What the @#$%^&*! is this supposed to be? I have absolutely no idea. It’s one of my countless mindless doodles.
Walkering Distance
As I have mentioned before, I grew up in Connecticut surrounded by cartoonists. Unfortunately, I didn’t begin to realize that until shortly before my family moved to Massachusetts. What might have been if we hadn’t moved!
Mort Walker passed away a couple of years ago, and his sons continue the family business. Brian Walker’s studio is only two miles from where I lived as a kid.
Reveille – A Family Legacy In Comics from Dave Walker on Vimeo.
A tip o’ the ol’ DogRat toupee to Mark Evanier, who recently featured this video on his NewsFromME blog.
Traffic Jamming
There sure are plenty more cars on the road than there were in the middle of the lockdown, and today I was driving one of them.
Land-line Locked
What makes today’s Blondie comic strip so outdated? Dagwood’s using one of those old 900 MHz wireless phones!
Graham Cracker
Lindsey Graham, before he crumbled under Trump’s heel.
Staged Animals
Like many other Depression-era movie gems, the The Animal Kingdom deals with the problems of rich people. Adapted from a stage play it’s, well, stagey and drags in parts, but it’s also an honest and nuanced portrayal of human weaknesses and adult relationships.
Ann Harding has top billing. Her performance is more assured than Myrna Loy’s, while the character she plays is more interesting and complex. Loy’s star would later eclipse Ann’s relatively brief fame. And, yes, that’s Neil Hamilton, who played Commissioner Gordon on the Batman TV series 35 years later.