Cartooning – Page 64 – Prattling Before the Pratfall

Today at 2!

Only a couple of hours to go for the Zoom call celebrating the Sparky Schulz Centennial.

https://osu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_5qjPOQ8jSQiV8QrPt6CP4A

In progress.

Voices Gone But Not Forgotten

The audio from my copy of THE VOICES OF MARVEL flexi-disc is being featured on Boing Boing. Sadly, everyone who is heard on the record is now gone.

https://boingboing.net/2022/07/12/listen-to-a-rare-flexi-disc-record-of-stan-lee-jack-kirby-and-the-voices-of-marvel-from-1964.html

The scripted and rehearsed recording was made in 1965, during Wally Wood’s brief stint working for Stan. Steve Ditko was still at Marvel, but he isn’t heard. Jack Kirby later regretted participating, despite his apparent enthusiasm at the time. Joe Sinnott didn’t return to the Bullpen until a few months later.

I know that one of my audio transfers was used for the video shared on Boing Boing, because of the “thump” heard while artist Don Heck is talking. The audio was captured lovingly and with careful attention to detail, using high-quality audio equipment, as I explained here fifteen years ago.

The MMMS Records Remastered

It’s Full of Stars!

Galaxy cluster SMACS 0723 – a patch of sky approximately the size of a grain of sand held at arm’s length by someone on the ground

Johnny Storm’s reaction to Reed Richards showing him the first Webb Space Telescope images.

Inside Baseball About Comic Books

A too-short interview with J. David Spurlock who, among doing other things, manages the Wally Wood estate. (Yes, he’s related to documentary filmmaker Morgan Spurlock.) It’s assumed you know a lot about Silver Age comic books and artists.

Sounds Like

The New Yorker traveled to Disney-owned Skywalker Ranch to learn about the craft of Foley artists who create sound effects.

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/07/04/the-weird-analog-delights-of-foley-sound-effects

The New Yorker’s channel on YouTube doesn’t have an accompanying video, but this one can serve the purpose. These Foley specialists work for Disney competitor Warner Brothers.