High-hatting with Hatlo

Panels from the classic "They'll Do It Every Time" comic strips by Jimmy Hatlo, scanned from the Avon paperback, THE NEW JIMMY HATLO BOOK.

Copyright © 1952 King Features Syndicate.

Willie and Joe Up Front

Bill Mauldin's Willie and Joe will forever be the image of the American combat infantryman in the European Theater during World War II.

These cartoons are from the book UP FRONT by Bill Mauldin. Copyright © 1945 Henry Holt and Company. Mauldin, born in 1921, had a long and successful career drawing editorial cartoons. He died in 2003.

The WILLIE AND JOE THE WWII YEARS collection is from Fantagraphics, and can be ordered through Amazon.com.

Vampirella--and 1977--has come again

We're almost two months into 2011, but you can always use a calendar, can't you? It happens that this Warren calendar is still usable, because the dates in 1977 line up with this year.

It's almost like going back in time. Almost.

The calendar was scanned and put on line by DCP Wannabe. Thanks go to that person for making it available, so I can show it to you.

THE WARREN 1977 CALENDAR Copyright © 1976 Warren Publishing Co.

The fightin' Fleischers

Interesting interview with Leslie Cabarga from a 1991 FILMFAX magazine about the Fleischer brothers and their self-destructive in-fighting. "Can't we all just get along?" I guess not.

Copyright © 1991 Filmfax