Finally, that day we’ve been waiting for all year. The season premiere of Lost. I mean, Groundhog Day. Click to see the rest of that rodent-filled cartoon by the great creator of Cul de Sac, Richard Thompson.
As for Lost, yes, the recap/discussion thread will return tomorrow for this last season of nerdville’s favorite television program.
posted by Mark Coale
[Warning: no comic book content in this post.]
TWILIGHT Candy Hearts for Valentine’s Day?
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We’re rolling up the RSS feeds and email drops here at Stately Beat Manor, piling up the fireplace, heating up the mulled cider, and settling in to see the new year and new decade in. We still have a few looks back before we move forward. And forward we shall be moving. The Beat will be undergoing MAJOR MAJOR changes in 2010, all for the better — details when we can spill them!
In the meantime thanks to our valued contributors in 2009 — Zena Tsarfin, Evie Nagy, Paul O’Brien, Marc-Oliver Frsch, Steve Bunch and Aaron Humphreys. Super special thanks to our tireless proofreader and commenter Steven Stahl and to Mark Coale, who help out just about every day. A special thanks also to Torsten for his ceaseless posting and helping make this a more useful, informative site.
Thanks to the rest of the home-based flight crew: Amy, Trish, Charlene, Desi, Charles, Nikki, Trisha, Jah Furry, Jimmy, Amanda, Franks 1, 2 and 3, Elim, Dave, Paul, Brian, Tim, Nisha, Whitney, Kai-Ming, Evie, Calvin, Douglas, Laura, Rich, Dean and of course, Future Mr. Beat, the most elite Beat operative of them all.
Most of all, thanks to YOU, our faithful readers, who come here regularly. The many, many kind comments in email and in person are the biggest incentive imaginable to keep trying to make this a better and better site and resource. 2010 is going to be another one for the history books, and we’re going to be here every step of the way.
So to all, the very best in the New Year and beyond.
Even though Christmas is passed, we still have a few seasonal artifacts to pass along, so we’ll keep this up right until Epiphany. Writer Paul Di Filippo inspires awe everywhere by showing seasonal greetings he received from Jim Woodring and Daniel Clowes. A very Woodring Christmas — that is a TV show we’d watch!
While we were celebrating 18 days of Christmas, (and wished we could do the ACTUAL 12 days of Christmas, which count down to Epiphany on January 6th) Comics Alliance ran a striking series of illos as interpreted by Periscope Studios members. Enjoy Steve Lieber’s Seven Bella Swans a’ Swimming above, or the whole megillah in the above link.
Click for larger version! And Merry Christmas!
The Center for Cartoon Studios sends season’s greetings.
Via the ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive, Tenggren’s illustrations for Sing For Christmas.
And with that we wish you the very merriest Christmas!
Howard Cruse is best known for his pioneering gay-themed comics Barefootz and Wendel, and his pioneering graphic novel STUCK RUBBER BABY. You can see more of his holiday wishes at his website:
BONUS! While poking around Cruse’s website — an activity we highly encourage — we found his Comics Vault, which includes a short comic entitled “The Nightmares of L*l*” which may interest the John Stanley fans out there. A sampling below (slightly NSFW).
CHEW by John Layman and Rob Guillory was one of the comic book hits of 2009, making this a very appropriate image to remember the year by.
BTW: the 3rd volume of Marder’s Beanworld saga, including new material 16 years or so in the making, came out recently. Recommended!
Stephen DeStefano is a very talented animator and cartoonist who’s worked on everything from Ren & Stimpy to The Venture Brothers, making him a hero in some households. He has a graphic novel coming out in 2010 called LUCKY IN LOVE, VOL. 1, A POOR MAN’S HISTORY, which you can read more about in his blog , specifically here.
BONUS: Some of his background designs for “Stimpy’s First Fart” that includes both holiday drawing AND a lesson in composition.
At his blog, John Adcock posts some awesome holiday greetings from classic cartoonists. Above, the cast of DICK TRACY in an uncharacteristically sanguine mood.
Via Mike Lynch.
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