How to draw a sarcastic duck

Look how sarcastic Donald is in this Carl Barks drawing! This is a panel from Only a Poor Old Man, the first story from Uncle Scrooge's own comic book. Carl Barks is a well regarded storyteller and deserves to be. His stories have a level of sophistication rarely seen in the comics medium at all, let alone funny animal books. You can find a whole lot of amazing old Disney Comics online here: http://disneycomics.free.fr/index.php

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Alternate Universe Shrek

Check out how much better Shrek would have looked if they'd kept the designs by comic legend Mike Ploog. via:http://comicrazys.com/2010/06/06/shrek-character-design-and-pre-production-artwork-mike-ploog/

I mean, come on.

Mickey Mouse and His Horse Tanglefoot

I scanned these pages from my giant Mickey Mouse book. The rest of the story is up at ComicCrazys:

http://comicrazys.com/2010/06/01/mickey-and-his-horse-tanglefoot-1933-dailies-floyd-gottfredson/

A bit of Fry and Laurie

One reason I'm not a big fan of House M.D., apart from how bloody predictable it is, (or was, back when I watched it) is that I think Hugh Laurie is absolutely wasted in a dramatic role. I best remember Hugh from his performance as Bertie Wooster opposite Stephen Fry's Jeeves and his Prince George in Blackadder III. Recently I found a treasure trove of clips on YouTube from A Bit of Fry and Laurie, the BBC sketch comedy show Hugh Laurie and Stephen Fry put on in the 90s. You can find all of series 1 and lots of clips from all the other series there as well. Enjoy.

You're hired!

I saw The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus last night. I enjoyed it. I'm a long-time Terry Gilliam fan and it's nice to see him doing something fun again (I didn't see Tidelands but I hated The Brothers Grimm.) Of course, Imaginarium will be most remembered as Heath Ledger's final film. There have certainly been worse swan songs.

Another thing that struck me, since I'm in the midst of pretend-casting Much the movie, is actress Lily Cole. I think I may have found my Marion. She certainly looks the part. She's also English, which is important, and she has an air of innocence about her that would really sell Marion's naive convictions. So Lily, call me.

Now I'll just need to find out if Rowan Atkinson is free to play the Sheriff.

The Russian Hobbit!

I love this so much. It is a 1970s Russian illustrated edition of The Hobbit. Not only are the illustrations lively and gorgeously cartoonish while maintaining the crisp graphic quality of woodcuts, but Bilbo has crazy hairy legs! How did I go my whole life without knowing about this? Check out the source

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