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- Sep 11, 2018
- 3 min
Tunnel Visions: Comics Track the Evolution of NYC Subways
By: Michael Dooley Never mind that comics were exhibited at the Metropolitan Museum in 1951, then at the Whitney in 1983 and MOMA in 1990. That’s all so 20th century. Finally, comics have arrived at the city’s coolest venue of all: the New York Transit Museum in downtown Brooklyn! Amelia Opdyke Jones: Quarantine the Gumbug!, 1948, and Keep Your Feet Off The Seat!, 1949. New York Transit Museum, William J. Jones Collection. Gift of William J. Jones and Margaritta J. Friday In
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- Jan 2, 2018
- 7 min
Fletcher Hanks: The Most Twisted Comic Book Artist of All Time
Strangely, Fletcher Hanks has become one of the most famous of unknown comic book artists. From 1939 to 1941, he created characters that hardly anyone’s ever heard of. Stardust the Super Wizard. Fantomah the Mystery Woman of the Jungle. Big Red McLane, King of the North Woods. Hanks’ renderings of these stories have been described as clumsy, crude, incompetent hackwork and, most frequently, just plain ugly. Oh, and he was also allegedly a drunk who abused his wife and kids be
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- Sep 18, 2017
- 6 min
How Can You Not Love Nancy (or Sluggo)?
I have always loved Ernie Bushmiller’s “Nancy” strips. Nancy reminded me of someone close to me. In fact, she reminded me of me in a deeply existential way that cannot be explained properly in this brief column (check my case file through the Freedom of Information Act). In any case, whenever a collection of strips emerged, I’d scarf them up. They were gags but poignant. They were comic but deep. And Sluggo. How can you not love Sluggo? This was the world of comics where kids
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- Dec 17, 2012
- 2 min
Graphically Seasoned Greetings!
Last year at this time, I did a post on past holiday cards that J.J. Sedelmaier Productions, Inc. has sent out over the years. This year I’m presenting some of the greetings the studio has RECEIVED throughout the years! They all speak for themselves . . . and my apologies to Steven Heller and his first (of a zillion) book, Artists’ Christmas Cards. Ron Barrett via the Ink Tank Philippe Lardy Tom Hachtman Uli Meyer Tom Bloom The Daily Show The Colbert Report Steven Guarnaccia
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