tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25473451.comments2024-03-17T19:22:37.877-04:00Mike Lynch CartoonsMike Lynchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06589354018554341768noreply@blogger.comBlogger6236125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25473451.post-47063658434495223712024-03-06T18:28:58.938-05:002024-03-06T18:28:58.938-05:00We had that record set. My favorite bits were Burn...We had that record set. My favorite bits were Burns and Allen discussing Great Men of the Half Century (George asks Gracie why he's not on her list. "You're my husband, George. I don't think of you as a man." "Thank you, Gracie." "I mean, as a man who does anything." "Thank you again, Gracie." ...) and Fred Allen asking the Allen's Alley gang about cold cures. <br /><br />Eventually I graduated to LPs, cassette tapes and CDs of complete radio shows, with an emphasis on Sherlock Holmes and The Shadow. Now you can hear tons of material from places like Archive.org. For me, the ideal place to listen to old radio shows is a train, when your impulse is to keep looking out the window.<br /><br />Jim Jordan, by the way, voiced the albatross Orville in "The Rescuers". DBensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01144515471557731622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25473451.post-41106926416170681132024-02-22T11:00:06.043-05:002024-02-22T11:00:06.043-05:00Thanks for sharing.Thanks for sharing.John R. Platthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18031328798487186988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25473451.post-62857707475892809432024-02-14T23:46:22.695-05:002024-02-14T23:46:22.695-05:00Thanks for your kind words. They mean a lot. It...Thanks for your kind words. They mean a lot. It's been a big loss and I am still very sad about it. I wish they lasted as long as people. Mike Lynchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06589354018554341768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25473451.post-84922986412408408292024-02-08T20:30:25.429-05:002024-02-08T20:30:25.429-05:00So sorry to hear it, Mike. I'm glad you were ...So sorry to hear it, Mike. I'm glad you were able to give him a much better life for 15 years.sarusahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08271501589622567378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25473451.post-5381884955412725942024-02-07T22:27:06.140-05:002024-02-07T22:27:06.140-05:00Congrats on 18 years! One of my favorite blogs.Congrats on 18 years! One of my favorite blogs.Bob Sassonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13851349522461180179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25473451.post-20148086205085967342024-02-07T05:20:40.331-05:002024-02-07T05:20:40.331-05:00Many congratulations, Mike!Many congratulations, Mike!Manquemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16034520310552899102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25473451.post-43609857839236075612024-01-27T18:08:59.274-05:002024-01-27T18:08:59.274-05:00I was looking for some line art related to Irish m...I was looking for some line art related to Irish music and happened upon this set ... from a session I used to go to in NH! (Guitarist looks like it could be me, honestly, but I wasn't wearing glasses in 2010. <br /><br />More striking, it's wonderful to see your sketch of Roger Burridge, the great fiddler who passed in 2020. Thanks for posting these.Pete Halehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00755988823211730697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25473451.post-60958238626656458572024-01-19T07:44:29.340-05:002024-01-19T07:44:29.340-05:00Very nice. You've captured attitude and emoti...Very nice. You've captured attitude and emotion in a subtle way.BobbyGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13147181550801227537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25473451.post-76439679932577834842024-01-16T15:48:16.636-05:002024-01-16T15:48:16.636-05:00Unnecessary note: I remember seeing the Space Taxi...Unnecessary note: I remember seeing the Space Taxi model on a local kid show called Hobby Masters in the very early 60s (my age was in single digit). Somehow I conflated it with the magnetic space coup in Dick Tracy and kept expecting the strip to show a version with those cages at each end. It should be remembered that Willy Ley was prominently featured with Wernher Von Braun in the Disneyland "Man In Space" episodes. He was already well known, but that shot of national exposure likely led to the model line.DBensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01144515471557731622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25473451.post-47135514837022052752024-01-16T15:38:31.185-05:002024-01-16T15:38:31.185-05:00Do these ever bring back memories! As a space-happ...Do these ever bring back memories! As a space-happy kid I scarfed Sugar Jets and had Mom send for the books. Along with Bonestell's paintings in a second-hand copy of <i>The Exploration of Mars</i> Polgreen's pictures were burnt into my brain as the way <i>real</i> spaceships should look. Never got one of the Orbital Rocket kits--a friend had one--but I built the Space Taxi with its cages on either end to prevent stuff floating off into space. Great stuff despite the dentist bills.Smurfswackerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11807173070389349098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25473451.post-41896234221038348962024-01-13T15:56:01.266-05:002024-01-13T15:56:01.266-05:00Great interview!Great interview!Billy Hoganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947341415379828897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25473451.post-49154468700989045022024-01-12T07:26:11.853-05:002024-01-12T07:26:11.853-05:00Impressive art. Great inks by Colletta. This was a...Impressive art. Great inks by Colletta. This was a great series, along with Jimmy Olsen.ten-cent mediahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16607912671827301325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25473451.post-65116276614101444322024-01-06T21:45:22.286-05:002024-01-06T21:45:22.286-05:00This is a thoughtful and heartbreaking essay, Mike...This is a thoughtful and heartbreaking essay, Mike. Thanks.Brian Fieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16347700145666751363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25473451.post-65348595523716608332024-01-05T14:56:58.370-05:002024-01-05T14:56:58.370-05:00Another school shooting. Another tragedy.
Thank...Another school shooting. Another tragedy. <br /><br />Thanks for posting Mike.J. Lemonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08772586343280521040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25473451.post-47200716627069579452024-01-03T13:05:09.114-05:002024-01-03T13:05:09.114-05:00That's a great link. Thanks! Reminded me of th...That's a great link. Thanks! Reminded me of the house used in the old Woody Allen movie "Sleeper."Mike Lynchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06589354018554341768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25473451.post-66227272424276020622024-01-01T18:42:29.954-05:002024-01-01T18:42:29.954-05:00I remember this issue. Thanks to Milford Poltroon,...I remember this issue. Thanks to Milford Poltroon, I believe for years for earwax really consisted of used up brain cells. My whole family grew up to be a bunch of psychos due to this piscatorial periodical.Blake Simpsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05566232013604419101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25473451.post-84391394911631946052023-12-27T19:32:55.674-05:002023-12-27T19:32:55.674-05:00Thanks, Mike,
These are excellent ideas and the ti...Thanks, Mike,<br />These are excellent ideas and the timing of the panels are great!<br />Bob Sealhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07745625132764131475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25473451.post-55359910459730778352023-12-22T01:01:06.816-05:002023-12-22T01:01:06.816-05:00The city sidewalk vendor is a different genus from...The city sidewalk vendor is a different genus from the waif. Usually an adult male, he peddles stuff from a tray or a suitcase on legs. In the world of panel cartoons he's frequently selling little windup men who are scurrying around on the sidewalk. <br /><br />Addams's waif -- and many others -- descend from Hans Christian Anderson's tearjerker The Little Match Girl. The story has the title orphan lighting her last matches to keep from freezing, dreaming of happiness until angels take her to heaven. There have been multiple cartoons and film riffs, some closing with a poor child's dreams coming true ("The Shanty Where Santy Claus Lives" and "Somewhere in Dreamland") while others keep Anderson's ending (Disney produced a solemn Russia-set version, meant for "Fantasia 2000"). The Little Match Girl was well known enough to be a recognizable reference, like the three bears or Red Riding Hood. <br /><br />Addams cheekily makes the pathos absurd with the girl not even having matches to sell. The Mickey Mouse featurette "Prince and the Pauper" later offered a sillier take: Threadbare Goofy peddles snow cones in the depth of winter and wonders why they aren't selling. Eventually Addams had a match girl cursing a little Japanese girl, who undercut her with cheap imported lighters.DBensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01144515471557731622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25473451.post-44145472067927063432023-12-19T16:19:49.720-05:002023-12-19T16:19:49.720-05:00Mike, thank you for all the work cultivating these...Mike, thank you for all the work cultivating these! Here is a house that I always thought was a great Jetson house, from the outside and inside:<br />https://www.desertsun.com/story/desert-magazine/2016/09/28/step-inside-volcano-house-desert-masterpiece/91225446/Harrisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08807391928636721995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25473451.post-53908948241750988272023-12-07T13:05:49.519-05:002023-12-07T13:05:49.519-05:00Wow. So cool that title cards were one one of your...Wow. So cool that title cards were one one of your first jobs. These are all images I pulled from eBay some time ago. I have no recollection what the seller wanted for them. Glad I snagged the images! Mike Lynchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06589354018554341768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25473451.post-76361535126728530542023-12-06T14:16:34.526-05:002023-12-06T14:16:34.526-05:00Maybe "Thrifty Theater/Thrillers" were s...Maybe "Thrifty Theater/Thrillers" were sponsored by the Thrifty drug store chain, on a local or regional basis if it wasn't syndicated or network. <br /><br />Otherwise the branding may have been that watching a movie on TV was thriftier than going out. A peculiar pitch, since television movie slots usually tried to imply a bit of glamor and/or indulgence with words like theater, showcase, matinee, Hollywood, etc. Envisioning a local host welcoming viewers with "Hello cheapskates!"<br /><br />A Second City sketch might have a host enthusing over the cheapness of the films themselves: "Look at how empty the sets are! This is real thrift!"DBensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01144515471557731622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25473451.post-60149666235897773812023-12-04T18:08:24.291-05:002023-12-04T18:08:24.291-05:00LOL You also reran this last year, and I commented...LOL You also reran this last year, and I commented that the DtM cover was by Owen Fitzgerald.top_cat_jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06365510398800837335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25473451.post-66054944893355318292023-12-03T21:04:49.421-05:002023-12-03T21:04:49.421-05:00Cool. Congratulations on this.Cool. Congratulations on this.Larry Rippee and Molly Reahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04745119173570165941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25473451.post-80619929891455995402023-12-03T10:45:08.616-05:002023-12-03T10:45:08.616-05:00Nice!Nice!BobbyGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13147181550801227537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25473451.post-61586199141482764292023-11-24T19:49:01.093-05:002023-11-24T19:49:01.093-05:00Oh my! These are delightful. Such a pleasure to se...Oh my! These are delightful. Such a pleasure to see illustrations by well-trained hands, instead of computer generated. I just love these!Carolinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17081745211158557513noreply@blogger.com