I’m highly suspicious of this little tidbit out of story in the Providence Journal (RI). In a story about how fifth grade students researched professions based on what they enjoy doing as a hobby, one such student claims to have interviewed Bill Watterson. So let’s get this straight. A fifth grader in Rhode Island, several […]
I enjoy reading the Stripper’s Guide – a blog focused on comic strip history maintained by historian Allan Holtz. One of his latests posts is regarding cartoonists that made the headlines (of the 1930’s). One such tidbit from these archives is the mention that Gary Cooper (who won an Oscar in 1952 for his role […]
The Orange County Register recently took a poll with nearly 3,000 respondents to come up with the best and worst comics on the funny pages (of the OCR). The top honors go to “For Better or for Worse” by Lynn Johnston “Luann” by Greg Evans, “Foxtrot” by Bill Amend “Peanuts” by Charles M. Schulz and […]
Doonesbury character “Rev. Sloan” was modeled after William Sloane Coffin – a former Yale University chaplain. William Sloan Coffin passed away yesterday. The relevant text from the AP story from the NY Times is below. William Sloane Coffin was immortalized in the ”Doonesbury” comic strip when its creator, fellow Yale graduate Garry Trudeau, blended his […]
I’ve posted news about Dan Piraro’s live comedy act here before (listen to interview, here are tour dates and more tour dates). The L.A. Times wrote up a good review for the show which begins tonight in LA. In a bit of turnabout, Piraro reads and comments on the best of his hate mail as […]