Even The Laugh Out Loud Cats Know

Laugh-Out-Loud Cats #25
Originally uploaded by Ape Lad.

Thanks to Apelad for this wonderful cartoon.

Super Chicken

A blast from the past, for those who remember him.

More Pancakes?

Nora has always referenced this in our conversations. And now, here it is for all to see.

Neil, on the other hand, loves gravy:



That is all.

Watterson on Schultz

A new biography on Peanuts creator Charles Schultz called Schultz and Peanuts is due out this month. The Schultz family is apparently none too happy of the portrayal of Charlie Brown's dad as a melancholy, depressed womanizer. One of his contemporaries begs to differ, however. Bill Watterson wrote a pretty good article for the Wall Street Journal about the book:

"It's a strange and interesting story, and Mr. Michaelis, the author of a 1998 biography of artist N.C. Wyeth, paces the narrative well, offering many insights and surprising events from Schulz's life. Undoubtedly the most fascinating part of the book is the juxtaposition of biographical information and reproduced "Peanuts" strips. Here we see how literally Schulz sometimes depicted actual situations and events. The strips used as illustrations in "Schulz and Peanuts" are reproduced at eye-straining reduction and are often removed from the context of their stories, but they vividly demonstrate how Schulz used his cartoons to work through private concerns. We discover, for example, that in the recurring scenes of Lucy annoying Schroeder at the piano, the crabby and bossy Lucy stands in for Joyce, and the obsessive and talented Schroeder is a surrogate for Schulz."

Check out the article here. Good stuff. Thanks Neil!

How I Did It - The Cartoon Version

How I Did It
Originally uploaded by jawboneradio.

A few weeks ago, Jonathan Coulton wrote a fairly lengthy post on his blog answering the question of how he achieved his fame on the internets. I was thinking about it today and I thought it would make a great comic. So here it is, in all it's glory, very paraphrased.

Animated Calvin and Hobbes

From Philip via CartoonBrew:

"We may never see a Bill Watterson-approved animated version of Calvin and Hobbes but the following student film from Italy is a nice unofficial attempt. The animation was done by Donato Di Carlo at the CFP Milano film school."

Check it out.

700 Things

This happened while I was out in the desert: 700 Things. More to come as I get the downlow on the whole project.

UPDATE: More on this project here.

Cartoon Network Causes Terror Scare In Boston

"In an example of the risks associated with viral advertising in public spaces, an outdoor campaign by Turner Broadcasting to promote the Cartoon Network's late-night cult hit "Aqua Teen Hunger Force" triggered bomb scares and the closing of two bridges in Boston on Wednesday. Boston residents reported long traffic jams and mass transit delays as police crews searched for explosives."

Two guys from the Cartoon Network MARKETING FIRM got arrested for this stunt. Crazy. See all the fallout here.

Weird Escher-esque Video

Kinda weird and creepy all at once. Thanks to Monica for the link!

Yogi Bear's Dad Dies

Sad news from Cartoon Land:

Joe Barbera, half of the Hanna-Barbera animation team that produced such beloved cartoon characters as Tom and Jerry, Yogi Bear and the Flintstones, died Monday, a Warner Bros. spokesman said. He was 95.

See the whole story here.