Harold Sipe's Blog, page 697

"I have no idea what it's like now. The problem with college being the incubators for strips is that..."

"I have no idea what it's like now. The problem with college being the incubators for strips is that those are precisely the type of strips newspapers don't really need, as they don't have young readers anymore. At all. None. Gone. If I was starting out today and felt I simply had to get in a newspaper, I'd do a strip aimed squarely at people 60 and over. That ain't Doonesbury or Bloom County."

- ICv2 - ICv2 Interview: Berkeley Breathed

"This is a sad topic but I'm going to be blunt. Newspapers have about five years left. Young readers..."

"This is a sad topic but I'm going to be blunt. Newspapers have about five years left. Young readers of the newspaper comics simply don't exist anymore in numbers that count. Those eyeballs are elsewhere and will not come back."

- ICv2 - ICv2 Interview: Berkeley Breathed

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My wasted SaturdaySo a while back as I was putting together my...

My wasted Saturday

So a while back as I was putting together my new office I decided I wanted some toy of the Enterprise-E amongst my Star Trek museum-like work environment. Though I hated the last few Next Gen movies - I always kinda liked the design of that ship. I couldn't really find a decent toy for display so I thought, "Why not try a model?" Here my troubles began. What a pain in the ass, but at last the Enterprise is starting to look like the Enterprise. While the glue is drying I am g...

"Lee's words have also inspired This Is A Souvenir: The Songs of Spearmint & Shirley Lee (Image..."

"Lee's words have also inspired This Is A Souvenir: The Songs of Spearmint & Shirley Lee (Image Comics, $29.99 U.S., 208 pages), a provocative anthology that sees almost 40 creators reinterpret the lyrics of 19 Spearmint songs as short stories."

- JPKComics.com  » Blog Archive  » This Is A Souvenir: The Songs of Spearmint & Shirley Lee

"The Philadelphia Free Library system is broke, and they're shutting it down, including..."

"The Philadelphia Free Library system is broke, and they're shutting it down, including cancelling "all branch and regional library programs, programs for children and teens, after school programs, computer classes, and programs for adults" and "all children programs, programs to support small businesses and job seekers, computer classes and after school programs" and "all library visits to schools, day care centers, senior centers and other community centers" and "all community meetings" and...

TRAY | TrigonometryBuster Moody is a dear old friend and...

TRAY | Trigonometry

Buster Moody is a dear old friend and collaborator. Together we have worked on Screamland, Maintaining Bohemia and had a story in the recent This Is A Souvenir: The Songs Of Spearmint & Shirley Lee. His band Trigonometry has a new album out - go and listen NOW!

"Castro blamed "traditional [U.S.] racism" for dampening reform efforts, including health..."

"Castro blamed "traditional [U.S.:] racism" for dampening reform efforts, including health care revisions."

- Castro reviews Obama's performance - CNN.com

Dinosaur Comics - August 5th, 2009 - awesome fun times!

Dinosaur Comics - August 5th, 2009 - awesome fun times!

Nikki Finke's Deadline Hollywood Daily » SHOCKER! Paramount Moves Scorsese's 'Shutter Island' To February 19, 2010

Nikki Finke's Deadline Hollywood Daily » SHOCKER! Paramount Moves Scorsese's 'Shutter Island' To February 19, 2010