Cartoon Brew (Free subscription) | 10/19/2009
I admit it, this one has me stumped. Don Martin, Antonio Prohias, Al Jafee, Mort Drucker and Dave Berg - adapted to animation! How did I miss this? Did it ever air? If so, what network? It was co-directed by Chris Ishii, Jimmy Murakami and Gordon Bellamy. You can hear Allan Swift and Len Maxwell [...]
Web News Site (Free subscription) | 08/27/2009
Kit Karter is a 1962 comic book about a "teenager who "eats, sleeps, and drinks GO KARTS." His pal Axil Greez has an impossible haircut. The first issue is available for download here. UPDATE: Holy Roger Kaputnik! I just learned that Kit Karter was written and illustrated by Dave Berg, the "Lighter Side of..." cartoonist from MAD....
The Bronze Age Of Blogs (Free subscription) | 07/30/2009
We always looked at Cracked as the poor relation to Mad , often buying it but usually with a 'nhh, it's not as good' shrug of the shoulders. And sure Mad had Mort Drucker, it had Don Martin, it had Sergio Aragones and Al Jaffee and Dave Berg and all the rest of The Usual Gang Of Idiots. But Cracked had Nanny Dickering. Immortalized by legendary ( and legendarily filthy ) Good Girl artist Bill Ward,...
forces of geek (Free subscription) | 07/20/2009
MAD Magazine: Fine purveyors of outstanding highbrow literature, anthropological exploration, critical analysis and scientific socio-political satire for over 55 years, now gives their fans a reason to be cheerful (and dumbfounded). Currently on newstands and available at overpriced booksellers everywhere is their...drumroll please... 500th issue! That's right folks, the "What Me Worry?"...
Boing Boing (Free subscription) | 07/04/2009
Richard Metzger pointed me to the Don Martin Dictionary. Martin was one of my favorite Mad cartoonists. His sophisticated absurdism was the opposite of Dave Berg's middlebrow sitcom humor (but I liked him, too). The Don Martin Dictionary...
Standing on My Head (Free subscription) | 06/05/2009
Following from yesterday's post some folks (if I heard them correctly) were arguing that a loving, long term, consenting commitment mitigates the sin of sodomy and somehow makes it ok. I argued that such arguments were subjective and sentimental and they could be used to support pedophilia or just about anything you wanted. Let me give you an example from real life. In the 70s and 80s there was an...
Straight Cash Homey Dot Net (Free subscription) | 04/08/2009
Dave Berg, Toronto Blue Jays: Unlike “the tip of the iceberg,” the expression “the tip of the Dave Berg” means that what you see is what you get. And it ain’t impressive. (Found by David in Toronto.)
Reason Magazine - Hit & Run (Free subscription) | 01/09/2009
Hey, some people do profit from them! The Associated Press via Fox News (and not Dave Berg ) takes a look at "victims" of the Madoff scheme who actually have already pulled out way more than they put in...and are wondering if they should apply for aid from the Securities Investors Protection Corp (not a government agency) anyway. (They are also wondering if they might be ordered by courts...
Comments for edroso - HaloScan.com (Free subscription) | 12/29/2008
that "dave berg" line was priceless. Kids these days! aimai
Fortress Of Fortitude (Free subscription) | 11/04/2008
Uncle Sam wants you … to vote! But first he has to take care of this Mad Poet fella who’s throwing the country into chaos with disinformation. (Much like 24-hour cable news networks … ) Read “The Mad Poet” from Uncle Sam Quarterly #1, written by Will Eisner and illustrated by Dave Berg of Mad Magazine’s “The [...]
Fortress Of Fortitude (Free subscription) | 11/04/2008
Uncle Sam wants you … to vote! But first he has to take care of this Mad Poet fella who’s throwing the country into chaos with disinformation. (Much like 24-hour cable news networks … ) Read “The Mad Poet” from Uncle Sam Quarterly #1, written by Will Eisner and illustrated by Dave Berg of Mad Magazine’s “The [...]
CMT News (Free subscription) | 10/14/2008
Songs about rural life and small town values prevailed Monday night (Oct. 13) at the 46th annual ASCAP Country Music Awards in Nashville with major wins by songwriters Alan Jackson, Dave Berg and Rachel Thibodeau. Additionally, major stars showed up durin
MSNBC.com (Free subscription) | 10/14/2008
Other big winners were Dave Berg, songwriter of the year, and Rachel Thibodeau, country song of the year.
Bluebird Banter (Free subscription) | 09/03/2008
It is former Jay Dave Berg's 38th birthday today. Dave was drafted in the 38th of the 1993 amateur draft. How many players make the majors after being drafted in the 38th round? In 1998 he made it to the Marlins and playing 81 games batting a terrific .313/.393/.407 playing 2B, 3B and SS. He played 3 more seasons with the Marlins as a utility player. He kept a pretty decent OBP, though his numbers...
Billings Blog (Free subscription) | 06/24/2008
Dave Berg, late of KBLG talk radio fame, has started a website. H/t to Dave Rye, who mentioned this on the air the other day.
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