Happy Public Domain Day!

On an unrelated note, I would like to take this opportunity to announce my new creator-owned comic book "Horace Horsecollar Fights Popeye and Tintin."

Welcome To My Puppet- Themed Sketch Comedy Musical Variety Show

 

Everybody knows Alice Cooper was a guest of the Muppets:

But did you know that Kermit returned the favor by guesting in Alice's own Marvel comic?

Here he is, joined by the Hulk and the cast of Popeye:

From Marvel Premeire #50

Lots of great scans and commentary here, courtesy of Bully the Little Stuffed Bull.

Season's Greetings

King Features Syndicate Christmas Card

h/t to Comics in the Golden Age

Tell the MacArthur people to make my grant out to "Cash."

BILLION DOLLAR VIDEO GAME IDEA:

Street Fighter 2, only the fighters are black and white cartoon characters. 

Oswald, Betty Boop, Krazy Kat and Ignatz, Felix, Popeye, throw in Cuphead for the kids.  Maybe make Bosko an unlockable bonus fighter.

Proof of Concept:

You know you'd play this

Disney XD and Nintendo executives, feel free to hit me up at disneyweirdness(at)gmail.

Toons Gone Wild

 

 

 

From a vintage men's magazine, via Boing-Boing

 

 

 

 

 

 



Pop Art

Golden Age Comic Book Stories features some wonderful pop-up books from the 1930's, including Mickey and Minnie.  There are more at the link, including Dick Tracy and Popeye.  Go check it out!

Not even a Mouse

From King Features' 1935 Christmas Booklet.

Via The Comics Reporter

It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad Man

Mike Allred is one of my art heroes. Back in the 90's his groovy retro-styled Madman was a breath of fresh air next to all the Deathblood and X-Posse garbage cluttering up the racks. Since then, Allred has continued to grow as an artist and writer, on his own creations and on work-for-hire stuff for DC and Marvel.

In issue #3 of Madman Atomic Comics from 2007, Allred paid homage to his favorite artists (and man, does he have a lot of favorites) by illustrating an issue-long conversation between two characters in the style of comic greats past and present. Among those honored were Popeye creator E.C. Segar, and Mickey Mouse Maestro Floyd Gottfredson:


Here's the complete list of artists whose style Allred appropriated for this special issue:



If you're unfamiliar with Allred's work, I highly recommend you check out one of the Madman/ Atomics collections, or his newest DC Vertigo series izombie.

Hey, remember the time that Mickey Mouse, Popeye, and Felix...

...met Betty Boop, Charlie Chaplin, Greta Garbo, Buster Keaton and Laurel and Hardy?
If you were reading the Serbian magazine Zabavnik #7 you do!

Ladies and gentlemen, a page from the single most 1930's comic strip of all time:

Read the entire story at Disney History.

Here's more Serbian Disney Weirdness.