Category: Cartooning

Peanuts Advent-ure

The 60th anniversary of A Charlie Brown Christmas is next Tuesday, the 9th. To celebrate, my twinster Jean sent me this fun and nifty Peanuts tabletop mobile, counting down “the 12 days leading up to Christmas.”

Peculiar thing about this mobile. It isn’t a 24-day Advent calendar, neither is it a way of marking the Twelve Days of Christmas that start on Christmas Day.

The instructions say, “Ask an adult for help.” As soon as I find someone with the necessary maturity and patience to assemble the stand, I’ll put a photo of it here.

I put it together all by myself, with Obi Wan’s words of encouragement. 😉

The Underground Ex-Press

R. Crumb’s new comic book is out from Fantagraphics. It’s as wordy as it is artsy, and I have a copy for you, mih. To be hand delivered, Wednesday, December 10, at noon.

Click the pic to see the original line art.

Here’s a fun fact. R. Crumb has been buddies with George DiCaprio, since before his son Leonardo was born.

https://www.culturedmag.com/article/2025/11/24/art-robert-crumb-george-dicaprio-david-zwirner/

Putting the ZOO into ZOOM

Last night I had a ton o’ online fun, participating in a ZOOM call with the National Cartoonists Society. Mark Evanier’s pal Sergio Aragones, one of MAD Magazine’s usual gang of idiots, was on the call.

The meeting was scheduled for 90 minutes, and we went into overtime when Colleen Doran showed up. Colleen, who is one of my very favorite people, hosts her own ZOOM calls that I enjoy attending.