Stan and Jan Berenstain, the Philly natives who created [The Berenstain Bears], met as art students at the Philadelphia Museum and School of Industrial Arts — most recently known as the University of the Arts. It was during their time there in the 1940s that they honed their illustration skills. Stanley Melvin Berenstain and Janice Marian Grant were […]
A London woman rediscovered original cartoon art including seven Andy Capp strips by Reg Smythe. Andy Lines reports for The Daily Mirror: Rare original Andy Capp strips have been found in a cellar, 30 years after they were hidden away there. The signed Reg Smythe works were among 2,222 Daily Mirror toons from the 20th […]
There used to be a Sunday talking heads show called Issues and Answers, which was a pretty ambitious promise, though back then they tried. Today, it would be called “Issues and Talking Points” and I don’t watch Sunday political chat shows because I’m old enough to remember when politicians who went on “Meet the Press” […]