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FROM HERE TO ETERNITY (PARODY)
ON COUPLE KISSING PASSIONATELY:(SFX): SMOOCH! SMOOCH!(SFX): KISSY! KISSY! KISSY! (SFX): SMOOOCH! KISSY! KISSY! SMOOCH!!!!(SFX): SMOOOOOOCH!!!!COUPLE:  KISSY! SMOOOOOCH!!!!! KISSY!! SMOOOOOOOCH!...
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JOHN K CARICATURES EDDIE
A few days ago John did this caricature of me (above) in my copy of the newly published Spumco Comic Book anthology. Wow! I look ten million years old...even the flies around my head look old...but...
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CONGRATULATIONS GRADUATES!!!!
I'm not due for another post til Monday morning, but this won't wait. I just want to raise a glass to all the students who graduated this Summer. Wow! You made it! All that work...all those...
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WALLY WOOD'S WOMEN
This is about Wally Wood.I love the way Wood used to draw women in glamor poses (above), even when they were casually walking down the street.Even his sci-fi was full of glamor poses. A wife tearfully...
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WHY I NEVER GOT MY BACHELOR PAD
When I was a kid I was certain that my future home would look something like this (above). I really liked the bachelor pad look, even when I was too young to know what a bachelor was. I figured I'd...
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VIRGIL'S "AENEID": WHAT I LIKE ABOUT IT
 I'm writing about Aeneas (above), the towering hero of Rome's greatest epic poem,  Virgil's "Aeneid." My wife and daughter are reading it for a course on mythology, and I get to benefit from it too,...
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THE CAR OF THE FUTURE
In a minute I'll reveal to you the design that the auto industry has obviously picked for the official design motif of the future. I have to caution you not to make cat calls or stomp on the floor if...
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MALE FACES TO DRAW
Wow! This must be one of the best ever pictures of a screen villain. The subject is, of course, John Carradine.Carradine had a face that looked great when underlit.It's a bit of a stretch, but don't...
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MORE ABOUT COMIC POST CARDS
Gee, I miss the vacation post cards (above) that were all over the Jersey boardwalks when I was a kid.The cards (above) were nice and cartoony, and had a linen veneer that took color really well. They...
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CARTOON LAPEL PINS
I LOVE the kind of cartoon buttons people wore on their lapels a hundred years ago. Aging doesn't seem to have hurt them, in fact the acquired yellow tint makes them look even better. A lot of these...
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ASTRONOMY PHOTOS
Sorry I haven't put up a thoughtful post for a couple of weeks. There's a sort of family reunion going on at my house and it's too hectic to do anything more on the computer than put up interesting...
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MORE ABOUT PICASSO AND MATISSE
As the title suggests, this is about Picasso and Matisse and how their competition with each other helped to spur them both to greatness. I'm not an expert on this subject so if a reader catches a...
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HOW TO BUILD AN ARTS DISTRICT (REPRISE)
Oops! This reprint was posted accidentally when I hit a wrong button. Google won't let me reposition it til a day has passed, so I'll have to leave it here temporarily. It's one of my favorite posts,...
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A MUSEUM OF FUNNY ART
Every once in a while I mull over the idea of a Museum of Funny Art.I don't think most museums should give themselves over to this type of thing. Art has been trivialized enough in our time...I'd hate...
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DUMB ANIMATION CHARACTERS
Here's (above) the classic dumbell design favored by Tex Avery. It works great.IMO Clampett's version of dumb is even better. He always adds some other trait to the stupidity. Like Clampett's Beaky...
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