Cartoonist Jimmy Johnson has had some of the same sorts of struggles with his WordPress installation that I did. He’s working on a new and improved Arlo & Janis.com, and for now I have taken the site off my Links section.
Until Jimmy has the site back online, I recommend reading the origin story for his comic strip’s namesake characters. Click the pic to get started on the series.
A friend of James Bama reports that the great illustrative painter has passed away, the day before his 96th birthday. Often working from photographs, Bama had a more realistic style than his contemporary, Frank Frazetta. He’s best remembered by comic book fans for his dynamic Doc Savage paintings, when the pulp magazine stories were reprinted as paperbacks, beginning in the 60’s.
I don’t know when this is from, or what the occasion was for Frank Frazetta to wear a tux, but it must have been before his first stroke.
With everybody talking about Russia, R. Crumb plays selections of Soviet-era 78s.
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Courtesy of my ol’ pal Denro, this picture was taken almost exactly ten years ago at a comic book convention we attended in New York with Joe Sinnott. It was a happy time, with Joe and Stan hale and hearty and doing great.
I used David Bowie’s “Five Years” for my Five Years post. What can I do here that’s similar? Oh, I know!
After Disney bought Marvel, Joe’s retirement checks came from Disney, and he’d joke about being a Disney artist. Joe would have gotten a kick from knowing this old photo of himself makes an appearance on Disney+.
