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a short review of patrick mcdonnell’s “super hero’s journey”

MARVEL SU­PER­HERO COMIC BOOKS! Back in the ’60s, those were magic words for thou­sands of kids, in­cluding me and Patrick Mc­Don­nell. While both of us had dreams of being artists when we grew up, Patrick re­al­ized that dream: he is the cre­ator of the comic strip Mutts, one of the best strips out there! [Read more] “a short review of patrick mcdonnell’s “super hero’s journey””

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patrick chappatte and will eisner and graphic journalism

I DON’T FOLLOW ED­I­TO­RIAL CAR­TOONING, al­though I cer­tainly ap­pre­ciate the fact that we may be living in its golden age. There are so many bril­liant in­di­vid­uals who com­bine po­lit­ical and so­cial in­sight with in­tel­li­gence and with along with the ability to draw! While I have paid a cer­tain amount of at­ten­tion to avid Horsey, part of that is be­cause he is so well known here in the Pa­cific Northwest. [Read more] “patrick chappatte and will eisner and graphic journalism”

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just another rhetorical question about God

THE SPORT OF TY­COONS is the title of the 1974 painting of Scrooge Mc­Duck by leg­endary artist Carl Barks. Barks was a Disney Studio artist who made his way into comics in the early 1940s. Like other artists who worked for Disney at the time, his work was un­signed and so he was known only as “The Good Duck Artist” to fans. [Read more] “just another rhetorical question about God”

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art spiegelman’s very strange comic strip for witzend 3

THE ADS FOR WITZEND first ap­peared in late 1966 or early ’67, prob­ably in the Rock­et’s Blast Comics Col­lector. RBCC was a fanzine that fea­tured ar­ti­cles on comics and ads from dealers and col­lec­tors of­fering stuff for sale. I sent my dollar bill off to some strange ad­dress in New York and ea­gerly awaited an en­tire pub­li­ca­tion by my fave artist, Wally Wood. [Read more] “art spiegelman’s very strange comic strip for witzend 3”

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the revelations of basil wolverton will keep you awake at night

COMIC BOOK ARTIST BASIL WOLVERTON was idio­syn­cratic from the be­gin­ning. Wher­ever he found a pub­lisher, his work stood out from all other comic book artists of the 1950s. His out­landish style was best suited for a form of what used to be re­ferred to as ‘big­foot humor’ (which had some­thing to do with Lil’ Abner, nothing to do with Sasquatch). [Read more] “the revelations of basil wolverton will keep you awake at night”

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