As per Frederick Frommer, author of several baseball titles either on his own or with his father, Harvey, comes this appreciation of “Baseball Bugs,” a Looney Tunes favorite that made its debut in 1946. Frommer notes, “The 1946 cartoon is so packed with funny gags, clever puns, imaginative imagery and lively music that it’s still […]
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Ronnie Joyner is the author/artist of Hardball Legends and Journeymen and Short-Timers: 333 Illustrated Baseball Biographies, published earlier this year by McFarland. It’s a throw-back to a time when newspapers regularly ran drawings of athletes with a few factoids. Joyner was kind enough to quench my curiosity about the craft. * * * * * […]
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What team did he play for, you might ask. But Melendez was the genius behind the Peanuts cartoons. He passed away Sept. 2 at the age of 91.
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From The Comics Curmodgeon, one of my favorites. (Ignore “The Family Circus”; I always do.)
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