Category: Cartooning

Colleen to the Rescue!

Did Colleen find the missing Mitch McConnell?

No, it’s Super-Turtle, worn out from helping to replenish America’s nearly depleted stock of long-range missiles.

I’m getting packed for the annual NCS meeting and awards dinner in Columbus. I’ll post when/if I can from there.

I have a gift for Colleen that I know she will appreciate. Joe Sinnott’s illustrated life of Pope John XXIII, a work that he was rightly very proud of.

Superestorations

This collection of the seventeen Fleischer/Famous Studios Superman cartoons appears to have been ripped from the Warner Bros. Blu-ray release, rather than being a fan’s AI restoration of Warner’s earlier DVD release.

By coincidence, the first cartoon in the playlist, ‘Showdown’, happens to be the first one I recall seeing as a child, in black & white. This link shows the playlist, which is something that YouTube’s embedded player used to do.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOkQQ2CR4rZw

For sticklers, here is the correct order for the titles, listed by their release dates:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superman_(1940s_animated_film_series)#List_of_films

Late for the End Times

Somehow, until now I hadn’t watched the 2019 Amazon Prime 6-episode adaptation of Good Omens, the 1990 novel by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman. At heart, it’s a very entertaining and amusing bromance, with exquisite production quality. The actors were quite obviously having a very good time.

I wanted to watch the series because this week I’ll be seeing Colleen Doran (DOR-an) at the National Cartoonists Society annual meeting and Reuben Awards dinner. This year it’s being held in Columbus, Ohio, in association with the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum.

Colleen wrote and illustrated the graphic novel adaptation of Good Omens.

https://goodomens.com/products/good-omens-graphic-novel

Regarding certain allegations against Neil Gaiman, all I can say is that Colleen had and has absolutely nothing to do with any of that business.

In Search of Steve Ditko

Yesterday, I said the Steve Ditko Spider-Man Artist’s Edition book would be delivered today. I had pre-ordered it with Amazon in February. In fact, I ordered two copies, with one going to Denro as a birthday present.

Here it is, after 2 PM, and they haven’t shipped yet. Based on my past experience, I know that if something isn’t on its way by now, it won’t be arriving as expected.

Also based on past experience, I expected that canceling wouldn’t work; and, indeed, it didn’t, because the order was “being prepared.” Which is nothing more than a timed software action, not based on something actually happening.

Was the publisher unable to ship copies to Amazon in time? Were they sent to the wrong Amazon location? Is there an internal problem at Amazon? Doesn’t matter.

Canceling should be presented as an option once Amazon declares that delivery has been delayed. I’ll cancel and then take advantage of the now-discounted price for later delivery.

Follow-up: 7 PM – not yet shipped.

9 PM – Shipped, arriving tomorrow.

7/22/26 8:26 AM – Package being processed at carrier facility.

Oh boy! A total of 22-cents off!

The Amazing Spider-Man by Steve Ditko Artist's Edition

Price on order date: $195.00

Price charged at shipping: $195.00

Lowest price before release date: $194.89

Amount to be refunded: $0.11

Quantity: 2

Total Savings: $0.22

Let’s compare that against the current price on Amazon. 22% off beats 22-cents.

-22%
$151.50
List Price: $195.00