Copyright (c) 1999 Don Markstein's Toonopedia All rights reserved. http://www.toonopedia.com/content/p/6882/sortby/date Blog Entries Sorted By Date en-us http://www.toonopedia.com/Comic_Shop_Blues-6882--b-36.htm http://www.toonopedia.com/Comic_Shop_Blues-6882--b-36.htm Tue, 29 Apr 2008 04:50:30 -0700 In my article on Wonder Warthog, I mentioned a Gilbert Shelton creation titled Not Quite Dead, about an aging rock band, which, when I wrote the article, was available in parts of Europe but not in America. A few years ago, I not a message from a friend, to the effect that Not Quite Dead had... http://www.toonopedia.com/The_Eras_of_Abner-6882--b-35.htm http://www.toonopedia.com/The_Eras_of_Abner-6882--b-35.htm Tue, 15 Apr 2008 05:00:44 -0700 In the Toonopedia Forum the other day, the topic happened to come up (in a thread titled "The Real Reason") of partisan politics impinging on Al Capp's Li'l Abner. Newspaper editors are collectively accused of having dropped the strip for attacking their "sacred... http://www.toonopedia.com/MakeBelieve-6882--b-34.htm http://www.toonopedia.com/MakeBelieve-6882--b-34.htm Sat, 05 Apr 2008 10:58:26 -0700 I just posted a new article on Billy Make-Believe, only a day after doing one on Bobby Make Believe. Gosh, I hope nobody is confused by them. (The fact that the two titles appear on different lines of the Contents page should help us avoid that.) I've done this sort of thing before — in... http://www.toonopedia.com/Superman_Reverts-6882--b-33.htm http://www.toonopedia.com/Superman_Reverts-6882--b-33.htm Wed, 02 Apr 2008 07:36:46 -0700 I see the heirs of Jerry Siegel have succeeded in legally reclaiming a portion of his greatest brainchild, Superman. Also grabbable under the same legal principle are Robotman, The Star-Spangled Kid, Red, White & Blue and maybe some other stuff, but I don't think anyone's opposing... http://www.toonopedia.com/Only_One_Genre-6882--b-32.htm http://www.toonopedia.com/Only_One_Genre-6882--b-32.htm Fri, 14 Mar 2008 08:51:56 -0700 I have an old robe that zips up in front and fits like a muumuu — very comfortable, next best thing to being naked. Unless I go out for some reason, I sometimes don't get out of it all day. I also have white hair and a long, thick, Santa-like beard, neither of which I take the... http://www.toonopedia.com/Black_Racism-6882--b-31.htm http://www.toonopedia.com/Black_Racism-6882--b-31.htm Mon, 10 Mar 2008 08:11:43 -0700 I've mentioned before that I've written in print about some of the more bizarre e-mail I've gotten here, so I actually have a record of some of it. So even now, I can quote stuff I got years ago, word-for-word. Here's one I got in 2004. I would hope this is not a... http://www.toonopedia.com/Wertham_on_Wondy_part_2-6882--b-30.htm http://www.toonopedia.com/Wertham_on_Wondy_part_2-6882--b-30.htm Mon, 25 Feb 2008 09:43:36 -0700 When I told my wife about the blog entry I was preparing to write, she quoted Tom Lehrer's dictum that "When correctly viewed, everything is lewd." I can see that point of view about most things — but Wonder Woman of the early 1940s is hard to view "incorrectly". ... http://www.toonopedia.com/Wertham_on_Wondy_part_1-6882--b-29.htm http://www.toonopedia.com/Wertham_on_Wondy_part_1-6882--b-29.htm Sat, 23 Feb 2008 07:14:26 -0700 The other day, I posted a review of a comics history book that wouldn't have given a reader much accurate information about comics. There's still a lot more to say about its misconceptions and inaccuracies, but I was already to the point of having written at such great length as to bore... http://www.toonopedia.com/Book_Review_A_Complete_History_-6882--b-28.htm http://www.toonopedia.com/Book_Review_A_Complete_History_-6882--b-28.htm Thu, 21 Feb 2008 07:36:51 -0700 A couple of weeks ago, I was surprised to find two full-length books in my P.O. box, apparently sent to me for review. I've never reviewed anything on this site before, but then, I didn't have a venue for free-form writing here, before starting this blog, late last year. Until then, I... http://www.toonopedia.com/Unfortunate_Collectibles-6882--b-27.htm http://www.toonopedia.com/Unfortunate_Collectibles-6882--b-27.htm Thu, 14 Feb 2008 07:53:42 -0700 In the mid-1990s or so, a controversy flitted across a couple of message boards, triggered by Marvel Comics having committed a fairly egregious faux pas. (Hey, we've already established that I think it's perfectly okay to dredge up ancient news for current blog topics.) What happened... http://www.toonopedia.com/Theyll_Do_It_Every_Time-6882--b-26.htm http://www.toonopedia.com/Theyll_Do_It_Every_Time-6882--b-26.htm Tue, 05 Feb 2008 06:07:25 -0700 You've probably heard of the above-named panel, at least if you've lived any length of time in America, and didn't spend that time under a rock. You can be even older than me, and not remember a time when it wasn't a well-established newspaper feature — most likely, in... http://www.toonopedia.com/Peeps-6882--b-25.htm http://www.toonopedia.com/Peeps-6882--b-25.htm Tue, 29 Jan 2008 07:31:31 -0700 My latest post reminded me, in a roundabout way, of something I was trying to figure out some time ago. I never did come up with any true info. It doesn't have anything to do with cartoons, but my deliberations took me through an interesting toon-related detour, so I guess it qualifies for... http://www.toonopedia.com/The_Unmentioned_Topic-6882--b-24.htm http://www.toonopedia.com/The_Unmentioned_Topic-6882--b-24.htm Tue, 29 Jan 2008 07:21:06 -0700 I just posted an article on an obscure 1940s superhero called The Dart. His appearance reminded me, in some ways, of a more modern character. Before I say who, you might click over and see if you can guess who I'm talking about, and exactly what the connection is. It's — wait a... http://www.toonopedia.com/Happens_to_Be_Black-6882--b-23.htm http://www.toonopedia.com/Happens_to_Be_Black-6882--b-23.htm Sun, 13 Jan 2008 09:06:14 -0700 Earlier today, I posted an article on Fast Willie Jackson, an Archie clone who happens to be black. "Happens to be black" almost, but not quite, completely describes him. He's more an Archie type than a a guy who makes a big deal of being black, but the publisher's reason for... http://www.toonopedia.com/Bodily_Functions-6882--b-22.htm http://www.toonopedia.com/Bodily_Functions-6882--b-22.htm Fri, 11 Jan 2008 12:05:35 -0700 Less than a week before her second birthday, my granddaughter Megan is scarcely a baby anymore — she's becoming a kidolescent. One of the signs is a new behavior she exhibited yesterday. Knowing she'd need a fresh diaper in a few minutes, but didn't yet, she pointed at the...