During the summer and early fall of 2003 The Ohio State University Cartoon Research Library featured the exhibition Ohio Cartoonists – A Bicentennial Celebration shown in the Philip Sills Exhibit Hall of the William Oxley Thompson Memorial Library, The Ohio State University Libraries, and The Ohio State University Cartoon Research Library. Ohio has remarkable place [...]
Posts Tagged ‘comics’
January 24th, 2008
Ohio Cartoonists
January 16th, 2008
Stan Lee Tribute Artwork
Those who live in Los Angeles can enjoy the exhibition “Under the Influence: A Tribute to Stan Lee” on the Gallery 1988, until February 1. The other mere mortals, like me, can enjoy the neat art homages presented on this exhibition on its page Stan Lee Tribute Artwork. The works include paintings, collages, illustrations, watercolours, [...]
October 1st, 2007
1966′s Batman Film Stills
The list of Batman films I watched doesn’t include the 1966 Batman. The film directed by Leslie H. Martinson was filmed at the end of the first season of 1960′s Batman TV series. The LiveJournal page film_stills: Batman: The Movie has several high resolution images from the film, that apparently had the same “quality” of [...]
September 28th, 2007
Friday Cat Blogging Stuff
Here are my collection of links with cats, specially saved to blog today. And before you run away complaining “Oh no, cat pictures!”, take a look on the images and their descriptions. They have cats, of course, but they aren’t all just about cats. The toy above, called Gato, was designed by Israel Chavira. This [...]
September 28th, 2007
Savage Chickens
Doug Savage is known for his humorous cartoons Savage Chickens drawn on post-its. The Savage Chickens is daily cartoon with an acid humour, and for your enjoyment has a feed available. And I must say that just now I’ve got a decent attitude to subscribe to it (yes, I know, I should do it before). [...]
September 22nd, 2007
Zakarella
The classic sexy comic books’ Vampirella had a Portuguese version: Zakarella, illustrated by Carlos Alberto Santos. On O Fantástico ilustrado por Carlos Alberto Santos (The fantastic illustrated by Carlos Alberto Santos), there are five covers of this Portuguese version and the original images of them (click on the covers to see them). According to the [...]
September 14th, 2007
EC Science Fiction Comics
I never had a science fiction pulp book on my own hands, but in the last years I became an admirer of them, through several sites who kindly shared collections of those vintage books. EC Science Fiction Comics is one of those amusing sites. They have a nice collection of science fiction comic books released [...]
July 27th, 2007
The Grim Reaper Cat
I grew up picturing death as the Grim Reaper, the skeletal figure carrying a large scythe. Even though I studied in catholic schools, I’ve never believed their philosophy that death is an angel of God and there is a better place after the death. Death is the end. I like the idea of reincarnation but [...]
July 22nd, 2007
Comics with Problems
After the comics about heroin abuse and the Grenada Comic Book, the Ethan Persoff site now presents the not intentional funny Comics with Problems. “Pick a problem” and start reading to get the message. There are sad stories of unborn children, drug addicts, S.T.D., sniffing for young people, stress, child abuse, poisonous substances and alcoholism. [...]
