― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Wednesday, 25 September 2002 16:35 (twenty-one years ago) link
http://www.deeptrancenow.com/images/marmaduke.jpg
― mark s (mark s), Wednesday, 25 September 2002 17:13 (twenty-one years ago) link
Martin S - I'd say that the first ten years or so of Johnny Hart's BC are v. underrated; Mort Walker sustained a pretty gd standard on 'Beetle Bailey' for many years; and I love the drawing style of Dik Browne on 'Hagar' and 'Hi and Lois' - crosshatching to rival Crumb's. These are just off the top of my head, but my point is that 'Peanuts' is obv. a work of genius, but it wasn't THAT much better than many of its peers in the post-war gag strip stakes, at least for the first ten or so years of its run...
― Andrew L (Andrew L), Wednesday, 25 September 2002 17:55 (twenty-one years ago) link
Ernie Bushmiller's Nancy is indeed a rare and beautiful thing. As is 'Barnaby' by Crockett Johnson, Bill Watterson's main source for 'Calvin and Hobbes'.
― Andrew L (Andrew L), Wednesday, 25 September 2002 17:58 (twenty-one years ago) link
http://home.att.net/~k-doyle/Cats/mutts.jpg
besides anything, I mean. but it's so cute!
― felicity (felicity), Wednesday, 25 September 2002 19:10 (twenty-one years ago) link
There. Now even Marmaduke seems hilarious.
― felicity (felicity), Wednesday, 25 September 2002 19:13 (twenty-one years ago) link
― jess (dubplatestyle), Wednesday, 25 September 2002 19:16 (twenty-one years ago) link
Felicity, your cartoon is awesome.
― lyra (lyra), Wednesday, 25 September 2002 19:29 (twenty-one years ago) link
Is that a Bushmiller Nancy? He died in '82, but he was only "supervising" the strip from about '78 or '79. Willie Johnson did the dailies and ex-Superman artist Al Plastino did the Sundays. I really like EB's late Nancy strips, when it was so stunningly codified that there were rumours he used rubber stamps to produce the strip.
― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Wednesday, 25 September 2002 20:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
good question, Martin. I thought so, although I can't read the date there. It's from here.
― felicity (felicity), Wednesday, 25 September 2002 20:09 (twenty-one years ago) link
― mark s (mark s), Wednesday, 25 September 2002 20:14 (twenty-one years ago) link
― felicity (felicity), Wednesday, 25 September 2002 20:20 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Wednesday, 25 September 2002 21:29 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 25 September 2002 21:35 (twenty-one years ago) link
and the Dinette Set is the poor man's Non Sequitur
I do like Boondocks.
― felicity (felicity), Wednesday, 25 September 2002 21:48 (twenty-one years ago) link
I am having a spectacularly bad hair day here, if Jazmine could see me now then it'd definitely change her preconceptions of European hair.
― Rebecca (reb), Wednesday, 25 September 2002 22:01 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Rebecca (reb), Wednesday, 25 September 2002 22:02 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Wednesday, 25 September 2002 22:17 (twenty-one years ago) link
Boondocks site
― felicity (felicity), Wednesday, 25 September 2002 22:47 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Rebecca (reb), Wednesday, 25 September 2002 23:24 (twenty-one years ago) link
― felicity (felicity), Wednesday, 25 September 2002 23:32 (twenty-one years ago) link
― M Matos (M Matos), Thursday, 26 September 2002 02:23 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Tad (llamasfur), Monday, 9 December 2002 05:07 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Justyn Dillingham (Justyn Dillingham), Saturday, 27 September 2003 01:17 (twenty years ago) link
― Justyn Dillingham (Justyn Dillingham), Saturday, 27 September 2003 01:18 (twenty years ago) link
Panel 1: Charlie Brown, awake in bed, staring at ceiling, snoopy sleeping draped over CB's feet: "Sometimes I lie awake at night, and I ask, can my generation look to the future with hope?"
Panel 2:Charlie Brown, lying on side with very worried expression, and snoopy is now awake with identical furrowed brow:"Then, out of the dark, a voice comes to me that says, 'Why, sure... well, I mean... that is... it sort of depends... I mean... if... when... who... we... and..."
October 23, 1995
most of them were bad, but every once in a while... pow.
― (Jon L), Saturday, 27 September 2003 04:05 (twenty years ago) link
Only things I could give 2 seconds to these days is Mutts and Get Fuzzy.
― sucka (sucka), Saturday, 27 September 2003 04:16 (twenty years ago) link
A press release about this wondrous event.
― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Saturday, 27 September 2003 14:23 (twenty years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Saturday, 27 September 2003 14:32 (twenty years ago) link
― Chris P (Chris P), Saturday, 27 September 2003 15:25 (twenty years ago) link
― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Saturday, 27 September 2003 16:00 (twenty years ago) link
Re-reading the article above, I see that it says over 50% of the first volume consists of stuff that's never been reprinted.
― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Saturday, 27 September 2003 16:03 (twenty years ago) link
― Chris P (Chris P), Saturday, 27 September 2003 16:18 (twenty years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Saturday, 27 September 2003 17:05 (twenty years ago) link
― Chris P (Chris P), Saturday, 27 September 2003 17:39 (twenty years ago) link
― Chris P (Chris P), Saturday, 27 September 2003 17:40 (twenty years ago) link
Sssexy!
― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Friday, 19 December 2003 21:48 (twenty years ago) link
― El Diablo Robotico (Nicole), Friday, 19 December 2003 21:49 (twenty years ago) link
― Casuistry (Chris P), Friday, 19 December 2003 22:14 (twenty years ago) link
http://images.amazon.com/images/P/1560976144.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg
― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Tuesday, 30 March 2004 08:00 (twenty years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 30 March 2004 13:19 (twenty years ago) link
I went to the Schulz museum in Santa Rosa last year and it just busted me in two in a wonderful way.
― m.e.a. (m.e.a.), Tuesday, 30 March 2004 13:25 (twenty years ago) link
sorry i'm british. no-one i know would give a sh-t over here.
― piscesboy, Tuesday, 30 March 2004 15:54 (twenty years ago) link
― stevie (stevie), Tuesday, 30 March 2004 17:01 (twenty years ago) link
― J.D. (Justyn Dillingham), Wednesday, 31 March 2004 05:03 (twenty years ago) link
― Speedy (Speedy Gonzalas), Wednesday, 31 March 2004 09:29 (twenty years ago) link
― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Wednesday, 31 March 2004 18:02 (twenty years ago) link
http://www.fantagraphics.com/peanuts/lilfolks.jpg
I always thought "Peanuts" was kind of a dud, until they started rerunning the old strips after Schulz's death, and I realized how hilarious they used to be. I'm looking forward to more of the "Complete Peanuts" books.
― morris pavilion (samjeff), Tuesday, 18 May 2004 20:31 (twenty years ago) link
The other thing I noticed looking at the really early strips is just how much Charlie Brown looks like Calvin...or vice versa, really. Just put a bad haircut on some of those early Charlie Brown drawings, and you'd have Calvin.
― Sean Carruthers (SeanC), Tuesday, 18 May 2004 21:00 (twenty years ago) link
― aimurchie, Tuesday, 18 May 2004 21:15 (twenty years ago) link