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The late Dan DeCarlo, creator of Josie & the Pussycats and the key artist for the Archie Comics Group for over 30 years, could really draw the ladies. His Betty & Veronica artwork lured young male comics fans (like myself) to check out the Archie books in our preteenage years – and his style influenced many aspiring cartoon artists (including Bruce Timm and Jamie Hernandez).In the 1950s, before his well known Archie stint, DeCarlo drew many a naughty cartoon for a group of men’s humor magazines, mainly for Timely Comics publisher Martin Goodman. Goodman’s Humorama line contained a series of sleazy digest cartoon magazines with titles like JOKER, LAUGH RIOT, ZIP and FUN HOUSE. DeCarlo’s cartoons aren’t very funny, but his females are hot – and Fantagraphics Books has just published a nice selection of them in a new book, THE PIN-UP ART OF DAN DECARLO, which I just found yesterday at my comics shop and am happy to highly recommend. It’s such a pleasure to look through this book – it’s the best tribute to DeCarlo I’ve seen. Fantagraphics designed the book Taschen-style, printing in black, white and shades of orange (just like actual issues of JOKER). Editors Alex Chun and Jacob Covey selected the best images from both gag cartoons and spot illutrations to show off DeCarlo’s best work.To get more of an idea of the art reprinted in this book, check out Alex Chun’s great website, Pin-Up Cartoon Gallery.com.

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THE DOT & THE LINE

February 12, 2005 10:54 am

I get many many requests about Chuck Jones 1965 Academy Award Winning MGM cartoon THE DOT AND THE LINE. As previously noted, it’s scheduled to be released as bonus material on Frank Tashlin’s THE GLASS BOTTOM BOAT in April. As a public service, I want point out its showing tonight (actually 2/13, technically tomorrow morning) on TCM – It’ll screen during TCM’s half hour Festival of Shorts #3, Sunday morning at 5:30am EST and 2:30am PST. This program repeats a few weeks later, Thursday morning March 3rd also at 5:30am EST and 2:30am PST.

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Pious Sponge

February 12, 2005 5:02 am

This comic by Michael Shaw of BAGnews Notes suggests that there may yet be some fallout from the recent SpongeBob controversy. One of the BAGnews readers christened the new character with a most appropriate name: JesusBob ChristPants.

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Valentine’s Day in New York

February 11, 2005 7:43 pm

The Animation Block Party is a new mini-animation festival which takes place regularly in New York City. They’re holding a Valentine’s Day edition of the festival on Monday, February 14, with two different programs of independent animated shorts and an after-party at Frank’s Cocktail Lounge. Film line-up and ticket details at AnimationBlock.com.

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The horror: adult man found watching cartoons

February 11, 2005 4:23 pm

Emru Townsend makes an excellent point today on his blog In-Betweens:

In her syndicated column, Dr. Joyce Brothers responds to a 40-something legal professional, exasperated that her 40-something legal professional boyfriend likes to watch cartoons. Even after “F.T.” says that her errant beau likes to watch the “‘adult’ ones at night” – presumably Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim – Brothers leads off her response: “It is certainly reasonable to be puzzled by seeing a grown man – a professional, no less – howling at cartoons meant for a 6-year-old.”

I find it interesting to note that despite the fact that a grown man – a professional, no less – might like cartoons, and that there are cartoons being aired for adults, there’s no thought that maybe – just maybe – they aren’t all made for six-year-olds.

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Loomis Vs. Hart

February 11, 2005 3:51 pm

Brock writes in:

Everyone who has the stinky aftertaste of Hart’s new ‘Retro Cool’ book needs to immediately go HERE and print off page by page of “Fun With a Pencil”. Staple it together and PRESTO! They got their “retro-cool” cartoon book right THERE!

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