Sunday Valentines
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Before diving into today’s comics let’s give a little throwback love to Percy Crosby.
That was a beautiful Skippy panel that Skippy Inc. and GoComics ran two days ago. It really makes us yearn for the days when cartoonists had the acreage to display their pen and ink talents.
Hat tip to Jef Mallett for a comic that was neither treacly nor same ol’ same ol’. Frazz was my favorite Valentine’s Day comic this holiday weekend.
Chip Sansom sent some love to Olympic skier Lindsey Vonn in today’s The Born Loser. Chip then had to take to the GoComics comments section (and his Facebook page) to explain:
Please note this strip was submitted for publication six weeks ago, when Lindsey Vonn was still expected to strongly compete for a medal in the Olympics. After seeing a feature back in early January on all she had gone through to get to that goal, I felt the urge to do this strip as a tribute to her as she chased her dreams despite great obstacles, no matter what the outcome may turn out to be. It reminded me of a quote by Jack London that my dad had hanging on his studio wall: “I would rather be ashes than dust! I would rather that my spark should burn out in a brilliant blaze than it should be stifled by dry-rot. I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet. The function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days trying to prolong them. I shall use my time.”
Enjoyed seeing the guest appearances in Liô today but was disappointed that they were all instantly recognizable to even those, unlike us here, with minimal knowledge of comic strip history. I found myself wishing Mark Tatulli had thrown at least one obscure comic strip cat, say Mr. Jack or Spooky.
Speaking of obscurities…
I’m we’ve mentioned this before (and with our fading memory cells probably will again) that Terry Beatty‘s occasional “From the Diary of Sarah Morgan” interludes in Rex Morgan, M.D. is a respectful and well-done homage to Jack Mendelsohn’s Jacky’s Diary (1959-1961).
The title panel had me thinking we would be reading pages from “Nancy’s Diary,” instead we got cartoonist Caroline Cash telling of her routine. I must agree with Nancy in that last panel.
Meanwhile Dustin pays tribute to its own form, though the days of even a Sunday newspaper having (um, one, two, three, four) five sections is long gone or few and far between.
The Brilliant Mind of Edison Lee also acknowledges its audience and the medium in which it is presented.
Possessed!
Eightball had been taken over by the demonic spirit of Dr. Frederic Wertham in today’s Rabbits Against Magic; whereas Wallace the Brave has been possessed by the adventurous spirit of Norse mythology.
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