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Crumbling Paper: Tillie the Toiler (strip #2)

Posted on May 23, 2012 by STWALLSKULL

Here’s an example I scanned of Tillie the Toiler with a Van Swaggers header from March 15, 1936 by Russ Westover.

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Crumbling Paper: Tillie the Toiler (strip #1)

Posted on May 23, 2012 by STWALLSKULL

Here’s an example I scanned of Tillie the Toiler with a Van Zippers header from May 23, 1926 by Russ Westover.

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Crumbling Paper: Tim Tyler’s Luck

Posted on May 23, 2012 by STWALLSKULL

Here’s an example I scanned of Tim Tyler’s Luck from March 16, 1941 by Lyman Young, along with an example of Modern Models, a papercraft feature by Rigby.

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Crumbling Paper: Dolly Dimples and Gasoline Gus

Posted on May 23, 2012 by STWALLSKULL

Here’s an example I scanned of Dolly Dimples with Gasoline Gus on the same page from March 2, 1913. The Dolly Dimples feature is credited to Grace G. Drayton on the Ohio State University reference site here, but it looks like this was signed by someone named Van Beekman or Von Beekman. Gasoline Gus was by O. P. Williams.

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Crumbling Paper: The Stranded Dime Museum Freaks Didn’t Want to Frighten the Farmers, but They Simply Had to Have a Drink

Posted on May 23, 2012 by STWALLSKULL

Here’s an example I scanned of a very fun one-shot strip titled The Stranded Dime Museum Freaks Didn’t Want to Frighten the Farmers, but They Simply Had to Have a Drink from March 30, 1902. I can’t make out the name of the cartoonist from the signature… anyone out there know who it is? If so, if you want to let me know in the comments, that would be swell. I used this as a back cover image on an anthology I self-published a while ago called Weird Illustrated.

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Minneapolis Cell of the Cartoonist Conspiracy Featured on TPT’s Minnesota Originals Website

Posted on April 27, 2012 by STWALLSKULL

I’m in this video featuring The Minneapolis Cell of the Cartoonist Conspiracy on TPT’s Minnesota Originals website. You can view the video here.

Nordeast Comics Summit Cartoon-O-Rama Game Featured on the Lutefisk Sushi Podcast

Posted on December 8, 2011 by STWALLSKULL

I put together a comics-related game show the other week for the Nordeast Comics Summit with my friend Kevin Cannon. It was a lot of fun, especially the part where we had participants draw iconic comic characters in 30 seconds, and the audience voted on the best interpretations. Our comrade Danno Klonowski has just posted the audio from the show on his excellent Lutefisk Sushi Podcast. The files for the game and perhaps video of the event are likely to show up online sooner or later as well, I would guess… if they do, I’ll link to those here as well.

Come Celebrate the Cartoonist Conspiracy’s 9th Birthday on December 1st, Draw and Win Cool Stuff

Posted on November 30, 2011 by STWALLSKULL

To celebrate the Cartoonist Conspiracy’s ninth birthday party and jam, Kevin Cannon and I are putting together a fun gameshow for tomorrow’s Nordeast Comics Summit event. You could win a gift card to Wet Paint, or ~~a gift card for $150!~~ to the Source (correction… you could win one of three $50 gift cards to the Source), among other cool prizes. Hope to see you there!

MIX Links

Posted on November 29, 2011 by STWALLSKULL

This morning I was sent a link to an huge quantity of interviews with exhibitors at last month’s delightful MIX convention (including one with me) by Fancy Pants Gangsters. You can check them out here.

That made me realize I don’t believe I have yet posted a link to Tom Spurgeon’s amazing and enormous MIX link roundup at the Comics Reporter. You can check that out here.

I should also highlight this wonderful round-up of the Twin Cities comics scene that Tom Kaczynski did for the Comics Journal.

Only 23 months until the next MIX!