with most comics events I go to these days, I purchased pretty much only minicomics and other similar items not available via the usual retail channels. My one “big ticket” item, though (if’n you think $20.00 is “big ticket”) was a commissioned sketch of Thomas Paine done by Peter Bagge—as featured in the story …
Jul 03 2006
Heroes Con: Sunday
Well, actually, it’s Monday now, but Sunday at the con started off busy (for a Sunday anyway) but slowed to the usual trickle by the end of the day. All in all, though, I saw some OK sales Sunday—and a number of other artists seemed to be doing lots of business. Rob Ullman, who was …
Jul 01 2006
Heroes Con: Saturday
Saturday at Heroes Con was a day everyone expected to be a real zoo—and to a certain extent it was. But it certainly never reached a point where it was uncomfortable or difficult to move around the floor, as in San Diego. Most important, the “Heroes atmosphere” seems to be in tact, with most folks—mainstream …
Jun 30 2006
Heroes Con: Friday
I thought I was really on the ball for remembering to bring my camera to this event, but aparently not, since I forgot to bring the USB cable that allows me to hook the thing to my laptop and actually do something with the pictures. Fridays are never super busy at Heroes (or really any …
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