Category Archives: cartoons

how do you tell racism from diversity?

Posted on Thursday, 2005 November 24 by Anton

I’m watching a collection of Tom and Jerry cartoons, made by Joseph Barbera and William Hanna, who were later known for the much cruder animation of The Flintstones. I’m puzzled by the opening disclaimer in which Whoopi Goldberg explains that … Continue reading →

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who’s he think he is, DC?

Posted on Sunday, 2005 November 20 by Anton

Steve Troop has restarted his comicstrip Melonpool from scratch and, very unusually, took down eight years of archived strips (though you can still buy them as books). The event is much discussed at Websnark. Besides being weighed down by the … Continue reading →

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Brent gets desperate

Posted on Thursday, 2005 October 20 by Anton

how to impress chicks?

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what’s up at Keenspace?

Posted on Saturday, 2005 May 28 by Anton

Most (according to casual sample) of the comic strips hosted at Keenspace have had their archives disappear, in whole or in part, this week; as if Keenspace had been taken over by Blogspot.

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items from elsewhere

Posted on Monday, 2005 May 09 by Anton

Ron Paul’s remarks on the war, to the House useful spam-handling plugin for WordPress 1.5 a gag about clashing jargons Sheldon Richman on the “Minuteman Project”: . . . this “citizens’ neighborhood watch along our border” looks for foreigners who, … Continue reading →

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Bobbin come home!

Posted on Tuesday, 2005 February 15 by Anton

What happened to Joycelyn Yik’s comic strip The New Adventures of Bobbin? The domain has been down for at least a few days, and I’ve never known that to happen before. Feb.20: She’s back! with a strip about about quirks … Continue reading →