THOUGHT

Business today is all about eliminating the little man.

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MISH MISH EFFENDI

Thanks to teenage pal Marc Thorner for finding this link to a video history of the Frenkel family, their escape from Russia, and the sons' creation of the first Egyptian cartoon series. http://youtu.be/YZTRe_e_gJg

DISNEY PALZ

From about 1991.

Illustration for THE VILLAGE VOICE, about 1986.

WOODY WOODPECKER THEME IN HEBREW!

New upload on my YouTube channel. From the LP "All the Way with Tzipi Shavit", who is a kids' entertainer in Israel. Released in 1986.

Happy Anniversary.

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You folks really should approach my HUGO comics for a great read, you know.

Previews and prices HERE.

You want my BLOOD, people? These are as near as you'll get!

Yours, MK.

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HAPPY LABOR DAY.

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THOUGHT & FACT

The media stars are getting sleazier and more depraved looking all the time. I could say, "Well, at least they have talent", but most of them don't. So what's the point of their existence?
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Years ago: a SUPERCUTS attendant recoiled in visible horror when faced by the prospect of cutting my hair. For an apology, they gave me a free one. But their haircuts stink in any case.

It's great to draw an old character (Midnite the Rebel Skunk) and find that I do it better than ever. But the boom time for her kind of comics is finished. All power to the glum hipsters!

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Page from A NARROW ESCAPE, a Lord Dunsany adaptation for Graphic Classics.

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HOME ENTERTAINMENT

Recording onto disc now. Fabulous "movie jazz".

I am reading The Furry Freak Bros. again in the complete edition reprint book. Such a sense of fun that's since become illegal in comics. Real, vibrant humor. Shelton's a real pro.

'Bye for now,
Milt

By Jay Jackson, a black cartoonist.

I am angered by the news. That is all I can say without spreading the hate myself.

GENII YOUNG

One of the most classically beautiful strippers. (Courtesy of Something Weird Video.)

The video itself.

A hearty handclasp, MK

FILLING FRAMES WITH STRIPPERS

An acquaintance I owed a favor to gave me this frame holder and asked me to fill it. So I did.

And now, an adult version of an old favorite, "The Castration of Strawberry Roan", an after-hours recording tentatively credited to Dick Foran and The Sons of The Pioneers.

'Bye, all! Milt

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BLUTO'S FAMOUS LAUGH

I spliced this together myself...

MY MUSIC

I HEARD-HUGO WINTERHALTER

Different from Don Redman's classic version, this one is just as infectious, given a unique sound by Hugo Winterhalter's double-sized Dixieland group.

SINGING A HAPPY SONG-ENRIC MADUIGUERA

Peppy, catchy instrumental that rather reminds me of a backup to Popeye's antics. A 1950s reissue LP of earlier 'high tone' dance orchestras.

COMING AT MIDNITE...

Wednesday, August 13th on cartoonresearch.com: My article, SUPERKATT: HIS STORY!

RESEARCH!

THREE TERRYTOONS

I posted these the other day on YouTube:

1950 was possibly the high point of loopy Terrytoons animation. This one puts a novel twist on the Tom & Jerry “kill the romance” plot. Very overstated, wild animation by all.

This rare later Gandy has him as “the new sheriff”. Many gags are pale echoes of Bugs Bunny/Yosemite Sam encounters, but the crazy animation and satisfying climax may make it worth your while.

I don't hang on to many things I loved as a child, but this is forever. The virtues of Jim Tyer's shootout need not be stated, and I was especially wowed by the bizarre surprise in Carlo Vinci's "gun matching" scene.
As a kid, before home videos, I had to keep memories of this one in my head through the school day so I could attempt to reproduce the "feel" in still drawings at home. Animation like this is not just made up of "funny" and "cool" drawings; it has to be expertly timed to "read" at all. They all knew their stuff (not just the "stars" of the studio).

Enjoy, Milt!

COMICS ARE NO FUN

I hope my FB friend, Al, won't mind, but I am quoting myself from a little "talk" we had today:

I like joy, anger, and physical, human feeling in art. In comics, I see that diminished by Spiegelman & Fantagraphics' influence, and am angry about it.

I'm reading some early Tezuka now, and THAT is work I like. Unafraid of being earnest to the point of "uncool".

It's my first time reading his comics at length. They have a sense of fancy and sincerity discouraged in current fare.

I mean, I'm tired of hipsters desolate over their coffee mugs, "above it all".

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