Category Archives: Books in my Bookcase

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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Catching Up

Posted on October 28, 2012 by Howard

Me In The U.K. Except for posting a few of my "Occasional Comix" online, I’ve been forced to play hookey from blogging for quite a while due to the unusually heavy demands involved in writing and drawing a new eight-page … 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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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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My Spin on “Oliver Twisted”

Posted on September 27, 2011 by Howard

The great John Pound is the artist responsible for establishing the look and painting most of the images that made the Topps Company‘s Garbage Pail Kids a sensation back in the ’80s. While I can’t swear that John painted the … Continue reading →

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Granny Sue, From Whom All Good Things Flow

Posted on September 3, 2011 by Howard

"Granny Sue" is a handcrafted wall hanging that my sister-in-law Susan purchased for me on impulse while she and Eddie and I were browsing at a nearby Goodwill store here in North Adams. Something about it struck a chord with … Continue reading →

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Playing Near Cliffs Can Be Fun…

Posted on August 2, 2011 by Howard

…Except when it isn’t. OK, so the Republicans were nice enough not to push the American economy into the abyss as long as Democrats agree that only those who are already struggling will find their basic needs further slashed while … Continue reading →

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