How about your name attached to a newly discovered dinosaur? The pterosaur identified by Dr David Martill at the university’s school of earth and environmental studies, is named Cuspicephalus scarfi – after Gerald Scarfe, the political cartoonist who depicted Mrs Thatcher as a pointy-nosed ‘Torydactyl’.
Stephanie Piro has an interesting post about the adventure she’s had and is embarking on to keep a favorite (discontinued) pen flowing. I was down to just a couple of working pens… even after Friend of Friends Steve bought me a couple for my birthday (!) on ebay! I have written about my search for […]
Mike Lynch purchased an antique Saturday Evening Post and has posted scans of the cartoons from the June 30-July 7, 1962 edition. Check out all 16.
Persepolis is an animated film adaptation of Marjane Satrapi’s graphic novel about growing up in Iran’s 1979 Islamic Revolution. It contains a scene showing a character representing God and that has cause outrage in Tunisia where it was broadcast. The television station was sued and another uproar was had when the scene was played in […]
I took the family to see Puss in Boots Sunday (go ahead and skip it or wait for DVD) and saw the Tintin trailer during the previews. I whispered to my wife just how big Tintin is in Europe. She’d not heard of Tintin before and I suspect most in the audience hadn’t either. The […]
The Team Cul de Sac has added few more additions to the collection. I think the deadline has officially passed, but Sergio Aragones submits something, I think it’s accepted. Visit the TCdS site to see the Serio addition. Nick Galifianakis has also donated a drawing along with high praise: “The Searleing of Richard Thompson,” or, […]