Before serial killers took over TV and movies, mad doctors and evil scientists were popular villains. Curiously, their popularity coincided with the era of growing acceptance and respect for science and medicine. Today we have a president who both doubts doctors and touts their ability to develop a coronavirus vaccine at “warp speed,” and as a result he’s creating doubt about the vaccine.
Category: Cartooning
Cartoonists Talk Comics
From yesterday’s NCS Fest (National Cartoonists Society Festival), Lynn Johnston chats with Patrick McDonnell.
Borrowing an idea from BBC Radio’s long-running Desert Island Disc series, an international cartoonist interview with Dave Gibbons.
Anime With Dorothée
How about more Dorothée? No? Well, here she is anyway, wearing her sexy pink pj’s while the Club rates the ten most popular cartoons and features for kids in 1990 France.
Speaking of anime, a Vox article from a year ago reveals the slave wages that animators are forced to accept so they can be livin’ the dream.
Separated at Birth – Boomer Edition
Alan “Fred Flintstone” Reed and Stafford “Chief O’Hara” Repp.
From the “I Didn’t See This Coming” File
Russell Crowe appears to be turning into William M. Gaines, the late publisher of EC comic books and MAD Magazine.
Joltin’ Joe Lives!
A magnificent example of Joe Sinnott’s skill and artistry.
Here I am in 1977, after buying the page and having Joe sign it. Look to the left on the bed. Dig that crazy 70’s hotel decor! The tape recorder strategically placed on the phone switchhook came from the radio station where I worked at the time. My pal Denro and I used it to record an interview with Joe.
