Topic: WALKING ON AIR (Read 16232 times)

bk · « **on:** August 03, 2010, 12:22:43 AM »

Well, you've read the notes, the notes walked on air, and now it is time for you to post until the walking on air cows come home.

bk · « **Reply #1 on:** August 03, 2010, 12:23:36 AM »

And the word of the day is: SPATCHCOCK!

George · « **Reply #2 on:** August 03, 2010, 12:35:04 AM »

Congrats again on your Thurber, BK! And good luck with your reading tonight!

George · « **Reply #3 on:** August 03, 2010, 12:49:58 AM »

Topic of the Day: does Al Hirschfeld count? Otherwise (in alphabetical order):

Berkeley Breathed (Bloom County)
Darby Conley (Get Fuzzy)
Jim Davis (Garfield)
Gary Larson (The Far Side)
Charles Schultz (Peanuts)

That's all that I can think of now.

bk · « **Reply #4 on:** August 03, 2010, 12:54:39 AM »

I think I'll be able to do a high-quality scan of the Thurber - I didn't realize that my book of complete New Yorker cartoons came with a CD with all the cartoons on them - I'll see if I can lift off mine.

bk · « **Reply #5 on:** August 03, 2010, 01:04:17 AM »

Guess I can't.

DERBRUCER · « **Reply #6 on:** August 03, 2010, 01:17:08 AM »

TOD

Charles Schultz

Jean Kerr ("Please Don't Eat The Daises", "Mary, Mary", Goldilocks)

der Brucer

DERBRUCER · « **Reply #7 on:** August 03, 2010, 03:24:00 AM »

RIP !

LATIMES

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Robert F. Boyle, Hitchcock's art director for 'North by Northwest,' dies at 100
August 2, 2010 | 9:27 pm

Robert F. Boyle, a longtime Hollywood production designer who received four Academy Award nominations for his art direction on the films “North by Northwest,” “Gaily, Gaily,” “The Shootist” and “Fiddler on the Roof,” has died. He was 100.

Boyle, who received an honorary Oscar in 2008, died Sunday of natural causes at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, the Art Directors Guild announced.
Besides "North by Northwest," Boyle worked with director Alfred Hitchcock on "The Birds," "Marnie," "Saboteur" and "Shadow of a Doubt."

der Brucer

DERBRUCER · « **Reply #8 on:** August 03, 2010, 03:26:53 AM »

RIP 2

LA TIMES

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Tom Mankiewicz dies at 68; screenwriter for James Bond, Superman films

The script doctor 'created personalities, emotion and life' and gave the characters 'a wonderful sense of humor,' recalls 'Superman' director Richard Donner.

Tom Mankiewicz, a screenwriter and premier script doctor who made his reputation working on such James Bond films as "Diamonds Are Forever," "Live and Let Die" and "The Man With the Golden Gun," has died. He was 68.

Mankiewicz, who received a controversial credit for rewriting the 1978 film " Superman" and its 1980 sequel, died Saturday at his home in Los Angeles after a brief illness, according to John Mankiewicz, his cousin.

As a second-generation member of the Mankiewicz movie clan, he had often admitted he was intimidated by his family and its reputation. His father, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, the Oscar-winning writer and director of the 1950 film "All About Eve," was one of the most celebrated filmmakers of his era. His uncle, Herman J. Mankiewicz, co-wrote "Citizen Kane" (1941) with Orson Welles.
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der Brucer

DERBRUCER · « **Reply #9 on:** August 03, 2010, 03:29:23 AM »

Can you identify?

der Brucer

Ben · « **Reply #10 on:** August 03, 2010, 04:10:18 AM »

Morning all.

That is all.

FJL · « **Reply #11 on:** August 03, 2010, 04:56:56 AM »

I went to Brighton Beach for a while to see family,and then we ate at Spumoni Gardens, which sounds like a comedian's name for an Italian restaurant but was actually a very good restaurant, boasting excellent food.

FJL · « **Reply #12 on:** August 03, 2010, 04:57:26 AM »

Lovely news about the Thurber.

John G. · « **Reply #13 on:** August 03, 2010, 05:15:06 AM »

Morning, all.

John G. · « **Reply #14 on:** August 03, 2010, 05:19:20 AM »

TOD:

Berkeley Breathed (Bloom County)
Peter Arno -- I had a book of his when I was a kid and it had all these cartoons of nude people in them!
H.T. Webster -- I had a book of his cartoons, too, when I was a kid and loved the Casper Milquetoast series, as well as the series on how to annoy your wife.
Thurber
Roz Chast

John G. · « **Reply #15 on:** August 03, 2010, 05:22:09 AM »

Here's a favorite from H.T. Webster:

vixmom · « **Reply #16 on:** August 03, 2010, 05:26:56 AM »

Bill Watterson

Ben · « **Reply #17 on:** August 03, 2010, 05:36:14 AM »

Quote from: vixmom on August 03, 2010, 05:26:56 AM

Bill Watterson

That's today's cartoon! You must read the archive on line as well.

I LOVE Calvin and Hobbes and I'm very glad they have the archive at

Go Comics

vixmom · « **Reply #18 on:** August 03, 2010, 05:38:27 AM »

Gary Larson

Jrand74 · « **Reply #19 on:** August 03, 2010, 05:38:56 AM »

Congrats to MR BK on his purchase and congrats to DR LAURA on her millstone.

vixmom · « **Reply #20 on:** August 03, 2010, 05:39:44 AM »

gotta go

late for work

congtaulatyions Bruce on your long longed for cartoon!!

Jrand74 · « **Reply #21 on:** August 03, 2010, 05:40:20 AM »

DR CILLA LIZ - Miss Callee has discovered some secret places where she likes to spend time. She removed her collar with the bell and is much happier.

She sleeps on the table in my father's room or on the small hassock in the living room.....she likes to be off the ground or UNDER a protective surface if she is on the floor.

Jrand74 · « **Reply #22 on:** August 03, 2010, 05:41:11 AM »

TOD:

A lot of New Yorker cartoons.....hmmmmmmmmm

I shall have to see if I still have the one I saved because it was my favorite!

Off course Gary Larson and The Far Side.....

Jrand74 · « **Reply #23 on:** August 03, 2010, 05:42:02 AM »

Jrand74 · « **Reply #24 on:** August 03, 2010, 05:42:56 AM »

Off to do some Monday things.....I know....I know.....

elmore3003 · « **Reply #25 on:** August 03, 2010, 05:47:13 AM »

Good morning, all! I am in the middle of one of the Indianapolis charts, so I have to hop to it.

I slept fitfully last night; I urned off the light at 11, to be awakened by the Oaf Above Me somewhere between then and midnight, Besides wanting the pig deported, I'm wondering if I can get a lawyer and sue the landlord for not resolving problems I've complained to them about.

I have no other news.

Kerry · « **Reply #26 on:** August 03, 2010, 05:55:33 AM »

TOD:
Charles Schulz
Gluyas Williams
Peter Arno
Helen Hoskinson
Charles Addams
Edward Gorey
Roz Chast
Jack Ziegler
Charles Saxon

to name a few

Ginny · « **Reply #27 on:** August 03, 2010, 06:03:58 AM »

Tuesday morning greetings! I'll be in Dayton all afternoon with the grantwriters (is it December yet?). Have some cooking things to do before I leave in anticipation of DN Lauren being here for dinner.

TOD - in addition to many of the ones already mentioned:

Mike Peters (editorial cartoonist for Dayton Daily News)

Jim Borgman (currently draws ZITS, but for many years was the spot-on editorial cartoonist for the Cincinnati Enquirer. I miss his takes on current events.

Jennifer · « **Reply #28 on:** August 03, 2010, 07:20:57 AM »

DR Jane, you might find it funny to know that when i went back to the library this week your favorite book (not!) was still sitting on the front shelf for someone to borrow.

I guess nobody wanted it.

FJL · « **Reply #29 on:** August 03, 2010, 07:25:28 AM »

Brooklyn yesterday seems to have put me in a better mood. i hope it lasts! I guess if it doesn't, I can just go back to brooklyn again.

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