Once More, I’m Back…

OK, I’m gonna have to create a new category for “sorry I’ve been gone so long” entries.

Well, there’s a lot to catch up on…

Firstly, as previously noted, we’re officially moved into the new place! I can even find most everything I’m looking for, unless it’s garage related; that looks like a tool filled dirty bomb was detonated.

We’ve ordered some new furniture and I’m working on getting my office set up. I’d show you some pics, but I want the final reveal (thank you “Trading Spaces”) to really knock your socks off.

We’ve also found out what the upcoming Anderson addition’s gender will be… CAUTION! SPOILERS AHEAD!

According to the ultrasound tech who called Henry right, we’re going to be welcoming Bonnie Elizabeth Anderson to the family tree!

Let’s see… I also found out I’ve been accepted into the National Cartoonist Society!

Some of my cartoon buddies have been trying to get me to get on board for some time so I finally filled out the ap, gathered my recommendations, provided my urine sample, and sent it all in. And they BIT!

SUCKERS!!!

Seriously, I’m looking forward to seeing what all the hub-bub is about. At the very least I should get some cool pics at the Reubens in Chicago this year.

Oh, I had a toon in Reader’s Digest recently and I think I have one in the current special edition of HBR. Check ’em out.

Well, that’s about it for now. Like I said, I’ll try to get some pics up as soon as I have something good to show you. And I promise to try to get some decent blogs flowing again.

See ya in a bit…

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Picasso’s Quixotic Comics

Sometimes while trolling for cartoon/comic news to blog about you find some truly weird stuff.

Take this excerpt from an article on Rousseau’s influence on Picasso:

The first anti-war images Picasso ever made preceded Guernica by a few months. He etched the first six scenes of The Dream and Lie of Franco in January 1937. In this preposterous comic strip, a bulbous version of Don Quixote goes around on horseback, raping Spain with his huge phallus…

I gotta refine my Google News…

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Artist Remixes Old Archie Comics

Danny O uses Scotch tape to create new art (see above trumpet) from old Archie comics. Why Archie?

“For one, it’s an icon in itself, but deconstructing the icon, I like that. “Batman” is too realistic, everything is drawn. The Archies has this very jovial line work. … A friend of mine, this guy Scooter, turned me on to the Archies comics, and now he gets me the vintage 30-year-old comics because the inks lift so well.”

I submit that only a guy named Scooter (or Dan DeCarlo) can turn you on to Archie comics.

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