Archive for December, 2006

Great Gifts For the Holidays: the CCS Holiday Sale and Auction

Thursday, December 21st, 2006

Two weekends ago I went to the CCS Holiday Sale, a fundraising event for The Center for Cartoon Studies in White River Junction, Vermont. Tons of stuff to be had: original artwork for sale from such lumanaries as R. Crumb, Will Esiner, James Sturm, Art Spiegelman, Steve Bissette, as well as from upcoming artists […]

Comics With Problems

Thursday, December 21st, 2006

Comics with Problems is an online collection of public service announcement-type cartoons focused on health-related issues. Compiled and edited by Ethan Persoff, the comics vary widely in topic and aesthetics, from Rex Morgan M.D. talking about abortion, to Dennis the Menance and child abuse, to Madonna and AIDS. Reading these comics are surreal and ironic, […]

Memorial Day Melee: Retro Game Night IV

Tuesday, December 12th, 2006

OK, so I posted Retro IV after posting Retro V highlights. At the time, I had more of the Retro V stuff ready than Retro IV, so I figured I just finish the Retro V post and free up the content blockage.

Anyways, as the title says, Retro Game Night IV was held over […]

Halloween Horror: Retro Game Night V

Monday, December 4th, 2006

Retro Game Night V didn’t have a big turnout as the previous Retro Nights, but Retro V ended up being one of the most hardcore game events thus far, for several reasons:

It has been just over a year since MB and I hosted the first Retro Game Night.
I designed crudely animated invites for Retro […]