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Hollywood to revive Hong Kong Phooey

by Alan Gardner 8 comments August 18, 2011

Eddie Murphy has signed on to voice a revival of the short-lived Hanna-Barbera cartoon Hong Kong Phooey . The 1970’s TV show is based on a dog named Penry who is a “kung-fu fighting superhero who doubles as a janitor at a police station”.According to the IMDB, Murphy is the only talent cast so far. […]

CSotD: Kicking over the tables

by Mike Peterson 8 comments August 18, 2011

  This Deep Cover doesn’t really plow a lot of new ground, but it’s something worth saying, and it dovetails nicely with yesterday’s Matt Bors cartoon, in that there should be conservatives calling b*llsh*t on those who claim to be Christian but who apparently haven’t done the reading, starting with that bit about praying on […]

Mark Buford offering signed pre-ordered Scary Gary books

by Alan Gardner 7 comments August 17, 2011

If you’re a Scary Gary fan, you may know that Mark Buford has a book coming out. The book is entitled, “A Good Severed Head Is Hard to Find.” What you may not know is that right now Mark is taking pre-orders and Mark will be signing every copy that’s pre-ordered before September 1. Every. […]

Stephan Pastis talks about his memories of Mark Tatulli

by Alan Gardner 4 comments August 17, 2011

Apparently not to be outdone by Lynn Johnston’s video I posted this morning about her memories of Charles Schulz (or ‘cuz writing profanity filled comics is less time consuming than coming up with something witty), Stephan Pastis has taken the time to post his own video remembering Lio creator Mark Tatulli.

Remembering Pogo

by Alan Gardner 12 comments August 17, 2011

Jon Carroll writing for the San Francisco Chronicle writes his fond memories of the great Pogo strip.Pogo had it all: love, fear, friendship, ambivalence, pails of water, morality, plus a love of high-flown language and, not incidentally, wonderful draftsmanship. Kelly was a master of getting a lot of stuff in one small panel. … One […]

Stephan Pastis clairvoyance or a master planner?

by Alan Gardner 4 comments August 17, 2011

Last week I posted a letter to the editor by a certain offended reader of the Baltimore Sun who decried the profanity in Pearls Before Swine. Just to be clear, we’re not talking real swear words – we’re talking characters like @#$@. Then on Sunday, Scott Hilburn drops the big #%@!* in his strip. Yesterday […]

CSotD: Some of my favorite Muppets are colored

by Mike Peterson 2 comments August 17, 2011

Okay, here’s why liberals lose elections: They’re not afraid to make fun of each other for taking things way too seriously. Matt Bors, I’m looking at you.When I heard about the Bert-and-Ernie petition, I assumed it was a joke and wondered why PBS took it seriously enough to even bother responding. And I thought the […]

Renton police officers demoted for video

by Alan Gardner 4 comments August 16, 2011

It appears the drama in Renton, WA is over and the individual (or in this case individuals) for posting cartoonish videos mocking the police department has been identified and punished. From the Seattle PI: The 87-page report condemns the sergeant and the the officers, including a deputy chief, who knew about the video. … The […]

(Sign) More profanity in comics

by Alan Gardner 16 comments August 16, 2011

Following up to the letter to the editor I posted last week expressing disgust with “profanity” in Pearls Before Swine, here’s this one by The Argyle Sweater’s Scott Hilburn posted on the GoComics blog that is just as flagrant. It’s just a matter of time before we start hearing our young children yelling obscenities like, […]

CSotD: Grave sensitivity

by Mike Peterson 9 comments August 16, 2011

I’m getting sick of zombie jokes, but I’m also sick of hearing about gluten, so today’s Bliss is a nice mashup of tiresome subjects.I don’t doubt that some people are sensitive to gluten. I seriously doubt that everyone who thinks they’re sensitive to gluten actually is, but I can remember back when some people claimed […]

Diamond’s Geppi watches $1 million art value evaporate

by Alan Gardner 2 comments August 15, 2011

An long but interesting read by Daniel Best about the $1 million purchase of a near complete Archie original art collection drawn by Bob Montana by Diamond Distributor’s Steve Geppi.When art deals go wrong they generally go wrong due to the money involved. Virtually anyone who collects art can tell stories of paying too much […]

Jeff Koterba on NPR’s Whad’Ya Know

by Alan Gardner 0 comments August 15, 2011

Omaha World Herald political cartoonist Jeff Koterba was one of the featured guests on Michael Feldman’s Whad’Ya Know show on Saturday. You can still catch Jeff’s interview on the Whad’Ya Know website. Looks like his interview was during the first half of the two hour show.

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