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INTERESTING LINKS: Pocket Cartoon Course at Scary Terry’s World & Good Time to Donate to The Ohio State University Cartoon Research Library: June 17th, 2009

June 17th, 2009 | Category: Cartooning Lessons, Tips and Tricks, INTERESTING LINKS

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On his Scary Terry’s World blog, cartoonist Terry Beatty has posted a wonderful little instructional booklet from 1943 called Pocket Cartoon Course. If you can identify the artist who drew it, he would like to know. Go check it out!

Terry has apparently been digging through his collections and plans on sharing more cool old stuff… like this great Nell Brinkley cartoon, for example.

ALSO OF NOTE:

Allan Holtz at the Stripper’s Guide blog notes that now is a very good time to give to The Ohio State University Cartoon Research Library, which, by all accounts, has the most fantastic collection of comic art in the world:

The Ohio State University’s Cartoon Research Library has been given a $1 million gift by Jeanne Schulz (widow of Charles) for the renovation of a desperately needed larger facility for their ever-expanding holdings. This is great news. Even better, though is that Jeanne has pledged up to another $2.5 million dollars in matching funds for other donations to the library. In other words, for every dollar you give, Jeanne will match it with a buck of her own. Everything you can afford to give will go twice as far!

Here is a video on the subject, with a glimpse at their incredible holdings:

What are you waiting for?

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INTERESTING LINKS: Mars Attacks! May 27th, 2009

May 27th, 2009 | Category: INTERESTING LINKS

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The Golden Age Comic Book Stories blog has posted some nice scans of the complete series of the notorious and gleefully gruesome Mars Attacks! cards painted by Norm Saunders and Bob Powell (the inspiration for the Tim Burton movie of the same name), as well as the roughs for the cards drawn by Wally Wood and Bob Powell.

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HEY! KIDS! COMICS! : Local Hero Kevin Cannon on 288-Hour Comics at Powell’s Blog : April 15th, 2009

April 15th, 2009 | Category: HEY! KIDS! COMICS!

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Local hero, Kevin Cannon has posted a hilarious account of his attempt at the 288-Hour comic that resulted in his soon-to-be-bestseller from Top Shelf Far Arden (shipping next month!). I have a guest-starring role in the strip… and if you were ever at a Minneapolis 24-Hour Comics Day event, you may be in there too… Go read it here!

Note:

Far Arden is still here online… reading a few pages of it will make you ache for next month when you can buy the Top Shelf book.

If you want to read my introduction to the self-published first edition of Far Arden, you can read it here.

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INTERESTING LINKS: Viva and Jerry’s Country Music Videos: April 2nd, 2009

April 02nd, 2009 | Category: INTERESTING LINKS, WONDERS AND NOVELTIES

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Viva and Jerry are a Minneapolis public access cable phenomenon greatly deserving of wider exposure. Click the image to go experience them, courtesy of the Studio 1020 blog.