Dilbert for February 26, 2023, the day Andrews McMeel Universal announced it was dropping the strip
Scott Adams could have quit, but instead he chose to be fired. At least there’s more publicity in that.
Adams said that white people should “get the hell away from black people.” Isn’t that the way it’s been in almost every syndicated humorous comic strip since Peanuts? Lynn Johnston and Cathy Guisewite were eagerly signed for syndication, but their points of reference were no less white and suburban than Gary Larson or Bill Watterson.
Perhaps Adams doesn’t want to be a cartoonist anymore. My take from watching some of Real Coffee With Scott Adams on YouTube is that he sees himself as another Rush Limbaugh. Adams retains Rush’s attention-getting histrionics in his polemics, while avoiding the hysterics of ex-DJ Limbaugh.
The decades-old expression “Talk to the Hand” was considered a dismissive, impolite gesture. Which of course didn’t stop my boss from using it on everybody who reported to him.
I’ll use the cover of The Flash #163, the first issue of the title I ever bought, to say “talk to the hand.” I’m not doing it to be impolite, but to say I’m going to stop blogging for a while.
There isn’t a technical problem with the site like last time, and in fact my hosting plan is about to renew for another year. But circumstances being what they are, I need to put the blog on hold and focus on some personal matters.
Who did what is still unknown about The Mysteries, Bill Watterson’s collaboration with John Kascht, scheduled for publication on October 10. What media did they work in? Were these images produced digitally?
Original Martian Mutant Costume from Invaders From Mars
After watching Invaders from Mars recently, I looked for my post from November, 2017 about “IT’s ALIVE!”, an exhibit of horror movie posters and artifacts at the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, MA.
The blog post was nowhere to be found because, I realized, I’d never written it. Recalling what was going on five years ago, it’s an understandable oversight. Having retired (at a relatively young age) earlier that year, I was traveling to Phoenix every month to fulfill my power of attorney duties on behalf of my father.
I wasn’t able to attend “IT’s ALIVE!” until shortly before the show closed. That was just a couple of weeks after my father’s death and, upon returning home, being diagnosed with melanoma skin cancer. So, more than five years after the fact, here’s a link with more about a fun exhibit that I enjoyed very much, especially under the circumstances.
These photos aren’t very good quality, having been taken with my old LG flip-phone. A highlight of “IT’S ALIVE!” was this original Martian Mutant costume from Invaders of Mars.
The pole conveniently hides the mutant’s infamous zipper, while revealing its butt crack.
I was particularly impressed to see original paintings by Frank Frazetta. As with the Mona Lisa, they’re smaller than you’d expect.
Cover for Creepy #7 (Warren magazine)Cover for Conan the Conqueror (Lancer paperback)
