TODAY’S FEATURED ITEM:

For the last few months, webcomics.com has been posting a ton of excellent cartooning lessons… it is quickly becoming one of the best places to look on the web for this sort of information (along with the Cartoonist Conspiracy’s Cartooning Lessons rss feed, which you can find here). Many of the articles are user submitted, so if you have information to share, it is a good opportunity to do so. Go check it out!

• Midnight Snack: Panel After Panel
  from CR Briefings
• Thomas Edison’s crappy, price-fixing EULA
  from Boing Boing
• Today’s Video Link
  from news from me
• Inking with your Natural Movement
  from webcomics.com
• Webcomics and Blogger
  from webcomics.com
• The Con Table: Overlooked Key to Success
  from webcomics.com
• In Favor of the Bigger Buffer
  from webcomics.com
• Lettering Fonts
  from webcomics.com
• William Randolph Hearst… an Appreciation
  from webcomics.com
• Writer and Artist: Establishing a Relationship
  from webcomics.com
• Dang But Photoshop Is Expensive
  from webcomics.com
• Tutorial: Making Word Balloons with Adobe Photoshop
  from webcomics.com
• Color Flatting Your Comic
  from webcomics.com
• How Much is Too Much?
  from webcomics.com
• Day Job vs. Dream Job
  from webcomics.com
• Choosing a schedule
  from webcomics.com
• A thought about collectives
  from webcomics.com
• Gettin’ Sketchy
  from webcomics.com
• The Tax Man Cometh…
  from webcomics.com
• The results of the 4 Hour Font Battle
  from DocPop.org
• Jan. 14, 2009: Juan Valdez secretly lusts after goats
  from Journalista – the news weblog of The Comics Journal
• WFMU’s Antique Phonograph Music Program from Jan 13, 2009
  from WFMU’s Antique Phonograph Music Program
• Q&A: Dean Mullaney on Noel Sickles, Milton Caniff and Eclipse Comics
  from comics.gearlive.com
• Ask Alan
  from The Forbidden Planet International Blog Log
• Jan. 13, 2009: Ruining everything
  from Journalista – the news weblog of The Comics Journal
• Lying In The Gutters – 1-12-2009
  from Lying In The Gutters
• S. Charles Lee’s deco movie theaters
  from Boing Boing
• All Whole Earth publications online
  from Boing Boing
• China’s astroturf army
  from Boing Boing
• FFF Results Post #146 — Abracadabra
  from CR Briefings
• 25 Great Things About Being A Comics Fan
  from CR Briefings
• Folk song containing vital wisdom for Internet users
  from Boing Boing
• Princess Bride DVD ambigram
  from Boing Boing
• Another London photographer arrested for “terrorism” (i.e. “taking a picture of a public building”)
  from Boing Boing
• Pneumatic tube-based postal systems of the late 19th century
  from Boing Boing
• Jaffee, Feiffer, and Pekar interview series
  from THE BEAT
• Not Comics: A Little Bit More On The Death Of The Daily Newspaper
  from CR Briefings
• Top 11 compounds in US drinking water
  from Boing Boing
• Last Words from Journalist Murdered in Sri Lanka
  from Boing Boing
• Frogfish
  from Boing Boing
• Wimpy Kids phenomenon detailed
  from THE BEAT
• “Bugged By A Bee” (1969)
  from Misce-Looney-ous
• The Apache Kid
  from Uncle John’s Crazy Town
• BAMBI – publicity sketches part 3
  from TAGTOONZ
• *N. C. Wyeth* ** Kidnapped *by* Robert Louis Stevenson
  from Golden Age Comic Book Stories
• Joe Simon’s Political Comics
  from Simon and Kirby – Jack Kirby Museum & Research
• Joe Simon’s Newspaper Art
  from Simon and Kirby – Jack Kirby Museum & Research
• Titan Announces Expanded Simon and Kirby Library
  from Simon and Kirby – Jack Kirby Museum & Research
• Sunday Pin-Up
  from Fortress Of Fortitude
• *Mead Schaeffer* 1898 ~ 1980 The Count of Monte Cristo
  from Golden Age Comic Book Stories
• Lake Harriet Kite Festival
  from Twin Cities Sketchers
• Jan. 12, 2009: The Comics Journal #295
  from Journalista – the news weblog of The Comics Journal
• The Comics Journal Message Board :: View topic – Question about the ‘Krazy & Ignatz’ series
  from The Comics Journal Message Board
• Open Source » Blog Archive » The Dark Pages: An hour of radio dedicated to the graphic novel
  from radioopensource.org
• Discovering Your Own Lost Sounds
  from WFMU’s Beware of the Blog
• Abandoned Prime Minister’s mansion in Beirut
  from Boing Boing
• Whistling orangutan
  from Boing Boing
• THE UNHOLY THREE
  from Gorilla Men
• KING KONG ESCAPES TO ARGENTINA
  from Gorilla Men
• Louis Moe 1857-1945
  from Little Hokum Rag
• number five is alive
  from Doot Doot Garden Blog
• No Lessons! No Talent! ANYONE Can Draw With This Amazing New Invention!
  from Cartoon SNAP
• WATCHMEN producer speaks
  from THE BEAT
• The Air Force’s rules of engagement for blogging
  from Boing Boing
• Dramatic photos of convenience store robbery suspect
  from Boing Boing
• Today’s Video Link
  from news from me
• Spider-Man’s team-up with Obama gets attention…lots of it
  from THE BEAT
• Ray Dennis Steckler, RIP
  from Satellite News
• Jan. 9, 2009: Sam Zittle’s crucifixion machine
  from Journalista – the news weblog of The Comics Journal
• Electric Bath Duckie
  from Boing Boing
• P. Craig Russell explains sequential narration
  from Drawn! The Illustration and Cartooning Blog
• Hoarder died in garbage labyrinth
  from Boing Boing
• INFAMIA DE HOMBRE Y LLANTO DE MUJER
  from Viñetas
• Wow!
  from Uncle John’s Crazy Town
• The Night Before Christmas, Little Golden Book
  from Uncle Ernie’s Creature Ink
• The Haunted Mansion (Golden Press, 1970)
  from THE HORRORS OF IT ALL
• A Christmas Carol (1843)
  from The Comic Book Catacombs
• But I Digress…
  from Stripper’s Guide
• What actually happened to the art
  from Sekvenskonst
• Complete Rip Kirby
  from Sekvenskonst
• Hot babes
  from Sekvenskonst
• The Mickey Mouse Theater
  from Sekvenskonst
• *John William Waterhouse* 1849 ~ 1917
  from Golden Age Comic Book Stories
• degaulle arc triomphe
  from Agence eureka
• America limps along after Bush, by the numbers
  from Boing Boing
• Bre Pettis’s rapid prototyping talk
  from Boing Boing
• Watch The Prisoner online
  from THE BEAT
• Peter Bagge in Discover
  from THE BEAT
• Comic Book Resources Interviews Cannon Brothers
  from Big Time Attic
• Jan. 8, 2009: The heartbreak of series cancellation
  from Journalista – the news weblog of The Comics Journal
• How Hasbro And Mattel Killed Interest In Online Scrabble
  from Techdirt
• Happy Public Domain Day 2009!
  from Boing Boing
• RIAA ditches MediaSentry, will now stop suing dead people and children in favor of asking ISPs to censor Internet and spy on the public
  from Boing Boing
• Bruce Sterling’s state of the world 2009
  from Boing Boing
• The Beat’s Annual Yearend Survey, 2009 Edition: Part I
  from THE BEAT
• DOD Wants parent bots to fool tots
  from Boing Boing
• Fleischer Newsreel
  from Uncle John’s Crazy Town
• Psst … wanna buy a hanky?
  from Uncle John’s Crazy Town
• Poor Boys of London
  from Yesterday’s Papers
• Interview with Derf
  from SLG Publishing – SLG NEWS BLOG
• Joe Simon’s Career in Advertising
  from Simon and Kirby – Jack Kirby Museum & Research
• Uncle Wiggily and the snow plow
  from Hairy Green Eyeball
• How the future wasn’t
  from Hairy Green Eyeball
• Laff your way to the bank
  from Hairy Green Eyeball
• *snap-shots I took of some neat* *TOYS*
  from Golden Age Comic Book Stories
• *Christmas Magazine Covers & Cards*
  from Golden Age Comic Book Stories
• The Night Before Christmas *by* Clement C. Moore
  from Golden Age Comic Book Stories
• *Fantastic Adventures* 128 issues ~ May/1939-March/1953
  from Golden Age Comic Book Stories
• *N. C. Wyeth* 1882 ~ 1945
  from Golden Age Comic Book Stories
• *Frank Frazetta* The Buck Rogers Covers
  from Golden Age Comic Book Stories
• *Edd Cartier* 1914 ~ December 25, 2008
  from Golden Age Comic Book Stories
• *N. C. Wyeth* The Odyssey of Homer
  from Golden Age Comic Book Stories
• *Sigismond Ivanowski* A handful of *wonderful* illustrations
  from Golden Age Comic Book Stories
• *One of my absolute favorite artists*
  from Golden Age Comic Book Stories
• *Alphonse Mucha* 1860 ~ 1939
  from Golden Age Comic Book Stories
• Sign for pharmacy in Burkina Faso
  from Boing Boing
• Stephen Fry on the beauty of “incorrect” language and the stupid futility of linguistic pedantry
  from Boing Boing
• The Beat’s Annual Yearend Survey, 2009 Edition: Part III
  from THE BEAT
• Thor scares off burglar
  from Boing Boing
• National Geographic’s International Photo Contest 2008
  from Boing Boing
• Go, Read: CR Holiday Interview Series
  from CR Briefings
• Furry convention photos
  from Boing Boing
• When A Story Is A Non-Story But Still A Story: Smell Of Steve’s Planet Of Beer
  from CR Briefings
• MicroCon Wants Your Posters!
  from CONSPIRE!
• Open Source TV – Howard Tayler of Schlock Mercenary
  from opensourcetv.tv
• Bookslut | An Interview with Jason Lutes
  from Bookslut
• Today’s Video Link
  from news from me
• Lynda Barry and Alison Bechdel podcast
  from THE BEAT
• LiveJournal future cloudy, ask again later
  from THE BEAT
• The life of Steve Gerber
  from THE BEAT
• Jan. 7, 2009: The 500-year-old accident of economics
  from Journalista – the news weblog of The Comics Journal
• End Times – The Atlantic (January/February 2009)
  from theatlantic.com
• The Future
  from FLOG! Entries
• HELP Nina Paley and Mike Fiffe!
  from THE BEAT
• Cookie Monster eats World Trade towers in 1976
  from Boing Boing
• Acclaimed animated movie can’t be shown because of licensing costs for 80+ year-old music
  from Boing Boing
• Pull Quotes: Cartoonists and the recession
  from THE BEAT
• Clay Shirky on traditional media: “2009 is going to be a bloodbath."
  from Boing Boing
• Edd Cartier (1914-2008)
  from Yesterday’s Papers
• Homicidal Heroines
  from Yesterday’s Papers
• BAMBI – publicity sketches part 1
  from TAGTOONZ
• BAMBI – publicity sketches part 2
  from TAGTOONZ
• Snow Fun
  from Room 26 Cabinet of Curiosities
• Fine Printing and Resolutions
  from Room 26 Cabinet of Curiosities
• Scott’s Classic Comics Corner: Buying the Whole Company
  from Comics Should Be Good! @ Comic Book Resources
• Krazy Kat – Beautiful Stop-Motion Animated Short Lovingly Recreates Herriman’s Eternal Triangle
  from Cartoon SNAP
• How to Draw and Understand Folds and Clothing by Storyboard Artist Kelly Brine
  from Cartoon SNAP
• Lying In The Gutters
  from CBR Columns
• Lying In The Gutters
  from CBR Columns
• Lying In The Gutters
  from CBR Columns
• The Beat’s Annual Yearend Survey, 2009 Edition: Part II
  from THE BEAT
• Interview: Kevin Huizenga Pt. 2 [of 2]
  from The Daily Cross Hatch
• Interview: Bob Fingerman Pt. 1 [of 3]
  from The Daily Cross Hatch
• Comic Shop Focus: Needles and Pens, San Francisco, CA
  from The Daily Cross Hatch
• Interview: Bob Fingerman Pt. 2 [of 3]
  from The Daily Cross Hatch
• Naughty speed camera prank
  from Boing Boing
• Kung Fu Rodeo » Blog Archive » “Penny Arcade” Awards $10K Scholarship
  from kungfurodeo.com
• Kyle Baker’s review of THE SPIRIT
  from THE BEAT
• Mommy? Maurice Sendak’s monstrous kids’ pop-up book
  from Boing Boing
• JAM THIS THURSDAY IN MINNEAPOLIS (January 8th)
  from CONSPIRE!
• Jan. 6, 2009: Plenty of seats
  from Journalista – the news weblog of The Comics Journal
• Reinstate Hank Williams Petition
  from gopetition.com
• Kure Kure Takora – Amazing Japanese Kids Show from the 70’s
  from Boing Boing
• Split tongue video
  from Boing Boing
• The Collins Kids — “Hoy Hoy Hoy”
  from Boing Boing
• Mall in China has McDnoald’s and Bucksstar Coffee
  from Boing Boing
• Screamin’ Jay Hawkins: “I Put A Spell On You”
  from Boing Boing
• Here it is! “Robot Monkey Safari”
  from The Frank Diddly Cartoon Studio
• Ford Motors Plant – The Triumphant Return Part 1
  from actionsquad.org
• Hit and Run – Well, Blow Me Down! – Reason Magazine
  from reason.com
• Lying In The Gutters – 1-5-2009
  from Lying In The Gutters
• Illustration: St Nicholas Magazine, Dec 1910
  from ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive
• culbuto
  from Agence eureka
• poussin
  from Agence eureka
• kiki le chien
  from Agence eureka
• joyeuxnoel
  from Agence eureka
• ars nono3 102
  from Agence eureka
• bastidores
  from Agence eureka
• parents educ 1
  from Agence eureka
• chambre rustique
  from Agence eureka
• place publique
  from Agence eureka
• coulisses du palais
  from Agence eureka
• Al Franken vs. Ann Coulter
  from Boing Boing
• Random Comics News Story Round-Up
  from CR Briefings
• Free, legal downloads of every Beatles song
  from Boing Boing
• Things I’ve Found In A Desk Drawer
  from CR Briefings
• Jan. 5, 2009: Endless parade of worry
  from Journalista – the news weblog of The Comics Journal
• Today’s Video Link
  from news from me
• Top 500 worst passwords
  from Boing Boing
• Opening titles of B-movies
  from Boing Boing
• Cephalerotica
  from Boing Boing
• Episode 2
  from The Mini-Comics Dump Truck
• DIY Mini-Comic Stand
  from The Mini-Comics Dump Truck
• Episode 5
  from The Mini-Comics Dump Truck
• Side Saddle Stitching
  from The Mini-Comics Dump Truck
• Podcast Episode 7
  from The Mini-Comics Dump Truck
• Podcast Episode 6
  from The Mini-Comics Dump Truck
• “How to Sell Your Mini-Comic to Comic Stores”
  from The Mini-Comics Dump Truck
• 1970 video about collecting comic books
  from Boing Boing
• Strong to the Finish?
  from news from me
• WATCHMEN: this is getting uglier
  from THE BEAT
• Is the Jim Woodring pinball machine a reality, or a fever dream?
  from Boing Boing
• Billie Holiday Sings “Strange Fruit”
  from Boing Boing
• Another Year
  from Neil Gaiman’s Journal
• Far Side reenactments
  from Boing Boing
• CR Holiday Interview #8: Matt Forsythe
  from CR Briefings
• WFMU’s Antique Phonograph Music Program from Dec 30, 2008
  from WFMU’s Antique Phonograph Music Program
• Lying In The Gutters – 12-30-2008
  from Lying In The Gutters
• Comic Art Gallery of Rob Stolzer at ComicArtFans.com
  from comicartfans.com
• WFMU’s Antique Phonograph Music Program from Dec 16, 2008
  from WFMU’s Antique Phonograph Music Program
• CR Holiday Interview #6: Eddie Campbell
  from CR Briefings
• Will Elder – b. 1921 – His Mad World – The Lives They Lived – Obituaries – NYTimes.com
  from The New York Times
• Prototype – The Comics Are Feeling the Pain of Print
  from The New York Times
• CR Holiday Interview #5: Dan Nadel
  from CR Briefings
• CR Holiday Interview #4: Sean T. Collins On The Year In Alternative/Arts Comics
  from CR Briefings
• CR Holiday Interview #1: Kim Thompson
  from CR Briefings
• CR Holiday Interview #2: Jeet Heer On Little Orphan Annie
  from CR Briefings
• Today’s Video Link
  from news from me
• Take advice from da SPHINX
  from Sally Cruikshank
• Squirrel Nut Zippers – Ghost of Stephen Foster
  from Sally Cruikshank
• Why Al Franken Should NOT Be Riding Private Planes
  from commondreams.org
• Judge In ‘Watchmen’ Case Rules For Fox; Fans Brace for Fallout
  from hollywoodinsider.ew.com
• Weekend America: Cocktail Hour
  from weekendamerica.publicradio.org
• from Colleen Coover
• NPR coverage of LUSH
  from Prattles
• Purple squirrel in England
  from Boing Boing
• Man who set up alternate email for White House dies in plane crash
  from Boing Boing
• Klaymation Krazy Kat
  from FLOG! Entries
• WFMU’s Old Codger with Courtney T. Edison from Dec 22, 2008
  from WFMU’s Old Codger with Courtney T. Edison
• Lying In The Gutters – 12-22-2008
  from Lying In The Gutters
• Minicomics Dumptruck
  from CONSPIRE!
• Cheney Throws Down Gauntlet, Defies Prosecution for War Crimes
  from commondreams.org
• The Comics Journal Message Board :: View topic – Recommend us a Printer for Newsprint Tabloids
  from The Comics Journal Message Board
• The Comics Journal Message Board :: View topic – The Swipe File
  from The Comics Journal Message Board
• Howard the Duck Newspaper Strips
  from nemsworld.com
• The Comics Journal Message Board :: View topic – Yes, Virginia, There Is a Howard the Duck Christmas Story!!!
  from The Comics Journal Message Board
• Black Lips Illusionary CD Cover
  from Mighty Optical Illusions
• Edgar Rice Burroughs The Tarzan Series Art
  from Golden Age Comic Book Stories
• Feature: “The Gutenberg Christmas Catalogue, 1608”
  from McSweeney’s
• The Goons: “I’m Walking Backwards for Christmas”
  from Boing Boing
• Bijou Mini-Matinee #44 – A Little King Christmas
  from Matinee At The Bijou