Sorry for the lack of updates… I’ve been busy! Posting will resume some time soon.

Pictured below: Miriam “Mitzi” Mauricette Stwalley, born July 22nd, 8 lbs. 14.6 oz. Cute, huh?

I’m happy to report that the Lutefisk Sushi Bento Boxes volumes B and C mentioned here previously are now available for sale online here (or by clicking the below picture). The Lutefisk Sushi boxes feature an enormous quantity of mini-comics by Minnesota cartoonists… around 40 minis in Volume B and around 50 minis in Volume C. You can buy them online for thirty bucks each, which is one hell of a deal.

Both boxes were limited to 150 copies, and both are getting close to being sold out, so if you want one, order soon. They can never be reprinted, so when they are gone, they are gone for good. All profits from the Sushi boxes go to support Altered Esthetics, a wonderful non-profit Minneapolis gallery that we collaborate with.

Note that in addition to the Sushi boxes, you can buy the Cartoonist Conspiracy‘s 2006 and 2007 collections of 24 Hour Comic mini-comics for $10 each.

The Poopsheet Foundation just pointed to David King’s slickly designed Danny Dutch weekly comic strip, which I thought I would call your attention to today. David is also responsible for the great gluyaswilliams.com website. He sent me some of his utterly fantastic mini-comics a while back, which I am horrified to remember I have still not responded to… agh! I really need to remedy that! Click the above image to go read some Danny Dutch!

• Chinese Comics: Sanmao
  from Sweater Thieves
• Gluyaswilliams.com Update
  from Sweater Thieves
• David King’s DANNY DUTCH weekly comic strip
  from Everyone’s Blog Posts – Poopsheet
• Scorchy Smith – 02/07 – 02/09 1935
  from I Love Comix
• Mutt & Jeff – 01/02/1922
  from I Love Comix
• More Glenn Ganges!
  from Drawn and Quarterly
• Looking up
  from TalkAboutComics Blog
• Gary Sassaman
  from The Ephemerist
• “Superman’s Secret Wife!”
  from scans_daily
• Golden Age Wonder Woman
  from scans_daily
• Losing Face
  from ThadBlog
• Little Nemo 1912-02-04
  from Comic Strip Library News
• Cedric in Nothin’ T’Eat Again
  from Nedor-A-Day
• Deadly Wish
  from THE HORRORS OF IT ALL
• Wednesday, July 16, 2008
  from Cul de Sac – GoComics.com
• *Number 343* * Man O’ Mars*
  from Pappy’s Golden Age Comics Blogzine
• Mighty Mouse: Adventures of Mighty Mouse #15 – Jim Tyer
• Three Chapters Already!
  from Drawn and Quarterly
• Bandes dessinées oubliées
  from Bibi’s box
• Comic Books Archive
  from Bibi’s box
• America in Caricature 1765 – 1865
  from Bibi’s box
• The Art of Caricaturing
  from Bibi’s box
• Blondie – 07/08/1931
  from I Love Comix
• Boy & Girl – 06/16/1960
  from I Love Comix
• Brenda Starr – 12/24 – 12/28 19XX
  from I Love Comix

• The Adventures of Quisp: Cereal Serial – Spumco
  from comicrazys
• Jules Feiffer talks Explainers
  from FLOG! Entries
• Tall Tale Features » Berke Breathed Speaks! (Sort of)
  from Tall Tale Features
• Paul Gravett: Article – Time For Heroes
  from Paul Gravett
• GOOD’s guide to secret societies
  from Boing Boing
• House passes wiretap telcom immunity bill
  from Boing Boing
• Capuchin Catacombs of Palermo
  from Boing Boing
• Sketchbook #61
  from FLOG! Entries
• MPAA sez, “We shouldn’t have to prove infringement…
  from Boing Boing
• Five Link A Go Go
  from CR Briefings
• Shipping children by postal mail: illegal since 1913
  from Boing Boing
• News of Yore 1952: Don’t Tread On Me
  from Stripper’s Guide
• June 24, 2008: Sucker by day
  from Journalista – the news weblog of The Comics Journal
• George Carlin Dies at 71
  from Vulture — Entertainment, Music, Culture
• Interview: Ralph Bakshi Pt. 1
  from The Daily Cross Hatch
• Goodbye, George Carlin
  from Boing Boing
• George Carlin, RIP
  from Cartoon Brew: Leading the Animation Conversation
• June Dr. Sketchy’s drawings
  from Scary Terry’s World
• Lemur’s Scent Found To Carry More Information Than Thought
  from Monkeys In The News
• Sterilised Himachal Monkeys Pregnant
  from Monkeys In The News
• Great Ape Trust Bonobos Nervous, But Secure From Flood Waters
  from Monkeys In The News
• Kerala Monkey Doubles As A Shepherd
  from Monkeys In The News
• Shooting Stars Seen From a Balloon
  from THE BALLOONIST
• George
  from news from me
• Bing Crosby coloring book
  from PCL LinkDump
• GRINS AND SMILES AND GIGGLES AND LAUGHS
  from Stephen DeStefano
• The Comics Journal Message Board :: View topic – George Carlin Gone
  from The Comics Journal Message Board
• Lying In The Gutters – 6-23-2008
  from Lying In The Gutters
• Man declares island (pop. 1) to be a new nation
  from Boing Boing
• George Lakoff: neuroscience of politics
  from Boing Boing
• 1950s Record Store
  from Shorpy :: History in HD – ShorpyBlog
• Cuteness overload
  from Neil Gaiman’s Journal
• What America Thinks IV
  from Yesterday’s Papers
• Red Ralph; Or, The Daughter of Night
  from Yesterday’s Papers
• Mounties in the Comics: Dick Daring (UK) 1958
  from Punch in Canada
• long ago and far away…
  from Golden Age Comic Book Stories
• The Book of Accidents
  from Room 26 Cabinet of Curiosities
• Joseph Christian Leyendecker 1874 ~ 1951
  from Golden Age Comic Book Stories
• June 23, 2008: Kremlinology
  from Journalista – the news weblog of The Comics Journal
• shoveling away
  from Doot Doot Garden Blog
• strip mind – bookforum.com / in print
  from Book Forum
• Japanese Animators Unionize
  from Cartoon Brew: Leading the Animation Conversation
• Quentin Tarantino’s ‘Inglorious Bastards’ Will Be…
  from Vulture — Entertainment, Music, Culture, Thea
• Newsapictorama with Kim Deitch
  from FLOG! Entries
• Missed It: Donjon At 10 Videos
  from CR Briefings
• Missed It: Vaughn Bode Interview
  from CR Briefings
• OTBP: Neil Gaiman/Todd Klein Print
  from CR Briefings
• First Cul De Sac Collection To Feature Foreword By Bill Watterson
  from CR Briefings
• The Eagle_Fire Garfield Randomizer
  from Doug Shaw
• Marc Bell is all for “granting”
  from Drawn and Quarterly
• Danny Hellman
  from Inkstuds
• Happy Accident to Happy Trails!
  from Arflovers
• Birth Marx
  from news from me
• Printer’s Row Chicago
  from Drawn and Quarterly
• More Bambi Bits
  from Michael Sporn Animation – Splog
• 6th foot found is a hoax
  from Boing Boing
• Review of Jack Kirby’s OMAC
  from Boing Boing
• Water ice found on Mars
  from Boing Boing
• Don Rosa January 2008, part 1
  from Frank Stajano’s Comics Podcast
• Don Rosa January 2008, part 2
  from Frank Stajano’s Comics Podcast
• Comics Time: Cartoon Dialectics Vol. 1
  from Attentiondeficitdisorderly Too Flat
• June 20, 2008: Casual Friday
  from Journalista – the news weblog of The Comics Journal
• National Association of Comics Art Educators – Comics and Graphic Novels in the Classroom
  from teachingcomics.org
• Happy Birthday To You’s complex, sordid copyright…
  from Boing Boing
• Brian Romero’s Zero Dollar Bill
  from Drawn! The Illustration and Cartooning Blog
• CR Review: Great Expectations
  from CR Briefings
• Vintage Cartoon Trade Ads
  from Cartoon Brew: Leading the Animation Conversation
• Lotte Reiniger (1899 -1981)
  from Little Hokum Rag
• By the Sleepy Lagoon
  from Jim Flora

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• BBtv — Jack Chick, animated: “Somebody Goofed,” by Syd and Rodney
  from Boing Boing
• Bill Griffith Video Interviews
  from Mike Lynch Cartoons
• Self-portrait of Franklin Morris Howarth.
  from Yesterday’s Papers Archive
• Attention Crimestoppers!
  from datajunkie
• SF Pulp Eye Candy
  from datajunkie
• Hannes Bok Portfolios
  from datajunkie
• Mr. A is Mr. A
  from datajunkie
• A Brief Berni Wrightson Retrospective
  from datajunkie
• A GALAXY OF WOOD!
  from datajunkie
• Wha’ happen’ to the last post? Well let’s try some Pulp-o-rama!
  from datajunkie
• Aurora Plastics
  from datajunkie
• The ORIGINAL Black Cat
  from datajunkie
• And again once more… It’s Wally Wood!
  from datajunkie
• Late ’60s SF art of Vaughn Bode´!
  from datajunkie
• More Vaughn Bode´ SF art!
  from datajunkie
• Don Martin…Science Fiction Artist!?!
  from datajunkie
• Famous Fantastic Mysteries!
  from datajunkie
• Virgil Finlay & time de-compression!
  from datajunkie
• Virgil Finlay – Master of the FANTASTIC!
  from datajunkie
• The Sublime SF Artistry of Virgil Finlay!
  from datajunkie
• More SF and Virgil Finlay too!
  from datajunkie
• Even more Virgil Finlay and 2000 Plus!
  from datajunkie
• The Wonderful World of Virgil Finlay Part 2 & More!
  from datajunkie
• More Virgil Finlay and SF OTR!
  from datajunkie
• More Virgil Finlay… Yet Again – One More Time!
  from datajunkie
• Mo’ Eye Candy!
  from datajunkie
• Scientifiction!
  from datajunkie
• World of Wood!
  from datajunkie
• More Wally Wood SF Art!
  from datajunkie
• More Wood!
  from datajunkie
• Hooray for Wally Wood!
  from datajunkie
• Another Shaver Update!
  from datajunkie
• HIDEOSITIES
  from datajunkie
• The Fantastic World of Hannes Bok!
  from datajunkie
• The Amazing Fantastic Other Worlds of Astounding Imagination!
  from datajunkie
• The Science Fiction Art of H. W. McCauley.
  from datajunkie
• Jack Davis Horror Art
  from datajunkie
• More Astounding SF Covers!
  from datajunkie
• The Science Fiction Art of Alex Schomburg
  from datajunkie
• A More Complete Richard S. Shaver Checklist!
  from datajunkie
• More van Vogt!
  from datajunkie
• Jack Kirby Monsterwerks!
  from datajunkie
• More Kirby Monsterwerks!
  from datajunkie
• Kirby DC Kover Kollecktion!
  from datajunkie
• Well, ya see, i’ve been busy…
  from datajunkie
• Gorgo-riffic!
  from datajunkie
• Kirby’s Speak-Out Series!
  from datajunkie
• KIRBY KARDZ!
  from datajunkie
• Nyoka Vs The Black Cat
  from datajunkie
• The World that’s Coming… Is HERE!
  from datajunkie
• 7) Black and White Re-Prints of Pre-Code Horror Comics as pdfs
  from datajunkie
• 6) Pre-Code books as pdfs!
  from datajunkie
• 3)The finest in obscure pulps!
  from datajunkie
• 2) Weirdo comics you’ll NEVER see anywhere else!
  from datajunkie
• 1) Collections that we’ll NEVER see!
  from datajunkie
• 10) War, Huh, Good God! What is it good for?
  from datajunkie
• 9) 2D or not 2D, that is the question….
  from datajunkie
• datajunkie is back! Now in 3-D!
  from PCL LinkDump
• Primate Expert Called Back From Africa To Help Capture Polk County Monkeys
  from Monkeys In The News
• Monster of the Mist
  from THE HORRORS OF IT ALL
• Debbie Drechsler interview
  from FLOG! Entries
• Slate on Bill Mauldin
  from FLOG! Entries
• Land of Terror *Frazetta cover to the 1964 Ace Edition
  from Golden Age Comic Book Stories
• *Unpublished prelim by RGK*
  from Golden Age Comic Book Stories
• Back to the Stone Age ~ 1937
  from Golden Age Comic Book Stories
• Tanar of Pellucidar ~ 1930
  from Golden Age Comic Book Stories
• Pellucidar ~ 1923
  from Golden Age Comic Book Stories
• *Edgar Rice Burroughs* 1875 ~ 1950
  from Golden Age Comic Book Stories
• Aladdin and Alice
  from Yesterday’s Papers
• *Number 301* * Lay off my roof, goof!* Wolverton
  from Pappy’s Golden Age Comics Blogzine
• Comicspace/Webcomics Nation Merger: The Interview
  from ComicMix
• Del Close Close Up, by Mike Gold
  from ComicMix
• Making the Most of Online Resources
  from Manga Xanadu
• Apr. 30, 2008: Thoughtless and cruel
  from Journalista – the news weblog of The Comics Journal
• WFMU’s Old Codger with Courtney T. Edison from Apr 29, 2008
  from WFMU’s Old Codger with Courtney T. Edison
• thinking about food and teeth on Flickr – Photo Sharing!
• It was an accident! on Flickr – Photo Sharing!
• Taxes make me panic! on Flickr – Photo Sharing!
• fine and dandy on Flickr – Photo Sharing!
• slightly sloppy on Flickr – Photo Sharing!
• New Strips! Viola, Vivian, and Uncle Remus!
  from The Barnacle Blog
• MORE BOBBY SOX by Marty Links
  from Mike Lynch Cartoons
• The Language Of Cartoons
  from all kinds of stuff
• Modern-Mechanix Round-UP
  from Boing Boing Gadgets
• Colossal Squid Thawing; Hints at Even Bigger Beasts
  from National Geographic News
• Hard Evidence of Voting Machine Addition Errors
  from Slashdot
• Get a free copy of Hogan’s Alley
  from The Daily Cartoonist
• Françoise Mouly at Length
  from Kids’ Comics
• Brazil: Dwarf Woodpecker, Legless Lizard, and 12 Other New Species Found
  from Cryptomundo.com
• CR Newsmaker Interview: Charles Brownstein of the CBLDF
  from The Comics Reporter
• No hugs, no lessons
  from THE BEAT
• Love Shack: 1941
  from Shorpy :: History in HD – High-Resolution History
• Jason Lutes, John Stanley, Charles Vess and More!
  from Myrant
• Cheating
  from Coyote vs. Wolf
• BILL WATTERSON’S POST CARTOONS
  from Matt Tauber
• BILL WATTERSON POST CARTOON #2
  from Matt Tauber
• BILL WATTERSON POST CARTOON #3
  from Matt Tauber
• BILL WATTERSON POST CARTOON #4
  from Matt Tauber
• WATTERSON POST CARTOON #5
  from Matt Tauber
• Nonsense Lyrics: Aba Daba Honeymoon
  from A Blog of Bosh
• The Woozlebeasts
  from A Blog of Bosh
• The Laughable Looloos
  from A Blog of Bosh
• More on Peter Newell
  from A Blog of Bosh
• Gustave Verbeek’s Monotypes
  from A Blog of Bosh
• Animation News
  from A Blog of Bosh
• The Quadrille
  from A Blog of Bosh
• Joge-e: Two-Way Pictures
  from A Blog of Bosh
• Dye Inoculation by Peter Newell
  from A Blog of Bosh
• Scientist Warns Of Ape Human Hybrid
  from Monkeys In The News
• Bat-nam
  from PCL LinkDump