I recently received the following message regarding the “Robin Williams’ joke thievery” bit I put together last year.
”I am sixteen years old and have grown up watching Robin Williams. I look up to him. These “comments” on your site
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Archive for March, 2005
3.28.05
3.25.05
A great oral history of Art Spiegelman’s RAW
, with obligatory Chris Ware quotations. (courtesy of Christopher Merritt)
3.22.05
on Albums released with more than one cover.
3.22.05
Geoff sent me a link to this Music Video / Mosaic, directed by a guy named Thomas Hughes. The site describes it as: “A video mosaic constructed from the puzzling elements of a girl named Mandy.” It’s worth watching …
Several years ago, my girlfriend Sarah bought me a notepad, which I promptly put into a pocket of my bag and forgot about. I unearthed it a few days ago, and noticed some of the ridiculous details for the first …
3.21.05
Replica ‘Saved By the Bell’ T-shirts.
“I’m so.. so.. SCARED.”
3.17.05
New book on the Composers who scored early Hollywood animation.
Looks like a good companion to ‘Cartoon Music.’
3.17.05
An insanely great PDF essay on the changing design of Candy Wrappers.
I’ve been ridiculed by friends for years because I photograph unique candy packaging. VINDICATED.
3.14.05
Mesmerizing.
3.10.05
Japanese Zumpano CD w/ rare B-sides on eBay.
It’s pretty cheap too.
In December 2004, I was forwarded the following article about a fellow bottlecap mosaicist. I’ve pasted the relevant bits of the now-unavailable-online article below. The fulltext of the article, which was published in North Carolina this past November, is preserved …
3.6.05
Anthology containing Chris Ware’s ‘Peanuts’ tribute strip and essay marked down to $3.
Originally $24.95. Tracking down this book was the impetus for my ridiculous listing of Ware’s work. (It turns out the minimum order is $30.)
3.2.05
Tim Burton is having a garage sale.
Someone needs to take pictures of this.
3.1.05
Great Research on the lost ‘Oswald the Rabbit’ cartoons of 1928-1929.
You know, for nerds.
3.1.05