Beautiful Balloons

… let me suggest you seek it out. The death of cartoonist Arriola at age 90 sent me to my bookshelves to revisit one of my favorite strips. Arriola was probably best known as a gag-a-day man, but the ones … See More

The mail today brought me the catalog from Heritage’s next stupendous offerings of fantasy and science fiction featuring The Robert and Diane Yaspan Collection of Science Fiction and Fantasy. It has me salivating already. If we must find comics connections (aside … See More

I guess we should just keep checking National Public Radio for comics features. You never know on what show they’ll pop up. Today, for example, on Fresh Air, there’ll be an interview with Adrian Tomine involving the release of his … See More

National Public Radio’s Morning Edition today featured a report on the issue of Captain America that goes on sale today. The news featured writer Ed Brubaker’s comments on Bucky’s takeover of a classic role. Yes, the old is new again, … See More

In mulling my Jan. 21 posting on George of the Jungle, I realize I never indicated there was actually (briefly) a George of the Jungle comic book from Gold Key. It ran two issues in 1969, and here’s a panel … See More

Sometimes, I take it for granted that people are following my favorite links (on the left there). But, just in case you’re not, here’s a quote from Neil Gaiman’s blog: “The Writer’s Strike continues. I was delighted that the Weinstein … See More

A weekend chit-chat reminded me to dig out one of my favorite books. Thought I’d provide three samples.   Ho Hum: Newsbreaks from The New Yorker [compilation, editing, and commenting by E.B. White] New York: Farrar & Rinehart, Inc. 1931. … See More

Friday night, I watched the premiere of George of the Jungle on The Cartoon Network and have been mulling ever since a bitter tirade about the new version of the 1967-8 wonder that was reported to have been the only … See More

You’ll note the previous entry features two books by the couple who created “The Berenstain Bears.” Oddly, Wikipedia contains almost nothing about their pre-Bears career, and I have to say that (despite the fact that I enjoy the Bears books) … See More

Now that I’m happily in the routine of posting pictures again, let me gloat over yet another recommendation: When I came back from a Christmas-and-New-Year’s trip to New York and Maryland, it was via Midwest Express and its Milwaukee hub. … See More