The official Sunday Snowzilla total for the town was 22″. It’s continued snowing today, so I don’t know what the final accumulation will be. It’s light, fluffy snow, and good for throwing with the snowblower.
There was a National Cartoonists Society Zoom call this evening. I had a chance to chat with Colleen in a “break-out session.” Nobody else on the call mentioned Scott Adams, so I didn’t either.
At the NCS conference last August, Colleen Doran and I discussed how, generally, comic book people are more familiar with comic strips than comic strip people are familiar with comic books. Today’s Jumble has an exception to that generality.
Boomer boy that I am, Marvel Comics from the Sixties are one of my favorite things. Another is, of course, the Beatles.
LBJ was notorious for strong-arming legislators into voting his way. What if he had been a flat-out authoritarian president, like Trump? Could he have kept the Beatles out of America?
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Artist Bill Sienkiewicz, who began his career drawing comic books, talks about his interaction with Scott Adams.
mih called to tell me the news that Scott Adams has died. On his deathbed, Scott accepted Jesus Christ.
This is a screen grab of Trump’s statement regarding Adams. Of course, the reason for Trump’s praise is that Adams liked and respected him.
Facebook has become a good source for blog-worthy photos. This one popped up today.
On that spinner rack of comics is Vault of Horror #27, cover dated Oct-Nov 1952. Two years later, the comic book witch hunt ended EC’s Old Witch.
Yesterday, I was once again confirmed to be free of cancer. Scott Adams, two years younger than myself, hasn’t been so fortunate. He is nearing the end of his life from cancer.
In what feels like a sort of online farewell tour, Scott had some of his fans on today’s streaming video. They express their appreciation of Adams and their admiration for Trump and his regime.
