The cartoon blog of Andertoons cartoonist Mark Anderson. He discusses his cartoons, cartooning, comics and, oddly enough, LEGO.
A ha! Here you thought the Pogo countdown was this year’s only holiday treat!
Not so! From today until Christmas, Mondays through Fridays, I’ll be posting pages from a 1941 Eisner comics insert showcasing "The Christmas Spirit: A Trilogy", a holiday themed "Lady Luck," and an X-mas "Mr Mystic." Hope you like ’em!
Here’s today’s page of Eisner’s 1941 Spirit Christmas trilogy:
Every year I try to find something really interesting for the holidays that I can sort of parcel out in small chunks until Christmas; kind of a cartoon blog Advent calendar.
Last year it was Spaceman Discovers Christmas. The year before, 1951 Popular Comics Holiday Cards.
This year it’s a poster I found titled "Christmas ‘Countdown’ with Pogo & Friends."
It was put out by Publishers-Hall syndicate here in Chicago. No idea on the year.
So stay tuned as the Andertoons Cartoon Blog and Pogo countdown how many shopping days are left. It begins on Sunday!
The very first issue of inky pal Eddie Pittman’s incredible comic, Red’s Planet, is now available for pre-orders!
I was lucky enough to land a copy at OSU a few weeks back, and I gotta tell you, it’s just beautiful work. Please don’t miss this opportunity to snap it up!
If you haven’t been following inky pal Mike Lynch’s blog lately, you’re missing out on some really great old cartoons he was sent recently by a reader:
A few years ago in a thrift shop I came upon a scrapbook given by an aunt to her nieces in 1958 with several hundred pasted cartoons mostly from the Saturday Evening Post, some from the newspapers and some from Colliers.
I thought it was really cool, but now I am trying to clean up some clutter and just couldn’t throw it out. I saw your blog and thought you might appreciate the collection. It was so lovingly assembled. Anyway, would be glad to mail it to you if you have any interest.
Talk about a goldmine! Go read:
Today’s Cul de Sac is another great example of inky pal Richard Thompson’s typically great writing, but this one panel…
…is some of the best out and out funny drawing I’ve seen in a long looooong time.