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Who Will Win? Our Fearless Predictions!

May 16,2013 - by 0

If it’s springtime, it’s awards season for cartoonists! The movies have the Oscar, television has the Emmy, and cartooning has the only slightly… more »

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Madge’s Magic: A Look at a Forgotten Graphic Masterpiece

Apr 09,2013 - by 0

Jenny E. Robb and Richard D. Olson examine Madge, the Magician’s Daughter by the little-known W.O. Wilson. In 1906 and 1907, W.O. Wilson… more »

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Fritzi Ritz Before Bushmiller: She’s Come a Long Way, Baby!

Mar 06,2013 - by 0

Who created Nancy? You’re unlikely to stump any reasonably knowledgeable comics fan with that question. (If you don’t know that the response to… more »

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Whatever Happened to Total TeleVision productions?

Feb 20,2013 - by 0

The story behind the Total TeleVision studio—birthplace of Underdog and Tennessee Tuxedo, among many other characters—has contained more questions than answers. Mark Arnold… more »

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Everybody’s Friend: Remembering Stan Lee and Dan DeCarlo’s “My Friend Irma”

Feb 11,2013 - by 0

You’re not familiar with Irma Peterson? In the ’50s, she was Queen of All Media. Andrew Pepoy examines her comic strip incarnation (Note:… more »

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Excavating Bedrock: Reminiscences of “The Flintstones”

Jan 16,2013 - by 0

John Province talks to some of the key architects of the modern Stone Age family. When you’re with the Flintstones, you’ll have a… more »

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Funny Business: The Rise and Fall of Johnstone and Cushing

Sep 29,2012 - by 0

Dik Browne ran through the lobby shrieking, his bloody shirt tattered and flapping in his wake. Al Stenzel, art director at Johnstone and… more »

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The Oral History of SpongeBob SquarePants

Sep 21,2012 - by 0

More than a decade has passed since Stephen Hillenburg’s porous protagonist established Bikini Bottom as a must-see outpost of popular culture. Tom Heintjes… more »

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The Thin Black Line: Jay Irving and His Cartoon Cops

Sep 07,2012 - by 0

Rob Stolzer surveys the life and art of Jay Irving, the cartoonist who brought law and order to the comics page. A bigfoot… more »

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The View from On High: Dudley Fisher’s “Right Around Home”

Jul 12,2012 - by 1

In Right Around Home, readers enjoyed a bird’s-eye view of a fictional all-American neighborhood, an innovative narrative point of view that distinguished the… more »

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All in the Family: A Cartooning Roundtable

Jun 10,2012 - by 0

Just like any other creative industry, cartooning has always had dynasties. Tom Heintjes talks to four creators who followed their cartoonist forebears into… more »

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Marge and Lulu: The Art of the Deal

May 22,2012 - by 0

In tracing the evolution of marketing consumer products using comics characters, encountering Marge Buell and her moppet creation Little Lulu is inevitable. Jennifer… more »

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The Lynn Johnston Interview

May 16,2012 - by 0

(Editor’s note: This interview was published in Hogan’s Alley #1, 1994.) It’s easy to form a mistaken impression about Lynn Johnston. I should… more »

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Jimmy Hatlo—Man of Many Hats

May 13,2012 - by 0

Jimmy Hatlo was one of America’s most beloved cartoonists, taking the art of observational humor to new levels of popularity. Ed Black looks… more »

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The Ad That Made an Icon Out of Mac

May 09,2012 - by 0

Gene Kannenberg Jr. examines the origins and surprising evolutions of the iconic Charles Atlas ad campaign. Every comic-book reader remembers “The Insult that… more »

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Presarvin’ Freedom: Al Capp, Treasury Man

May 09,2012 - by 0

Unable to serve in the military, Al Capp spearheaded cartoonists’ effort to raise money to fight World War II. Jay Maeder explores their… more »

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Four of a Kind: A Cartooning Roundtable

May 08,2012 - by 0

Though the dimensions of a comic-strip artist’s work has diminished over the years, paradoxically his work has never been more challenging. Fewer newspapers… more »

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The Johnny Hart Interview

May 07,2012 - by 0

Note: This interview was originally published in Hogan’s Alley #2, 1995. Johnny Hart is the most self-effacing of geniuses. He is the quiet… more »

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The Deadliest Ads Alive!

Apr 24,2012 - by 0

With the world grown smaller and the Far East drawn so near, it’s hard to imagine a time when martial arts had an… more »

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Alex Raymond’s Last Ride

Mar 03,2012 - by 0

Stan Drake talks about surviving the fatal car wreck that took Alex Raymond’s life—was it an accident or suicide? By Arlen Schumer The… more »

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Who Will Win? Our Fearless Predictions!

May 16,2013 - by 0

If it’s springtime, it’s awards season for cartoonists! The movies have the Oscar, television has the Emmy, and cartooning has the only slightly… more »

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Madge’s Magic: A Look at a Forgotten Graphic Masterpiece

Apr 09,2013 - by 0

Jenny E. Robb and Richard D. Olson examine Madge, the Magician’s Daughter by the little-known W.O. Wilson. In 1906 and 1907, W.O. Wilson… more »

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I Remember Abner: An Interview With Al Capp’s Biographers

Mar 28,2013 - by 0

Monster. Genius. The P.T. Barnum of the comics. Or the Rabelais of the comics. Call “Li’l Abner” creator Al Capp any of the… more »

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Fritzi Ritz Before Bushmiller: She’s Come a Long Way, Baby!

Mar 06,2013 - by 0

Who created Nancy? You’re unlikely to stump any reasonably knowledgeable comics fan with that question. (If you don’t know that the response to… more »

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Whatever Happened to Total TeleVision productions?

Feb 20,2013 - by 0

The story behind the Total TeleVision studio—birthplace of Underdog and Tennessee Tuxedo, among many other characters—has contained more questions than answers. Mark Arnold… more »

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Everybody’s Friend: Remembering Stan Lee and Dan DeCarlo’s “My Friend Irma”

Feb 11,2013 - by 0

You’re not familiar with Irma Peterson? In the ’50s, she was Queen of All Media. Andrew Pepoy examines her comic strip incarnation (Note:… more »

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Excavating Bedrock: Reminiscences of “The Flintstones”

Jan 16,2013 - by 0

John Province talks to some of the key architects of the modern Stone Age family. When you’re with the Flintstones, you’ll have a… more »

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(Not) Home for the Holidays: Milton Caniff’s Christmas Strips

Dec 19,2012 - by 0

Editor’s note: The following article was originally published in the Henderson (N.C.) Daily Dispatch. By David Irvine Comic strips aren’t always funny—sometimes they… more »

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Blake Superior: The Bud Blake Interview

Dec 13,2012 - by 0

Rob Stolzer talks to Bud Blake, who retired after producing nearly 40 years of Tiger (Note: This interview originally appeared in Hogan’s Alley… more »

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Ho-Ho-Hogan! Our Annual Christmas Treat(s)!

Nov 28,2012 - by 0

This year, we’re pleased to present the 1942 Christmas strip from the Newspaper Enterprise Association, “Santa’s Victory Christmas.” The strip–the seventh in NEA’s… more »

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