Comic Party Portable
David Thompson (Free subscription) | 23/07/2008
At last. The Angry Mob Play Set. Add some dramatic tension to your playtime. Each set includes nine 2” to 3” tall, hard vinyl villagers wielding a variety of weapons for them to wave menacingly at the object of their...
ASIFA - Hollywood Animation Archive (Free subscription) | 21/07/2008
Please Note: The ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive will be closed until Thursday August 1st. The San Diego Comic-Con July 24th - 27th, 2008 ASIFA-Hollywood Booth 5334 (To the right of the main entrance, against the lobby side wall.) ASIFA's booth this year is completely redesigned, with information on membership, the Annie Awards and the Animation Archive . Members of the ASIFA-Hollywood Board of Directors...
David Thompson (Free subscription) | 21/07/2008
In today’s Comment is Free, Marcel Berlins ponders burglary, self-defence and being reasonable. Many people hoping for an unrestricted green light to beat up or shoot their burglars or robbers, even unto death, will be disappointed. The new law turns...
David Thompson (Free subscription) | 20/07/2008
Mick Hartley on Freud, Marx and Hegel - and being antiquated. Freud didn’t cure anyone, or come to his conclusions through the hard work of trial and error. The analytic situation was merely the backdrop for what was really going...
David Thompson (Free subscription) | 18/07/2008
Further to my comments on Zack Synder’s forthcoming film of Watchmen, the first trailer is now online. Here’s the high-definition version. More. And. Also.
ASIFA - Hollywood Animation Archive (Free subscription) | 18/07/2008
"I think [Al Capp] had a lot of talent, no question. He was a good artist. He could capture the peak expression- what made something ultra-funny or ultra-nasty or ultra-cute. He was a very brilliant guy, although a little screwed up. But he was talented, no question. I think he was quite the artist." --Frank Frazetta, Comics Journal Feb. 1995 Al Capp had been the uncredited and underpaid ghost for...
ASIFA - Hollywood Animation Archive (Free subscription) | 17/07/2008
This post is just the tip of the iceberg... see reason number 2 on our The Top Ten Reasons To Support The A-HAA for links to more great posts about print cartoonists. Harrison Cady was one of the most famous and prolific cartoonists of the early decades of the 20th century. Although he is best known as the illustrator of Thornton W. Burgess' Peter Rabbit series of books, and the cartoonist behind...
David Thompson (Free subscription) | 16/07/2008
Thank God for the Guardian. No, really. I mean, where else would you turn to find a socialist named Jemima lecturing us on snobbery and the evils of the word “chav”? Yersterday, Tom Hampson and Jemima Olchawski, both pillars of...
ASIFA - Hollywood Animation Archive (Free subscription) | 16/07/2008
Mike Fontanelli brought by a set of Terrytoons character lobby cards for us to digitize. "It's pretty unusual to find sets of cards" Mike explained, "because collectors back in the 70s would pull out the Mighty Mouse and Heckle and Jeckyl and trash the rest." Terrytoons are vastly underrated. ASIFA-Hollywood is fortunate to have a complete syndication package of Terrytoons on broadcast quality 3/4...
David Thompson (Free subscription) | 15/07/2008
On completion, the Burj Dubai will reach an estimated height of 818m and be the tallest man-made structure in the world. In the image below, taken earlier this year, the tower is a mere 400m tall. It currently measures some...
ASIFA - Hollywood Animation Archive (Free subscription) | 11/07/2008
This post is just the tip of the iceberg... see reason number 9 on our The Top Ten Reasons To Support The A-HAA for links to more great pinup art. George Petty was one of the top "cheesecake" illustrators of the 30s and 40s. He began his career with a series of cartoons featuring beautiful girls and their far from handsome beaus. His work coined the term "Petty Girls" to describe the carefully airbrushed...
David Thompson (Free subscription) | 10/07/2008
Some guidelines for comments, for newcomers. I ask only that people are reasonably civil – despite appearances, this is a classy joint. The “reasonably” bit allows plenty of leeway for barbs and pith, but needlessly vile personal remarks will be...
David Thompson (Free subscription) | 10/07/2008
The Harry’s Place blog is being sued by Mohammed Sawalha, President of the British Muslim Initiative. Mr Sawalha says that the attribution of the phrase “Evil Jew” to him implies that he is “anti-semitic and hateful”. Notably, he does not...
David Thompson (Free subscription) | 09/07/2008
Readers of this blog may be familiar with the Guardian’s Julie Bindel, who thinks “[get] men off the streets” is “a fabulous slogan” and then wonders why some male readers find her rather stupid and objectionable. Ms Bindel insists on...
ASIFA - Hollywood Animation Archive (Free subscription) | 09/07/2008
This post is just the tip of the iceberg... see reason number 2 on our The Top Ten Reasons To Support The A-HAA for links to more great posts about print cartoonists. Al Capp once described Cliff Sterrett as "the finest cartoonist of them all". Yet most people have never heard of him or his strip, Polly And Her Pals. Sterrett debuted the Polly strip in 1912. Initially, it focused on a pretty girl,...
