This comic has been growing on me and many others in recent months. Especially with the news of JJ Abrams directing Star Wars Episode 7, it's really timely. Plus, I love the idea of Maria getting back at her "frienemy".
- Gene
Another dramatic and detailed Monty Sunday. Free Mister Whiskers!
One of the most popular editorial/political comic storylines this election season has been a woman's right to choose how to handle matters regarding her own body. This involves overall health, but also the choice to carry a child to full-term. 2012 Pulitzer Prize finalist Matt Bors, in a stroke of comic brilliance, took this literally. Women are fighting back, but they now have an advocate: The Avenging Uterus.
Bors' Avenging Uterus (yes...it was fun to type this and say it aloud) has made several appearances in his editorial cartoons over the past few months. From chiding Rush Limbaugh to educating Congressmen that storks do not deliver babies, she is on a mission: to keep the world safe for lady parts.
The series now has its first animated episode! Check it out here and let us know what you think.
Richard Thompson (Cul de Sac), Paul Gilligan (Pooch Cafe) and Mark Tatulli (Lio, Heart of the City) are just a few of the cartoonists interviewed for a new series of video shorts from Babelgum and RingTales, entitled Cartoon Masters.
Click here to go and watch them all. It's soooooo much better than working.
A frequent guest in the later years of The Tonight Show hosted by Johnny Carson, Cathy Guisewite discusses Johnny's impending retirement during an appearance in 1992:
Beginning April 1, Recycled Paper Greetings (RPG) introduces an exclusive collection of cards featuring the comic panel The Argyle Sweater that will be available through mass retailers, drug stores and specialty stores nationwide. Included in the April launch are 12 birthday and just-for-laughs card designs. The Argyle Sweater is syndicated by Universal Press Syndicate.
Here's a video featuring The Argyle Sweater creator Scott Hilburn talking about the new card line:
And in case you missed it, here's an animated The Argyle Sweater cartoon that was created to promote the new book:
What can we say about The Doozies that hasn't been said countless times in the strip's near-70 years of existence?
Everyone knows the strip follows the antics of Dean Doozie, a lovable boob, who has an understanding wife and an adorable daughter. Is there anyone on earth who isn't aware that the strip was created in 1939 by Flaude Gammill, and that it helped popularize the phrase, "a real doozy?" You would have to look under quite a few rocks to find someone who hadn't heard that The Doozies is now being drawn by Flaude's grandson, TV writer/producer Tom Gammill (The Simpsons, Seinfeld, SNL), who has recently added such innovations as characters playing video games and women wearing pantsuits.
Well, we'll tell you all of that stuff anyway, despite the fact that Tom Gammill made up all of those historical Doozie facts in a shameless attempt to drum up interest in this brand new, completely original and hilarious strip (but he really is a TV writer/producer for all of those shows, and really has a grandfather named Flaude). You can just pretend like you already knew, since you were about to do that anyway.
The Doozies is the latest addition to GoComics.com.
Here's Tom on YouTube, with Lesson One of his video series "Learn to Draw with Tom Gammill":
And for a few more Tom Gammill comics, visit Jack Handey's Deep Thoughts website and click on the "Don't Let This Happen to You" cartoon ad on the lower left. Then buy another copy of all of Handey's books, of course.
