Saturday, May 17, 2008

Today's Political Thought

If Hillary Clinton had voted against the War in Iraq — or even said she shouldn't have — she'd be the next President of the United States.

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Elder Statesman

The L.A. Times has a great obit on Will Elder, in part because of some rare photos. There are a couple of errors in it, however. The editor of Mad is quoted as talking about what a great job Elder did drawing the classic Mad story, "Superduperman." As we all know, "Superduperman" was drawn by Wally Wood. Also, an illustration identified as being from the first issue of Mad is not from the first issue of Mad.

Here's another one in The Washington Post.

Also, Paul Levitz of DC Comics has some interesting thoughts to offer about the EC guys. Pay special attention to what he writes about establishing the proper creative environment for work, as I think that's an important point that's often overlooked. If you want your people to create great work, you have to allow them to work in an arena where they feel great work will be recognized, appreciated and even — and I'm not kidding about this — not something for which they will be punished.

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