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T. Hodler — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 17:52:53 +0000

Snow has kept me away from computers and comics and home for a very long time now — I have nothing to say about funnybooks this week. I briefly considered just giving up, and suggesting that we celebrate the new year with an old video, always worth re-watching:

Luckily, Tom Spurgeon has just interviewed a Comics Comics team member, Mr. Jason T. Miles, sparing us all from that indignity.

You can read their conversation here, and I don’t have to fake a post! This is a true Christmas miracle.

The Problem Solverz Are Back!

Dan Nadel — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 15:12:15 +0000

You might have been asking yourself, what’s Ben Jones been up to? Well, kind people, he is in Burbank, CA right this minute, working long days on his Cartoon Network series, The Problem Solverz. His first season, which was written with Eric (Futurama) Kaplan, is in the middle of production, with an air date sometime in 2011. This is not, as some of you may know, Neon Knome, which was an Adult Swim project that sprung briefly to life. This new show is, if anything, a more pure expression of Ben’s longtime characters, Horace, Roba, and Alfe. It perfectly exemplifies Ben’s genius for character, dialogue, and strikingly beautiful world building. Below is a clip from the first episode — it’s not complete, but gives you a flavor for this new and wonderful series. If you like it, click on over to YouTube and say so. We are also taking any and all “fan art”, which you can send to me for posting at dan (at) pictureboxinc (dot) com.

Comics Enriched Their Lives! #18

T. Hodler — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 16:02:47 +0000

Dino De Laurentiis, film producer.

An Afternoon Cartoon

T. Hodler — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 18:37:30 +0000

Today’s post is running late, but in the meantime, please enjoy this related entertainment.
Something to think about the next time someone tells you they don’t make ‘em like they used to.

Talking Orphan Annie

Jeet Heer — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 18:14:40 +0000

Back in July I appeared on the Michael Coren show as part of the semi-regular arts panel. During the show I talked a bit about my Orphan Annie research. You can see the show by clicking on here. The Annie discussion starts at about 30 minutes into the show.

Karl Wirsum Talks!

Dan Nadel — Sat, 18 Sep 2010 03:07:02 +0000

Alert: Cross posting here, but I can’t resist: Here’s Karl Wirsum talking with me (stress-relieving ~~margherita~~ margarita in hand) about his current show, which I co-curated.

Comics or Not Comics?

T. Hodler — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 20:12:36 +0000

As always, there is only ONE right answer! It is a moral imperative to keep our categories clear, and our aesthetic bloodlines pure.

A Tour of George Herriman’s New Orleans

Jeet Heer — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 14:36:00 +0000

Michael Tisserand is writing the type of book I’ve long dreamed of reading: a full-fledged, deeply researched biography of George Herriman, based on many hours spent in the archives and a thorough search for every factual nugget that can be found about the creator of Krazy Kat. Now, thanks to the New Orleans Times-Picayne, we can get a glimpse of what Michael has in store for us and also see the few remaining buildings in survive in Herriman’s city from the time of his childhood that he would be able to recognize today. If you click here, you’ll find a three minute video where Michael gives a tour of George Herriman’s New Orleans.

R.I.P.

T. Hodler — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 17:11:38 +0000

Harvey Pekar will be missed. [More and more. And more.]

[And more and more and more.]

[And Tom Spurgeon collects it all.]

Talking About Orphan Annie

Jeet Heer — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 02:22:04 +0000

Harold Gray drawing Annie.

Click here if you want to see a brief but interesting discussion of Harold Gray’s Little Orphan Annie.