Mike Lynch Cartoons (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009
I missed this: There are a handful of the many, many Saturday Evening Post cartoons and spot ilustrations that Henry Syverson drew over at the SMALL ROOM blog . And it reminded me of the fine detective work involving the cartoonist behind a seminal office poster. Henry Syverson was (experts agree) the guy who drew that ubiquitous "You Want It When?" cartoon poster. You know the one: Like...
Tom's MAD Blog (Free subscription) | 10/31/2009
Over at Mark Evanier’s excellent blog, NEWS FROM ME, he posted a little historical fact about how MAD switched out the cover of issue #122 after Robert Kennedy’s assassination: The original cover of #122 The revised cover The original cover showed a series of Mort Drucker caricatures of the those people considered the main candidates for president after [...]
ComicMix (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
With this many twos, you'd think the Harvey was Harvey Dent. The 2009 Harvey Awards were given out tonight at the Baltimore Comic-Con in a ceremony MC'd by double nominee Scott Kurtz . Named in honor of the late Harvey Kurtzman, the Harvey Awards recognize outstanding work in comics and sequential art. All-Star Superman repeated the win for best continuing or limited series, with Grant Morrison picking...
THE BEAT (Free subscription) | 10/02/2009
Now freed from competition with turkey and stuffing, Mid-Ohio Con kicks off Saturday and Sunday, October 3–4, in Exhibit Hall E of the Greater Columbus Convention Center, 400 North High Street, Columbus, OH. Guests include special guests Mike Golden and Bernie Wrightson as well as Mark Evanier, Marv Wolfman, Chris Giarusso, Tony Isabella, David Mack [...]
Mike Lynch Cartoons (Free subscription) | 08/28/2009
From left: Suzanne Lemieux Wilson, cartoonist Marty Murphy, Playboy Cartoon Editor Michelle Urry and cartoonist Rowland B. Wilson from Westport, CT, circa 1981. Thanks to Roy Delgado for the photo. Cartoonist Marty Murphy has died. Best known as for his Playboy cartoons and animation work ("Wait til Your Father Gets Home"), Marty was not just a "great magazine cartoonist" ( to quote...
Tom's MAD Blog (Free subscription) | 07/09/2009
Many times I have sang the praises of writer extraordinaire Mark Evanier’s blog, an example of blogging at it’s entertaining and informative best. Mark recently wrote about a topic he occasionally touches on… the dreaded “working on spec” issue. Well, not exactly working on spec as that implies working on an actual project for a professional [...]
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