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Sun, 30 Aug 2009
I just read on Eddie Campbell's blog about a rarely seen part of Will Eisner's body of work. From 1951 to 1971 Eisner worked for Uncle Sam producing PS Magazine, which matched humorous cheesecake art with tips on preventative maintenance. I've alsways been curious about this stuff and now The Virginia Commonwealth Institute has released a complete archive of it all for anyone to browse.
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I can't believe I've never seen this video before, but that probably means that most of you haven't either. It's a documentary about Alan Moore from 1987, after he'd only been writing comics for a few years. Somehow it seemed obvious even then that this guy was going to continue to change the medium of comics. And he has done that for sure.
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Sat, 15 Aug 2009
I just read about a great new blog on Drawn.ca that is totally devoted to the long neglected topic of Monster Cereals. These terrifyingly tasty breakfast treats barely qualifies as actual food, but they sure were fun, as is this blog. It's filled with ephemera about the cereal-hawking abominations that were the mascots of the brand. I remember the big 3 brands Count Chocula, Frankenberry and Boo Berry, and sorta remember Yummy Mummy, but I never realized there was a cereal called Fruit Brute. That may very well be the best cereal monster name of all time.
Sat, 08 Aug 2009
R. Crumb's Short History of America
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