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The final nail in the coffin for Richard Kelly?...( Walt Disney mortgaged his house to fund it). "No one's gonna pay a dime to see a dwarf picture," Disney 's wife, Lillian , told him. The film made $8 million in its first year of release, and has subsequently made more than $180... |
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'Rocky & Bullwinkle': Happy 50th birthday to the sweet duo! (And Boris and Natasha, too!)...I delight in the demented social commentary of South Park and the biting hilarity of The Simpsons. (Fun fact: The Simpsons creator Matt Groening gave three members of The Simpsons clan - Homer , Bart , and Grandpa - the middle initial "J" as... |
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L.A. Times - Entertainment News | 1 day ago
Missing Nemo: Berkeley Breathed says new movies are drowning in pixels
...in beguiled eyeballs, extended out from skulls an inch more than normal. With the release of " 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea " 55 years ago, Walt Disney stumbled upon a mostly unexplored emotional response from movie audiences. This unique...
In this article: Walt Disney, Berkeley Breathed, 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea, Kirk Douglas, Captain Nemo, Imperial Star Destroyer, Peanut butter, and Alligator
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The Stranger - Slog | 2 days ago
Bailey Boy Books: The Wake
...Michalek will oversee bidding on a pair of white boxer shorts signed by David Sedaris , original cartoons out of our guestbook by Matt Groening and Lynda Barry , a poster signed by Annie Leibovitz , an original painting from the Big Fucking...
In this article: Champagne, Lynda Barry, David Sedaris, Annie Leibovitz, Matt Groening, and Ed Murray
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washingtonpost.com | 2 days ago
Would you downsize 'Dilbert'? Time to Defend That 'Toon
' DILBERT ' (UFS)Enlarge Image In recent weeks, some 'Riffs readers have questioned why it was the Scott Adams comic strip " DILBERT." and not the homegrown "CUL DE SAC," that was chosen to remain housed in The Washington Post Magazine ,...
In this article: Dilbert, Scott Adams, Zeitgeist, Calvin and Hobbes, The Washington Post Magazine, and The Boondocks
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Indiana Times - The Economic Times | 4 days ago
Bad bosses are good for economy: Scott Adams
Bad bosses good for economy, says Scott Adams - Corporate Trends-News By Company-News-The Economic Times Bad bosses good for economy, says Scott Adams 17 Nov 2009, 0035 hrs IST, Vikas Kumar , NEW DELHI : For someone who built his...
In this article: Scott Adams, Dilbert, Recession, US, Dogbert, Economic Times, Pacific Bell, Wells Fargo, and India
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scotsman.com - Entertainment | 4 days ago
Interview: Jamie Foxx, actor
...part of it," says Foxx , who says he has been following Butler 's career since his international breakthrough with 300 as the leader of Frank Miller's re-imagined Spartan warriors. " 300 was my movie. I'd go around saying the lines. Butler...
In this article: Jamie Foxx, The Soloist, Gerard Butler, Ray Charles, 300, Law Abiding Citizen, Mike Tyson, Michael Mann, Miami Vice, and Lionel Richie
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Entertainment Weekly | 5 days ago
'Bloom County': Revisit it!
Categories: Anthologies, Cartoons, Comic Books, Review I can't really overemphasize the role Berke Breathed 's Pulitzer-winning '80s comic strip Bloom County played in my life. Its prepubescent hero, Milo Bloom , was a budding journalist of...
In this article: Bloom County, Bill the Cat, Garry Trudeau, Doonesbury, Opus, God, The Academia Waltz, Cutter John, Binkley, and University of Texas, Austin
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Independent.co.uk - Books | 6 days ago
Under the Dome, By Stephen King
...with incredulity, pointing out that not only is King a pop- culture omnivore, but has played on stage with The Simpsons creator Matt Groening in his Rock Bottom Remainders band. King then gave a different account of the book's origins,...
In this article: Stephen King, Under the Dome, The Simpsons Movie, Anxiety, Cancer, Paris Review, Lee Child, Jack Reacher, and The Stand
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New York Times | 7 days ago
The Dilbert Guide to Angry Investing
...muses. Finance | "We generally hate companies when we think they have too much power. And that correlates with profits. " So writes Scott Adams , the man behind the " Dilbert " comic strip, in a brief blog post suggesting that maybe the time...
In this article: Dilbert, Scott Adams, Microsoft, and UPN
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TC Palm | November 12, 2009
Auction to benefit Hibiscus center features celebrity-signed books
...all chose the same book. Its identity will be revealed at the auction, along with a drawing commissioned from political cartoonist Mike Luckovich of the three men patiently waiting to have the book signed by its main character.
In this article: Carl Hiaasen, Jane Goodall, Barack Obama, Jimmy Buffett, Anthropologist, Playboy magazine, Mike Luckovich, EBay, and Tarzan
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Neil Gaiman's Journal | November 11, 2009
The Murder Re-Enacted
...I got with my Graveyard Book Award." So I bought this. It's "The Murder Re-Enacted": It's an E. H. Shepard illustration ( he 's most famous for illustrating Winnie the Pooh ) from Kenneth Grahame's book The Golden Age. Kenneth Grahame...
In this article: Kenneth Grahame, The Golden Age, E. H. Shepard, The Wind in the Willows, Dream Days, A.A. Milne, Mr Toad, Toad of Toad Hall, and Winnie the Pooh
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washingtonpost.com | November 11, 2009
Why do so very few comic strips bother to mark Veterans' Day?
...day -- raises a mug of root beer in honor of "Willie and Joe" creator Bill Mauldin -- aka World War II 's greatest cartoonist. Mauldin and Charles Schulz (who both died in this past decade) -- how we miss them both. Then there's my repeated...
In this article: Veterans' Day, Bill Mauldin, Charles Schulz, Peanuts, World War II, and Fort Hood
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PopMatters | November 09, 2009
Looking for Calvin and Hobbes by Nevin Martell (Review)
October 2009, Hardcover, 247 pages, $24.95 The Totally Unauthorized Biography of... Bill Watterson?!? We're by now all familiar with unauthorized biographies of rock stars and sleazy politicians, but it's a bit strange to come across one...
In this article: Bill Watterson, Calvin and Hobbes, and Dave Matthews
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Popular Mechanics | November 09, 2009
Viewtopia 11/10/09: Top 5 DVDs of the Week (With Video!)
...Moore and Dave Gibbon 's seminal 1980's comic book, Watchmen , ushered in a new era of dark and brooding antiheroes. After his adaptation of Frank Miller's 300 , director Zack Snyder was tasked with bringing the comic to the big screen. Watchmen...
In this article: Watchmen, Pixar, Zack Snyder, G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero, DVD, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, Hasbro, Bruce Timm, Batman, and Alan Moore
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Chicago Tribune | November 08, 2009
Panel offers comic relief for comic strips in distress
...every day, and I still wake up with a stomachache." The panel -- which included Feiffer , Ware , cartoonist Lynda Barry and Matt Groening , creator of " The Simpsons " and (as Ware pointed out) the only cartoonist on that stage still churning...
In this article: Jules Feiffer, Chris Ware, Lynda Barry, Matt Groening, Candy, Life in Hell, Village Voice, Chicago Reader, and Francis W. Parker School
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Chicago Sun-Times | November 01, 2009
Review: 'Return to the Hundred Acre Wood'
...touch is missing, although fresh tales have their charms More than 80 years ago, this ditty helped make A.A. Milne and Ernest H. Shepard's original stories about Winnie the Pooh an enduring classic. In its wake comes a modern version...
In this article: A. A. Milne, Pooh, Christopher Robin, Eeyore, Tigger, Ernest H. Shepard, Rabbit, and Piglet
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Independent.co.uk - Books | October 24, 2009
Poisoned chalice: A band of brave authors has taken on the unenviable task of writing sequels to classics such as Winnie-the-Pooh
...when it was announced earlier this year that he would pen the sequel to Winnie-the-Pooh , 80 years after AA Milne and the illustrator EH Shepard first brought Christopher Robin and the little yellow bear to a generation of children, knives...
In this article: Winnie-the-Pooh, James Bond, Eoin Colfer, AA Milne, Dave Eggers, Where the Wild Things Are, Jean Rhys, and Hitchhiker's Guide
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Reason Magazine - Topics > Comic Books | October 23, 2009
Frank Miller , Blog Commenter
Over at the comic book blog Robot 6, Sean Collins reports that Frank Miller , the celebrated creator of Batman: The Dark Knight Returns , Sin City , and 300 , has become a regular commenter at the blog of conservative writer and military...
In this article: Frank Miller, Victor Davis Hanson, Ayn Rand, 300, Martha Washington, The Spirit, Barack Obama, Sin City, and Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
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Telegraph.co.uk - Arts | October 06, 2009
Jim Davis : the interview
...Day Parade, 1986 Photo: Joseph Sohm/Corbis ' Garfield ' is a multi-million pound phenomenon - he even has his own credit card When Jim Davis , the creator of Garfield , the lazy, sarcastic cartoon cat, heard that President Obama was looking...
In this article: Jim Davis, Garfield, Garfield, Dog, Asthma, Charles Schulz, Paws Inc, Odie, and Barack Obama

