Category: Cartooning

Today’s Doonesbury speaks truth. Not to power, but the powerless.

Remember when people actually thought they could make a living by writing as bloggers? A laughable notion today, but taken seriously by many at the time. As my Contact Doug page has always stated, I have never tried to monetize this site. I wouldn’t have made any money anyway.

As I said before taking my 2-month break to fret over technical woes, the “big” stuff associated with this site happened in its first few years. The end of that period coincided with the time when I joined Facebook in 2009. Once I was on Facebook, it was obvious to me that blogging as a thing was already over.

A friend who plays the upright bass was curious about a particular cartoon that features virtuoso bass playing. Cartoon Research has some background information.

Tom & Jerry in “Solid Serenade” (1946)

The copy of the “Solid Serenade” on that page includes something of particular interest to myself. The names of the animators who worked on each part of the cartoon.