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MY KID'S BIRTHDAY
I did this photo story as a kind of card for my kid's birthday. It occurred to me that Theory Corner readers might be interested to see it.The pictures chronicle my kid's imaginary grand entry to her...
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COMPUTER'S ON THE FRITZ
my keyboard's on the fritz and i can't type capital letters, except on the caps lock setting which is awkward. i'll try to do something about that today, and put up a blog tonight. right now i can't...
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HOUSE ON THE ROCK
A search for "House on the Rock" produced some pretty exotic pictures, like the one above. Even so, I'll bet none of them have interiors half as good as the ultimate House on the Rock, the one near...
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BRITISH AND FRENCH CARICATURES, CIRCA 1820
The British won the Napoleonic wars and then proceeded to swamp France with tourists. It was a bitter pill for the French who couldn't believe they were beaten by a race of people with buck teeth and...
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AN INTENSE ROMANTIC SCENE
Talk about a page-turner...it's hard to imagine anyone reading this putting it down and making a sandwich. I wish I could remember where I got it. It's all dialogue so maybe it was a screenplay....
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THE FUTURE OF PETS
It doesn't require extraordinary predictive power to figure this one out. The future of pets is the miniaturization of already existing species. Taking your elephant for a walk may be as common as...
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THE BEST HALLOWEEN COSTUMES OF 2013
IT'S HALLOWEEN TIME!!!!!! I had to take down my previous post because it didn't seem to capture the spirit of the holiday. Let's try again...this time with true Halloween feeling!Wow! What do you think...
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MORE HALLOWEEN 2013
Yes, MORE HALLOWEEN!I've only been to two Halloween stores so far, and if what they have is typical I'd say we can expect fewer high end items this year, but a lot more inexpensive decorations. I do...
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THE ART OF STORYBOARDING
Here's (above) a pairing of two Simpsons clips from two different episodes. I'm putting them up because they cut together so well. See what you think.It starts with the interior of Homer's garage. He...
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CRIME, LOWLIFES, MURDERERS
What other animation site reports on the seedy urban underworld as often as Theory Corner? Here you'll find suspicious characters.Gritty industry.Jealous husbands.Ex-friends.Blighted...
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FIGURE DRAWING
Here's a few life drawings I did years ago. I saved them, not because they're good drawings...which they're not...but because they remind me of a conceptual breakthrough that I made that day. That was...
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MILTON CANIFF
There's a nice coffee table book devoted to Milton Caniff and I thought I'd write about it here. Caniff was the guy who did Terry and the Pirates and Steve Canyon for the papers in the 40s and 50s.The...
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HALLOWEEN MASKS 2013
I'm so busy...but I couldn't resist another Halloween post. What do you think of this (above) 50s cut-out mask?This (above) is what's available locally.If only you could buy masks like this (above) in...
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HALLOWEEN MASKS AND PORCH DECORATIONS
I like this idea (above) of underlit faces that get larger as they emerge from the cauldron. This idea might work as a porch decoration with paper bag heads.Yikes! An evil marionette (above)!Here's an...
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MORE HALLOWEEN MASKS 2013
Geez! HALLOWEEN IS ON THURSDAY!!!!!!! I don't have any decorations up! And I've gotta get some candy!
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HAVE A GOOD HALLOWEEN, EVERYBODY!
Behind you! Watch out!!!!The man she's kissing (above) comes apart in her arms.There was said to be a face in the clouds erupting from the World Trade Center. Here's a similar one.Slow motion running...
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HYPNOSIS FILMS
I love to see the evolution of a filmmaker, even in the unlikely environs of the adult film industry. This ambitious dirty filmmaker wisely picked a genre that nobody else cared much about: the naked...
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PICASSO THEATRE
The set design in "Rabbit of Seville" is great, but who did it? I'm guessing Maurice Noble designed it and Phil DeGaurd (spelled right?) painted it, but maybe I'm wrong. Anyway, whoever did it was...
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DISNEYLAND PRINCESSES
I just visited Disneyland again, and here we are (above) at Princess Island, or as I call it..."Princessneyland." This is the part of Disneyland devoted to little girls who wear princess costumes and...
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