The New York Times' new conservative columnist isn't a lot more positive about George W. Bush's war plans than their old liberal columnist. In the meantime, the house editorial says some pungent things about the character of the current administration. […]
September 8, 2003 Before you read this, you might want to read Part 1 and Part 2. Two weeks ago, I reported on an ugly encounter that a group of us had with a tow truck driver. As I noted at the time, a lot of this seemed to be in violation of the vehicle […]
I am told there's a good review of my book, Mad Art, on page 19 of the new New York Times Book Review. I haven't seen it yet. By that, I mean I haven't seen the review. I've seen my book, Mad Art. I've even suggested you see my book, Mad Art, which you can […]
Here's William Saletan with one logical way to look at the speech Bush gave last night. Another is that it might be simpler just to give half of the 87 billion directly to Halliburton. […]
I'm not sure I even know how to describe the Degree Confluence Project. Its goal is to visit each of the latitude and longitude integer degree intersections in the world, and to take pictures at each location. You'll understand better what that means if you visit the site. (Don't thank me for this one. Thank […]
And as Marv Wolfman reminds me, there's a cover gallery online for every issue of MAD Magazine. It's right over here. […]
Jason Bergman sends me this link to a gallery of covers for Vogue Magazine. Great stuff. He also sends this link, which will sort the above gallery to just show you the Vogue covers by Carl Erickson, one of our great stylists. Greater stuff. And he sends this link to a complete gallery of covers […]
Due to good weather, all of the announced events for Sergio Aragonés Day had to be cancelled. Instead, a small group of Sergio's friends went to his home where he cooked us a big paella. Above is a picture of said paella. You can find out more about this exquisite feast by going over to […]
Bill Griffith, creator of Zippy the Pinhead, writes to say I've misunderstood his position… You make a basic error in assuming that I (Bill Griffith) believe the absolutist argument put forth by Griffy (my inner ranter) that only a "solo" cartoonist is a "real" cartoonist. Once again, I'm inclined to believe that only the Lithuanians […]
I am happy to report a full schedule of activities planned for today as the entire world celebrates the birthday of my friend and partner, Sergio Aragonés. It kicks off at 10 AM with the Annual Sergio Aragonés Day Parade down Hollywood Boulevard, which has been renamed Sergio Aragonés Boulevard for the occasion. There will […]
Mike Guerrero (who has his own weblog here) writes, in reference to my previous item… I think what bothers me is the fact that if you work on a comic book, there's usually a box of credits that list who did what, i.e. pencils, inks, and even breakdowns and finishes. Articles in newspapers will usually […]
The current storyline in the Zippy the Pinhead newspaper strip has its cartoonist, Bill Griffith, lecturing Zippy on the art of cartooning. (Here's a link to a page where Griffith displays recent efforts and offers the originals for sale.) In the 9/4 strip, Griffith proclaims, "Any cartoonist who doesn't do th' final drawing for his […]
If I were in New York on Sunday, I'd probably brave the crush and attend "Broadway on Broadway," a free concert being performed in Times Square starting at 11:30 AM. Almost every musical playing on Broadway (and a few about to open) sends over a couple of performers to do a number from their show, […]
One man was killed and ten other folks were injured this morning when something went amiss on Disneyland's Big Thunder Mountain Railroad roller coaster. It's sad, it's shocking, it's awful and you just know Disney execs are convening, even as you read this, to discuss how much it's going to cost them in lawsuits and […]
Here's David Greenberg in the Columbia Journalism Review on how reporters cover presidential lying. […]