Category Archives: A Tip o’ the Hat

Chillin’ With B.J. in the 1980s

Posted on May 17, 2013 by Howard

Bazooka Joe Gets Booked As some of you know, I contributed cartoons to a variety of bubble gum-related novelties produced by The Topps Company in Brooklyn back in the 1970s and ’80s. Along with stickers and trading cards depicting assorted … Continue reading →

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Yule Log

Posted on December 25, 2012 by Howard

Well, here we are, winding up December’s batch of holidays and entering into unknown territory with a new year that promises ever-more-breathtaking governmental outrages. What is American politics if not, uh, riveting? At least things are quiet here on the … Continue reading →

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Of Picnics Past

Posted on September 22, 2012 by Howard

Autumn arrives today. We’ll soon feel summer receding. But before today’s bracing briskness here in the Berkshires turns into outright chilliness, I thought I would pay tribute to a nice summer tradition that Eddie and I promulgated for several years … Continue reading →

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Politics & Penance

Posted on July 21, 2012 by Howard

Above: Eddie prepares to give training to volunteers who’ve gathered to canvass voters in behalf of the Warren campaign. ————————————— Knocking On Doors For Elizabeth A couple of weeks ago Eddie took a leave of absence from this role as … Continue reading →

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A June Potpourri

Posted on June 23, 2012 by Howard

Happy LGBT Pride Month As my contribution to this year’s celebration, I’ve posted online a June 1984 installment of my Wendel comic strip that portrays the thoughts of Wendel, Ollie, and other at that year’s edition of the same annual … Continue reading →

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Side-Whiskered With “Gorgeous”

Posted on May 30, 2012 by Howard

Among the half-dozen photographs that recently re-surfaced in an old box of slides I was burrowing through was this 1971-ish shot of me with "Gorgeous O’Toole" (above). Gorgeous was one of the papier-mâché hand puppets who made occasional cameo appearances … Continue reading →

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Saturday in Northampton

Posted on May 3, 2012 by Howard

Hey, I’m being censored! (And it’s being done with my full cooperation) There they are — a dozen pages of my underground comix material printed with all the dirty words, drug references, and selected body parts blacked out with little … Continue reading →

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Alabama Bound

Posted on April 9, 2012 by Howard

Above: Me presenting my slideshow to Emerson College students in Boston last week. _____________________________________________ As I mentioned in my last blog post, I’ve been putting Photoshop through its paces more heavily than usual lately in preparation for two back-to-back slideshows … Continue reading →

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Marching iPadward

Posted on February 15, 2012 by Howard

As you may have heard if you haven’t spent the last couple of years as a hermit, Apple’s iPad tablets have taken the world by storm since they first sprang into existence in 2010. I don’t personally own one yet … Continue reading →

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The End Is Near (Year-wise)

Posted on December 30, 2011 by Howard

As The Logs Burn This December has been different from its predecessors. For the first time in my adult life I’m living in a house with a working fireplace. This has made the month’s stretch of holidays a pleasantly toasty … Continue reading →

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