Author: DOuG pRATt

Comics stripped

The radio program Marketplace has a segment on the struggles of syndicated cartoonists in the age of print media turmoil. The story starts at about 4:15 in the audio player.

[audio:http://download.publicradio.org/podcast/marketplace/morning_report/2009/06/05/marketplace_morning_report0550_20090605_64.mp3]

I still get two daily papers, and last night, through Amazon.com, I subscribed for the first time to The New Yacker — er, Yorker — magazine. I figure it’s the one weekly periodical that should persist in printed form.

Colbert Accomplishes Mission in Iraq

Stephen Colbert in flight suit

Stephen Colbert’s face has been sitting on the blog’s header for a reason. Next week the shows he recorded in Iraq will be aired. And next week’s issue of Newsweek is guest-edited by Colbert. (Note: the comments that are currently on the page at that link look like mine would if I weren’t so good about killing spam.)

Forty years ago, and for years more after that, I admired Charles Schulz and Stan Lee more than anybody else. My new idols are Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart.

Correction: Colbert arrived in Baghdad yesterday. There will be four shows, each aired the day it is produced as they are in NYC.

The shirt off of Sparky’s back?

An original Charles Schulz drawing on a sweatshirt for $9500? At first glance the drawing appears to be genuine.

http://sfbay.craigslist.org/nby/clt/1205071554.html

Original Schulz sweatshirt?

This a rather unique piece of artwork. It was created by Charles Schulz at a private Beethoven birthday party held in the late 60s at his Coffey [sic] Lane residence in Sebastopol, Ca.
Pictures of Beethoven and Schroder [sic] were drawn on two white sweatshirts.
Currently, one of the sweatshirts is owned by the Charles M. Schulz Museum and Research Center in Santa Rosa, California. The other, in excellent condition and signed by Charles Schulz, is being offered for purchase. Serious buyers only, please.

I wonder why this is being offered on Craigslist, rather than eBay?

Unadvertised special Paul Howley movie review!

Paul Howley and his wife Mal went to the local cinema today to see the new Disney-Pixar 3D movie “UP.”

Normally, the local theater charges only $6 for a movie before 6pm. The teen-aged clerk says: $18.
Me: Why is it $18 and not $12?
Clerk: We have to charge more because this movie is in 3D.
Me: Are you kidding?
Clerk: No…we HAVE to charge more.
Me: Does it cost the theater more for this movie?
Clerk: I don’t think so.
Me: So why are you charging more?
Clerk: It’s an enhanced movie experience.
Me: It better be.

Anyway, the movie was AMAZING! The kids will enjoy it but the adults will REALLY love it. It’s a story about living life now…not putting stuff off for some potentially non-existing future time. It’s a beautifully rendered film with incredible 3D effects. Paul gives this 5 stars! I can’t tell you much about this because I don’t want to ruin any of the surprises for you! Go see this!