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Comic Riffs: March 21, 2010 - March 27, 2010
The 'Riffs Interview: 'TRAIN YOUR DRAGON' directors enter a new dimension
Hiccup, dragon trainer. (DreamWorks Animation SKG) The modern Hollywood animator is accursed with a burden that never bedeviled Walt Disney, Chuck Jones or even the '80s Imagineers who framed each shot of Roger Rabbit. In the era of "Avatar,"...
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Michael Cavna
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March 26, 2010; 10:30 AM ET |
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Interviews With Cartoonists
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The Animation
| Tags: Chris Sanders, Dean DeBlois, DreamWorks Animation, How to Train Your Dragon, Jeffrey Katzenberg
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Bluewater's Wonder Woman? MICHELLE OBAMA, Comic-Book 'Superhero'
"Welcome to the gun show, America!" "Michelle Obama would just be learning the full extent of her powers." "One little bug bite and she could be crawling the White House walls and slinging webs at Joe Biden." If the...
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Michael Cavna
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March 25, 2010; 10:55 AM ET |
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The Comic Book
| Tags: Bluewater Comics, Michelle Obama
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Post comics changes: Of Barney, Clyde & Gene (Weingarten)
A coupla years back, I heard a rumor about my esteemed colleague Gene Weingarten -- whom I would refer to properly as The Post's Pulitzer Prize-Winning Humor Columnist, but I'm apparently legally bound to cut him a royalty check...
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Michael Cavna
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March 24, 2010; 6:10 AM ET |
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The Comic Strip
| Tags: Amy Lago, Barney & Clyde, Dan Weingarten, David Clark, Gene Weingarten, Washington Post Writers Group
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OBAMACARE: The 10 must-see cartoons that vent their spleen
With the House having passed the historic/controversial/bitter-feudin' health-care reform bill mere hours ago, we pause this morning to cull Ten Cartoons That Especially Stood Out in the run-up to the vote. From Obama to Boehner, Pelosi to McConnell, the...
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Michael Cavna
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March 22, 2010; 5:55 AM ET |
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The Political Cartoon
| Tags: Bob Gorrell, Brian Fairrington, Gary McCoy, Gary Varvel, Jeff Parker, Jimmy Margulies, Michael Ramirez, Pat Bagley, Steve Benson, Steve Breen
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