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At our house we’re getting closer to the end watching the Japanese TV series Azumanga Daioh. For sheer wacky fun, it’s hard to beat. But every so often it has a quiet and poignant sequence, as I’ve pointed out previously. Here’s another one.
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With Netflix envelopes coming and going at our house, we’re working our way through no fewer than three different Animé TV series! One of them is the enigmatic Haibane Reinmei, highlighted previously. The video has the opening and closing credits.
I once drew a parody cartoon of Calvin and Hobbes, never published, using the name of two other political thinkers. Calvin ends up being institutionalized by his distraught parents, where he meets up with Dennis the Menace. Here’s a decidedly more twisted take on Calvin’s fate.
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Arlo and Janis creator Jimmy Johnson confused me and my friend Sam when he said nothing in his blog about last week’s series, which seemed to indicate that he had cut his finger rather badly.
He’s posted a partial explanation. Click here to read. Jimmy doesn’t use permalinks, so if he suddenly posts something new, you’ll have to scroll down to find this item.
Caricature isn’t the strongest suit of political cartoonist Jeff Danziger, but I think he has a great drawing style. I appreciate the fact he seems to have been more influenced by Pat Oliphant than the late, overly-emulated Jeff MacNelly. Sometimes Danziger’s ideas and imagery are Old School, but every so often he hits the spot. Here’s a good one.
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The comment was made for my previous post about “A Charlie Brown Christmas” that there are some pink walls. Well, yes, that does indeed appear to be the case. The video clip has the entire show run in 30 seconds, but it’s backwards, with a corporate logo superimposed over the image.
It’s backwards because the Laserdisc scanning was smoother that way, and I didn’t feel like spending the money to enable the reverse playback feature in Pinnacle Studio. Even if I had paid, the logo would still be there because I didn’t want to pay to license the audio dub feature!
