On Monday, Rachel objected to the scatology of Arlo & Janis,
which (to its credit) is one of the most adult comic strips in
newspapers today. Despite ample warning from Janis, while I was away in
Texas Rachel did indeed proceed to flush twice… with predictable
results.
Addendum from 1/31/05: Jimmy Johnson wrote back to an email I sent him [...]
In Wednesday’s Monty, Moondog teachs Mr. Pi about humor and the lack thereof in daily comics:
Just because something is associated with humor doesn’t mean it’s funny…
Comics
are a sad backwater of the entertainment business produced by suckers
who crank out gags 365 days a year, no vacations, no medical
benefits… no pension plans…
…where
it was 75 degrees Farenheit. It was a great place for running, but I
wouldn’t want to be there in the summer. Frankly, I liked coming home
to 36″ of snow.
I’m in Austin (”rhymes with Boston”), Texas, y’know, that little
patch of blue in the Original Red State? It was 76 yesterday (too hot!)
but now it’s cool and drizzly. That’s more like it!
Photos to come, after I replace the batteries in my camera and, er, get a media reader.
… I’m assuming there will only be one — but who knows?
Probably one of the more amusing headlines I’ve seen on CNN.
…The point being that the third annual Anderkoo Dumpling Party is less than two weeks away!
Xing Nien Kwe Le!
The big effect this weekend’s blizzard had on us today was that we
didn’t get the Globe — nor was it available on the newstands. So, no
Sunday comics .
Fortunately, the Globe Magazine online has this interview
with cartoonist James Sturm, founder of the National Association of
Comics Art Educators. I suppose all those ghost artists for The [...]
Wow… Middle Eastern terrorists backed by Chinese chemical
mercenaries. It’s like Orcs teaming up with Goblin suicide bombers… what will those wacky extremists think of next?
And hey, notice how two of the four Chinese chemists are women? Take that, Larry Summers!
This weekend, I’ve been thoroughly absorbed in the book Random Family: Love, Drugs, Trouble, and Coming of Age in the Bronx. It tells the story of three young people in the Bronx, starting with the mid-80s drug explosion to welfare reform in the late 90s. Jessica, was the girlfriend of a notorious, 20 year old [...]
