Roger Rosenblatt, writing for The New York Times about the genesis of his and Jules Feiffer‘s new book Cataract Blues, reveals that Jules is suffering from macular degeneration. From Roger’s New York Times article “When an Artist Loses His Sight”: A few years ago, I began having trouble with my vision. Shapes became indistinct, colors […]
Forget Roald Dahl, Dr. Seuss, even Mark Twain, now they are messing with a true classic of literature. Don Rosa’s The Life and Times of Uncle $crooge is having an entire chapter of his biography deleted. The Life and Times of $crooge McDuck according to Wikipedia: The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck (Lo$) is […]
Allan Holtz has turned his Stripper’s Guide over to Alley Oop publisher Chris Aruffo for three days allowing Chris to reveal how he went from Oop fan to Oop publisher. It’s a fascinating story. Chris takes us from reading the comic strip in his newspaper to reading it online to gathering the physical strips in […]
British political cartoonists play rough, but even those like Matt who deal in topical humor have an edge that gives their work some bite. Here he does a concise job of summing up the bowdlerization of the late Roald Dahl’s work. For those who have missed the outcry, the company that owns the rights to […]