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Posted on: October 11, 2006

Ed Stein to lecture at American Political Cartoonists exhibit

by Alan Gardner October 11, 2006

Ed Stein, editorial cartoonist for the Rocky Mountain News, will be speaking at the College of William and Mary (Virginia) on October 12 as part of the American Political Cartoonists exhibit that is running at the college through January 2007. Some of Ed’s work is on display as is a selection of work from Thomas Nast, Bill Mauldin, Dr. Seuss, Herbert Block (Herblock), Pat Oliphant, Garry Trudeau, Signe Wilkinson, and Hugh Haynie. Admission to the lecture is free. Hugh Haynie’s stuff can be seen online.

Stan Lee is a super-human

by Alan Gardner October 11, 2006

At age 82, Stan Lee is proving to be somewhat of a super-human. Among some of his activities, he attends comic conventions signing books, works on movie productions (Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer is slated to be released in 2007 and Stan is listed in the writing credits), he had a reality TV show called Who Wants to Be a Superhero?, he runs his own entertainment company called POW (Purveyors of Wonder) and he’s writing Stan Lee meets… to commemorate 65 years with Marvel Comics.

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