TODAY’S FEATURED ITEM:

This report from the Drawn and Quarterly blog on a speaking engagement by Seth and Chris Ware in Waterloo, Ontario includes photos of the gorgeous miniature city that Seth has built (“Dominion City,” not Palookaville)… I would love to see that in person. Click the above image to go see the large photos.

• Eyes and how versatile they can be (if you let them)
  from John K Stuff
• Senate to Middle Class: Drop Dead …a message from Michael Moore
  from Michael Moore – Mike’s Message
• -Link- Various promotional interviews
  from Gunk’l’dunk
• Appeal – 2 – Big Eyes
  from John K Stuff
• Jello Biafra’s Open Letter to Barack Obama
  from Disinfo.com
• Vintage Ads: Would you name your soap…
  from Martin Klasch
• De Aetatibus Mundi Imagines
  from BibliOdyssey
• Happy Monkey Day!
  from Monkeys In The News
• Pearl S. Buck’s ‘A Christmas Miniature’, illustrated by the Disney Studios (1956 magazine feature)
  from I’m Learning To Share!
• Appealing Character Design Goes A Long Way
  from John K Stuff
• MONTAGE FROMMAGE
  from Gorilla Men
• MGM Shorts Story
  from Cartoon Brew: Leading the Animation Conversation
• I Hate Nature: The African Wilderness Is A Dick
  from Cracked: All Posts
• 6 Insane Discoveries That Science Can’t Explain
  from Cracked: All Posts
• Daily tracking of 40 things about yourself
  from Boing Boing
• You will never walk by Artists Alley the same way again
  from THE BEAT
• Let “SANDY” Haunt Your Unquiet Dreams
  from Again With the Comics
• Frank Frazetta The 2 Canaveral Press Burroughs
  from Golden Age Comic Book Stories
• Edgar Rice Burroughs 1875 ~ 1950
  from Golden Age Comic Book Stories
• Mystery Strips of E&P – “O” Listings
  from Stripper’s Guide
• Jim Tyer’s Greatest Triumph
  from ThadBlog
• King of the Garrotters
  from Yesterday’s Papers
• Police Periodicals
  from Yesterday’s Papers
• Edgar Rice Burroughs The Westerns Art
  from Golden Age Comic Book Stories
• Report: Pentagon Pro-Troop Group Misspent Millions.
  from Boing Boing
• Go Read It!
  from news from me
• Ten Questions For Which I Have No Answer, Or At Least Not One I Like
  from CR Briefings
• David King
  from 20 Questions with Cartoonists
• Dash Shaw
  from 20 Questions with Cartoonists
• John Porcellino
  from 20 Questions with Cartoonists
• Zak Sally
  from 20 Questions with Cartoonists
• Dec. 5, 2008: Pig hooker
  from Journalista – the news weblog of The Comics Journal
• BBC episode rescued by illegal home taper — the sort of thing the Beeb is stamping out with DRM
  from Boing Boing
• Seth and Chris Ware in Waterloo
  from Drawn and Quarterly
• Flintstones facepaint movie
  from Cartoon Brew: Leading the Animation Conversation
• Macy’s Parade Archive Photos
  from Cartoon Brew: Leading the Animation Conversation
• Argentinian Movie Posters
  from PCL LinkDump
• Illustration: Vintage Space Age
  from Martin Klasch
• Whistler’s Jug Band 1930
  from Little Hokum Rag
• More Bambi
  from Michael Sporn Animation – Splog
• Toy Story: 1921
  from Shorpy Photo Archive – ShorpyBlog
• Why defend freedom of icky speech?
  from Neil Gaiman’s Journal
• Max in the New York Times
  from The Ephemerist
• Disney Principles – Solid Drawing 1
  from John K Stuff
• 7 Historical Figures Who Were Absurdly Hard To Kill
  from Cracked: All Posts
• Who are you rooting for?
  from Gorilla Men
• Rare Iwerks cels
  from Cartoon Brew: Leading the Animation Conversation
• Roy Doty’s Christmas Cards 1950-2007
  from Mike Lynch Cartoons
• Hindi Films
  from PCL LinkDump
• Japanese-American Animation Artists of the Golden Age
  from Cartoon Brew: Leading the Animation Conversation
• VAN HORN VS MANTAN
  from Gorilla Men
• Solid Elmer – McKimson – Head Rotations
  from John K Stuff
• An Internship with MAD’s Tom Richmond
  from Mike Lynch Cartoons
• Constructing ELMER
  from John K Stuff
• Leslie Cabarga’s Garage Sale
  from Cartoon Brew: Leading the Animation Conversation
• Perugia Scribe
  from BibliOdyssey
• Interview with Lynda Barry
  from Drawn! The Illustration and Cartooning Blog
• Health Update: Surgery!
  from Scott Saavedra’s Comic Book Heaven
• Taking stock
  from Michael Sporn Animation – Splog
• WHO WOULD BUY THIS?- THE ARCHIE MCPHEE STORY
  from SECRET FUN BLOG
• VOX V251 Guitar Organ
  from WFMU’s Beware of the Blog
• Chris Mclaren has posted seven photos
  from The Fate of the Artist
• CONFUSING KONGS
  from Gorilla Men
• Christmas: Here We Go Again…
  from Martin Klasch
• Vintage Photos: More Airships
  from Martin Klasch
• Bugs Dies 1 – McKimson – Disney Principles – solid drawing
  from John K Stuff
• Adrian and Gabrielle: Supermodels
  from Drawn and Quarterly
• Sixth Finger Commercial
  from Mike Lynch Cartoons
• Bob Staake: Best Cover of the Year
  from Mike Lynch Cartoons
• Disney Principles – “Pliable” or “Organic”
  from John K Stuff
• Meet Otto Soglow
  from Matinee At The Bijou
• Ephemera: Soviet Christmas Cards
  from Martin Klasch
• *The Good Minnesotan Issue Three by Various Artists*
  from SIZE MATTERS: The Mini-Comics Blog
• Bugs’ Death 2 – Solid Drawing – adding perspective
  from John K Stuff
• Orangutan’s Spontaneous Whistling Opens New Chapter In Study Of Evolution Of Speech
  from Monkeys In The News
• Federal Reserve refuses to disclose the recipients of $2 trillion in emergency loans
  from Boing Boing
• Scrappy Days, Part Five
  from news from me
• R.I.P. Bettie Page
  from FLOG! Entries
• MPAA to Obama: censor the Internet, kick people off the Internet, break other countries’ Internet
  from Boing Boing
• Apple gets into the book-banning business
  from Boing Boing
• Carl Malamud, rogue archivist, in Wired
  from Boing Boing
• Dave Cooper animation
  from THE BEAT
• Bettie Page, R.I.P.
  from news from me
• Scientists extract images directly from brain
  from Boing Boing
• Cartoon Storyboards from the Sixties — Irv Spector draws Linus the Lionhearted
  from Cartoon SNAP
• History: Disney’s Artist Tryout Book
  from ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive
• Roy G Krenkel 1918 ~ 1983 3 of the 4 Burroughs books
  from Golden Age Comic Book Stories
• The Wide Angle Scream, What Was Old Is New Again
  from Simon and Kirby – Jack Kirby Museum & Research
• In Memoriam: Bettie Page
  from Steve Duin – The Oregonian – OregonLive.com
• Dec. 12, 2008: Frumpy Friday
  from Journalista – the news weblog of The Comics Journal