Rare George McManus Photo

on November 15, 2011

Rare George McManus Photo with Fan c. early 1930s

Vintage photo of George McManus, creator of the enormously successful comic strip Bringing Up Father, with a fan, circa early 1930s. This rare photo from a private collection pictures McManus presenting a drawing to an excited fan. The timeworn photo was framed along with the pen and ink sketch of Maggie and Jiggs by McManus seen below.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Maggie and Jiggs Sketch by George McManus

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Zombie Boy by Roland Perez

on November 2, 2011
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Zombie Boy by Roland Perez

Check out this awesome drawing of ZB by Roland Perez, creator and producer of the comic  Z & G (Zech & Geist). Roland’s strip has it all — pink ghosts, zombies, Anti-Zombie task forces, Grandmama’s, voodoo dolls, Task Force Agent Whisper, and plenty of action and great art. Roland updates every week on Mondays and Fridays. Stop by and check it out!

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Zombie Boy Interns at Urban Jungle

on October 31, 2011

Zombie Boy cross-over at Urban Jungle

David Wilborn, the madman behind Urban Jungle, has graciously featured Zombie Boy in a special Halloween strip. Take a look at it here. And make a little archive dive and check out David’s hilarious strip about Zack, the only human in an office full of animals. Lots of funny stuff, with great art to boot!

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Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes

on October 25, 2011

Peanuts Daily 9-28-51

Going through the process of developing a panel for a strip can be hard work. We make changes, scratch what we start, and try again. Here’s a close-up of a Charles Schulz Peanuts daily from September 28, 1951, within its first year. Notice how Schulz redraws both Charlie Brown and Patty in different poses until he found just what he was looking for. Click on image below for a larger version.

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I do my drawings on separate paper and then trace the finalized drawing onto the bristol board to ink, but often times I redraw right on the paper. If there’s a lot of drawing it can be hard to erase. Schulz’s pencil lines are faint, but I’m glad he didn’t erase them out of existence!

Complete Peanuts daily 9-28-51

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I Know You’re Out There Somewhere

on October 13, 2011

Hey Commentors! Since the web negates all our physical locations, I’m interested to know where everybody is on this blue ball. I’m in Dallas, Texas in the U. S. of A.! Where are you?

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