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”
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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…
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