Here are two scans of the same thing. Pretty picture, huh? Well, one of them is prettier than the other. See the difference? One image I scanned using the Windows Scanner Wizard, the other I did with the software that came with the scanner. The latter is the better-looking one. The difference is from setting the de-screening feature.
If you’re anywhere near Santa Rosa, California on Saturday, The Charles M. Schulz Museum will be presenting The Nursery Wall Uncovered at 1 pm.
The wall was painted by Schulz in daughter Meredith’s room during the time the family lived in Colorado, after leaving Minnesota and before moving onto California. It’s not The Last Judgment wall from the Sistine Chapel, but it’s certainly a unique piece of work by Sparky, done in a medium that he rarely if ever worked in again.
Previously on DogRat I posted this old TV cartoon…
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I promised to scan and post the story from the Silver Age of comic books that the cartoon was based on. Click the picture below or here to see it in the gallery.
Compare and contrast the comic with the cartoon. Extra credit if you can name the original comic book issues.
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Who else but fanboy Stephen Colbert would open a show with a comic book reference? There was no pass-off segment from The Daily Show tonight, but I often think of that and Colbert’s opening as being the best parts of the show.
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At the recommendation of son Eric, we’re watching Serial Experiments: Lain, a 1998 Animé series. I can see how one might wonder if the concept behind it had some influence on the The Matrix.
The character design for Lain was done by Yoshitoshi ABe, who also came up with the design for the previously-mentioned Niea 7. ABe self-published a manga called Haibane Renmei, which he later animated.
In honor of Stephen Colbert inheriting the shield once held proudly by the late Captain America, I present a video of Cap in pitched battle against his evil Nazi nemesis, the Red Skull! The red, white and blue warrior must wrest the awesome power of the Cosmic Cube from the Skull’s grasp and prevent the enslavement of all mankind!
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The animation in this 17-minute cartoon is next to non-existent, and except for the drawings that were lifted directly from the comic book stories, the art is downright awful. But the music and voices add a lot to the atmosphere of these old Marvel Super Heroes cartoons.
I’m in the process of scanning the original comic book stories that were the basis for this cartoon. I’ll post them in the gallery later for comparison.
Note: This video by itself is over 100 MB — bigger than all of the storage provided by the first hosting service I used five years ago.
