Yesterday, I put the first press release on the Cartoonist Conspiracy’s 2008 24 Hour Comics Day event in Minneapolis. Don’t miss checking out Kevin Cannon‘s fantastic poster for it… click the image to go to the link and check it out at a legible size.

Also of note is a gallery show this weekend im Minneapolis by my friends at Puny Entertainment… click the below image for more information… and click here for a sneak preview.

• Alex Toth on Noel Sickles
  from Today’s Inspiration
• structure of freemasonry
  from My[confined]Space
• Uderzo + Goscinny + Herge + Franquin
  from CR Briefings
• Claymation zombie film
  from Boing Boing
• Profile of Hans Monderman, radical traffic engineer
  from Boing Boing
• *Rolf Armstrong* 1889 ~ 1960 *One of my favorites!*
  from Golden Age Comic Book Stories
• Free Press: Bipartisan FCC Majority Condemns Comcast’s Illegal Blocking
  from FAIR Media Views
• Complete Western Book, July 1948
  from Pulp of the Day
• Q&A with Seth by Sean Rogers
  from The Walrus Magazine
• Fairy found: True or Hoax?
  from Hoax Forum
• “Ingeborg Willy Scrapbook” (1936-1937) – Page 3
  from Cowan Collection: Animation
• McSweeney’s Internet Tendency: Selections From H.P. Lovecraft’s Brief Tenure as a Whitman’s Sampler Copywriter.
  from Wired: Beyond the Beyond
• STLtoday – Author draws her own conclusion
  from stltoday.com
• Film Highlight: The Animation Show – Movies
  from City Pages
• ‘Operation Capture Monkey’ in Harajuku
  from Pink Tentacle
• CR Review: The Complete Little Orphan Annie, Vol. 1
  from CR Briefings
• Roger Ebert Finds 3-D Films Annoying
  from Cartoon Brew: Leading the Animation Conversation
• Seaweed and the Cure for Mildew
  from Cartoon Brew: Leading the Animation Conversation
• Alexander Brook’s illustrations for Modess booklet ‘How Shall I Tell My Daughter?’, 1954
  from I’m Learning To Share!
• Bigfoot Grifters: “Everyone Knew We Were Lying.”
  from Cryptomundo
• George & Norman Munro
  from Punch in Canada
• Skeleton show
  from Michael Sporn Animation – Splog
• Clown-cigarette umbrella
  from Boing Boing
• PUNY “30% More Commerical” sneak peek
  from PUNY blog
• St. Paul Cartoonist Conspiracy Jam Tomorrow! Come…
  from bewilderedkid.com
• Aug. 21, 2008: Alph aren’t
  from Journalista – the news weblog of The Comics Journal
• “Ingeborg Willy Scrapbook” (1936-1937) – Page 2
  from Cowan Collection: Animation
• In-Depth With the King of Kong
  from mental_floss Blog
• Interview: Nate Powell Pt. 1
  from The Daily Cross Hatch
• Today’s Video Link
  from news from me
• Bush Administration: McCain Not Tortured
  from MetaFilter
• Harvey Kurtzman’s daughter lives in H.P. Lovecraft’s old apartment and it’s haunted
  from FLOG! Entries
• 19 Terrifying Incidents Involving Fish
  from Neatorama
• Tiny battery made of self-assembling viruses
  from TED | TEDBlog
• Old Seattle Restaurant Menus
  from Looky
• *Margaret Armstrong* 1867 ~ 1944
  from Golden Age Comic Book Stories
• Cat with four ears
  from Boing Boing
• Wild monkey loose in Japanese subway eludes police
  from Boing Boing
• Hanako, the fish who lived to 226
  from Boing Boing
• 24 HOUR COMICS DAY 2008, MINNEAPOLIS
  from CONSPIRE!
• List of newspaper comic strips A-L
  from Wikipedia
• “Ingeborg Willy Scrapbook” (1936-1937) – Page 1
  from Cowan Collection: Animation
• Diaroogle Locates Public Toilets [Search Engines]
  from Lifehacker
• CR Review: Scorchy Smith And The Art Of Noel Sickles
  from CR Briefings
• A few tidbits
  from THE BEAT
• Part 3 -Rico LeBrun’s guides
  from Michael Sporn Animation – Splog
• Burma Chronicles by Guy Delisle
  from The Daily Cross Hatch
• PUNY “30% More Commercial” Gallery Show this Saturday
  from PUNY blog
• News of Yore 1922: H.H. Knerr Bloviates
  from Stripper’s Guide
• Aug. 20, 2008: The turn of Nagraj
  from Journalista – the news weblog of The Comics Journal
• The Comics Journal Message Board :: View topic – Reprinting limited editions (I’m looking at you Fanta)
  from The Comics Journal Message Board
• Wanda Jackson
  from PCL LinkDump
• Whatever Works
  from Shorpy :: History in HD – ShorpyBlog
• Happy 100th Birthday, Animated Film
  from Cartoon Brew: Leading the Animation Conversation
• The Gurch, FantaCo & Gore Shriek Memories (Series…
  from Myrant
• In search of Western civilisation’s lost classics…
  from The Australian
• Sequart Research & Literacy Organization COLUMNS – Brought to Light #3: _Roscoe Moscow_
  from sequart.org
• Mapping Springfield
  from Cartoon Brew: Leading the Animation Conversation
• Interview: Gabrielle Bell Pt. 4 [of 4]
  from The Daily Cross Hatch
• Interview: Cory Doctorow Pt. 1 [of 2]
  from The Daily Cross Hatch
• Blogging the day
  from 24-Hour Comic Day
• Robert McKimson Interview
  from ThadBlog