October 31, 2006
Dennis the Menace statue stolen
Comicsreporter.com points us to a story about a Dennis the Menace statue being stolen from a park in Monterey CA. There is a reward for the arrest and conviction of the mischievous person(s) involved.
Baldo cartoon helps nab two con-artists
A Hector Cantu and Carlos Castellanos‘ Baldo cartoon is reported to may have helped a woman avoid a con-artist scam and catch the two con-artists. In Woodland CA, a woman was walking out of Wal-Mart and was approached by a woman speaking in Spanish asking for help to find an address and explaining that she had been in an accident and needed to sell some diamonds. A second woman approached the two acting like she had overheard the conversation to ask questions. The intended victim remembered news about this type of scam from a newspaper article or the Baldo cartoon and left the scene and reported it to authorities.
Gary Larson’s Tales from the Far Side posted on Google Video
Back in 1994, Gary Larson produced an animated TV feature called Tales from the Far Side. A copy of the feature has been posted to Google Video where you can view it for free (or at least until they take it down).