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MIX This Weekend!

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Below is the scoop on the wonderful MIX festival I will be attending this weekend. If you are around the Twin Cities, I hope to see you there!

Minneapolis will soon have its first independent comics festival! It’s called the Minneapolis Indie Xpo and it’s happening on Saturday, August 21, from 9am-5pm at the Soap Factory. We’re offering free admission, prizes, radical donuts and access to independent exhibitors and publishers from across the nation. Hope you can join the fun! For more information please visit our website: http://mplsindiexpo.com

And don’t forget about the awesome SCOTT PILGRIM screening!

And don’t forget about the awesome pre-party!

And don’t forget about the awesome after party!

You’ll never forget how great the inaugural MIX was if you attend any and all of these events!!!

INTERESTING LINKS: Baby Secrets : April 24th, 2009

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The Vintage Ads community on LiveJournal linked to a hilarious and creepy toy ad for “Baby Laugh-A-Lot,” which you can go see here.

That reminded me of a hilariously creepy doll that I have down in my basement (which is the best place to keep such things, of course), that goes by the handle of Baby Secrets. I can only imagine how many nightmares were induced by this child’s toy… it probably would have set a record if Guinness could keep track of such things.

Our first Baby Secrets broke, but we loved her so much we actually bought a second one on Ebay. With the second one we realized Baby Secrets had a secret… she gives different messages when you press her hand than when you press her tummy (we hadn’t known about the hand trigger).

You too can horrify your friends with this treasure, thanks to Ebay. Doubt you’ll have to pay more than ten bucks for one any time soon, either.

It is also worth noting that when Baby Secrets “whispers,” you can hear her across the room… so don’t tell her anything you wouldn’t want everyone to know!

I decided to check and see if there were any ads for her out on the internet. Indeed there are some. Here they are for your viewing pleasure…

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BABY SECRETS

INTERESTING LINKS: Vote for Yo Gabba Gabba! in the Webbys; and The Son of a Preacher Man, Courtesy of Boing Boing: April 21st, 2009

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My good friends at Puny Entertainment have received two very well-deserved nominations for Webby awards for their brilliant work on the Yo Gabba Gabba! website (they also do most of the animation for the tv show). You should do yourself a favor and check out the website, get blown away, and then go vote for them! Yo Gabba Gabba! is in the “Television” and “Celebrity/Fan” categories.

VOTE HERE!

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Howwy Ghowst Powa! Courtesy of Boing Boing.

INTERESTING LINKS: Hitler and the Sea Monkeys : April 3rd, 2009

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There is an interesting thread going on The Comics Journal Message Board right now discussing the sad realities of Sea Monkey ownership.

The thread directs us to this article, about how the Jewish inventor of Sea Monkeys (and X-Ray Specs), Harold Von Braunhut, used to fund white supremacist causes with the pennies he had earned from gullible children. I don’t whether Sea Monkey sales still support these causes or not, but I don’t think I will not be buying any more mortality-challenged brine shrimp in the future to be on the safe side.

INTERESTING LINKS: Viva and Jerry’s Country Music Videos: April 2nd, 2009

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Viva and Jerry are a Minneapolis public access cable phenomenon greatly deserving of wider exposure. Click the image to go experience them, courtesy of the Studio 1020 blog.

INTERESTING LINKS: Bollywood Superman II: January 30th, 2009

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A while ago, I called your attention to a Bollywood Superman and Spiderman video. I ran across a few awesome new blogs yesterday that I was previously unaware of… one of which was Cool-Mo-Dee. In one post, they called my attention to another great Bollywood Superman video… go here to see it.

CRUMBLING PAPER: Bringing Up Father and Rosie’s Beau (strip #1)

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Here’s an example I scanned of Bringing Up Father with the header strip Rosie’s Beau from January 5, 1930 by George McManus.

Click the image to view the full strip.

Apparently, there are over 1400 Bringing Up Father strips in the I Love Comix archive.

Click here to read MANY examples of Bringing Up Father at Barnacle Press.

Click here to read examples of The Newlyweds by George McManus at Barnacle Press.

Click here to read examples of Their Only Child by George McManus at Barnacle Press.

Click here to read examples of Alma & Oliver by George McManus at Allan Holtz’s Stripper’s Guide.

Click here to read examples of Burglar Pete by George McManus at Allan Holtz’s Stripper’s Guide.

Click here to read all the items mentioning George McManus at Allan Holtz’s Stripper’s Guide.

Click here to check out The Holloway Pages’ Bringing Up Father original art page.

Click here to read about George McManus at lambiek.net.

Click here to read more about Bringing Up Father at Don Markstein’s Toonopedia.

Click here to read more about The Newlyweds at Don Markstein’s Toonopedia.

Click here to read more about Nibsy the Newsboy in Funny Fairyland at Don Markstein’s Toonopedia.

Click here to read a Newlyweds example at Shorpy.

Click here to read a Bringing Up Father example at Shorpy.

Read about George McManus at Wikipedia.

Go here to see examples of The Newlyweds at Coconino Classics.

Go here to get a DVD of all of George McManus’s work from 1905-1906. The site includes lovely color scans of a Nibsy the Newsboy in Funny Fairyland and Panhandle Pete Sunday strips.