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Ezekiel Fishman Versus the Martians Part Two: A Gross Comic Project

Posted on March 19, 2007 by STWALLSKULL

The second chapter of my Gross Comic, Ezekiel Fishman Versus the Martians, has been posted… follow the link and go to page 13 for Chapter two, or read from the beginning.

You won’t want to miss these wonderful gross comics from Zander Cannon and Kevin Cannon:

Zander Cannon’s Heck and Kevin Cannon’s Oceanis

We had 7 cartoonists joining us in this month in the Gross Comic Project AKA The 144 Hour Graphic Novel Challenge, bringing the total participants up to 10 (and we’ve had others express interest in it as well, so there may be more next month). Here are the current participants, all neatly alphebetized for your convenience:

Kevin Cannon
Zander Cannon
Danno aka Dank!
Eric Lappegard
Maxeem
Shad Petosky
Tim Sievert
Curtis Square-Briggs
Steven Stwalley
Brett VonSchlosser

Hopefully some of the new participants will be posting their comics online as well… I’ll keep you posted.

Interesting Links: March 20, 2007

Posted on March 19, 2007 by STWALLSKULL

Crumbling Paper: Gluyas Williams Circa 1927 Strip #12

Posted on March 19, 2007 by STWALLSKULL

Another in a series of scans of 1927 strips from cartoonist Gluyas Williams. Click on the image for the full strip.

You can see some more great stuff by Gluyas Williams at gluyaswilliams.com, at The Stripper’s Guide, and at Barnacle Press.

THE CARTOON CRYPT: Betty Boop in Snow White (1933)

Posted on March 19, 2007 by STWALLSKULL

Another one of the Fleischer Brothers’ best cartoons… this one is their (pre-Disney) version of Snow White. It doesn’t follow the Snow White story closely at all… not that the Disney one does either… but in this one the story is a largely ignored framework on which to build some cartoon craziness… sure, there are some dwarfs in there for about fifteen seconds, a witch and a magic mirror… there’s also a dragon with three duck heads on it’s head. The highlight is when Koko the Clown is transformed into an eerie spectre singing and dancing Cab Calloway’s St. James Infirmary… it may just be me, but besides being funny, I find this scene genuinely chilling as well… it makes the hair stand up on my neck. Stare in the face of your own mortality in the empty eyes of Koko the Clown…

Crumbling Paper: Gluyas Williams Circa 1927 Strip #11

Posted on March 15, 2007 by STWALLSKULL

Another in a series of scans of 1927 strips from cartoonist Gluyas Williams. Click on the image for the full strip.

You can see some more great stuff by Gluyas Williams at gluyaswilliams.com, at The Stripper’s Guide, and at Barnacle Press.

Recent Interesting Links: 03/15/07

Posted on March 15, 2007 by STWALLSKULL

Crumbling Paper: Gluyas Williams Circa 1927 Strip #10

Posted on March 14, 2007 by STWALLSKULL

Another in a series of scans of 1927 strips from cartoonist Gluyas Williams. Click on the image for the full strip.

You can see some more great stuff by Gluyas Williams at gluyaswilliams.com, at The Stripper’s Guide, and at Barnacle Press.

Help the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund by Surfing the Web

Posted on March 14, 2007 by STWALLSKULL

I recently found out about the search engine goodsearch.com, which donates a penny for every search you make to the charity of your choice. This is an easy way for comics enthusiasts to help out the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund. The search engine is powered by yahoo, so it should work pretty well. Here’s a news video about it.

You can see on the site how much has been raised so far for the charity of your choice… so far, in the history of the search engine, a total of $1.89 has been raised for the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund. We can do a lot better than that. Get searching! I just made them four cents!

Obviously, one person doesn’t make a ton of difference doing this, but an organized effort definitely can. The above video mentions one charity that made over 2 grand. Tell your comic enthusiast friends!

Unfortunately for the Fantagraphics Legal Defense Fund, only non-profits can earn money from goodsearch… otherwise I’d suggest searching for them, since the CBLDF has unfortunately decided not to assist them with their current legal troubles. However, you can still do yourself a favor and support Fantagraphics by buying some of their numerous excellent books!