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SHOUT-OUT OF THE DAY: Why 'Pearls' tips its (backward) cap to 'Cul de Sac'
(click here for enlarged image) The comics pages aren't unlike a sports team, in that only a couple of superstars are required to spark a wider sense of excitement, daily devotion and -- with an eye on the bottom...
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Michael Cavna
| November 19, 2010; 1:45 PM ET |
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The Comic Strip, The Riffs
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Cul de Sac, Pearls Before Swine, Richard Thompson, Stephan Pastis
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The Riff: 'SOUTH PARK' is sued over video -- but what-what does this mean for parody?
(Comedy Central / Viacom) Comic Riffs speaks not at all as a legal eagle and entirely as an occasional fine-feathered parodist when we say: How in the name of Butters does Brownmark Films -- aka the makers of 2007's...
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Michael Cavna
| November 16, 2010; 1:30 PM ET |
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The Animation, The Riffs
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Brownmark Films, Matt Stone, South Park, Trey Parker
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RIP, Satoshi Kon: Will 'Inception' director speak now for 'PAPRIKA's' dreamy magic?
I am hoping that now, the high-riding Christopher Nolan will help give the great Satoshi Kon an even larger due. Kon's many, many fans, of course, don't need Nolan's validation to affirm the anime filmmaker's mastery and gift and...
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Michael Cavna
| August 25, 2010; 7:00 PM ET |
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The Animation, The Riffs
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Christopher Nolan, Satoshi Kon
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From Pekar to Callahan: Why a town's 'favorite son' cartoonist is good for the civic soul
"From my seat in a medium-sized newspaper, I can only advise cartoonists to focus their work on their communities as newspapers focus more and more on the local." That was the advice of the Cincinnati Enquirer's longtime cartooning legend,...
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Michael Cavna
| July 28, 2010; 11:45 AM ET |
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The Riffs
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Harvey Pekar, Jim Borgman, John Callahan, Phil Frank, Richard Thompson
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THE RIFF: Is 'SNL' talent blazing a trail for the future of newspaper comics?
Just how far will fans of comics and comedy go to bask in a sense of nostalgia? Michael Arndt, screenwriter of the record-setting "Toy Story 3," recently told Comic Riffs that his film's toy characters -- like the recently...
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Michael Cavna
| June 29, 2010; 1:00 PM ET |
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The Animation, The Riffs, The Webcomic
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Beyond the Comics, Fred Wolf, Kirk Thatcher, Michael Arndt, SFGate.com, Saturday Night Live, SeattlePI.com, The Muppets, Toy Story 3
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THE RIFF: Where does D.C. rate as a 'comics town'?
As the mercury hit 99 degrees Sunday, I had to wonder: Is Washington, D.C.'s comics scene ripe for heating up, too? While talking with "Big Nate" cartoonist Lincoln Peirce over the weekend, I asked him how he came to...
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Michael Cavna
| June 28, 2010; 11:30 AM ET |
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General, The Riffs
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Aaron McGruder, Andrew Cohen, Ben Claassen, Comisgirl, Evan Keeling, Frank Cho, Herb Block, Jeff Kinney, Lincoln Peirce, Matt Wuerker, Michael Arndt, Mike Rhode, Richard Thompson, Shannon Gallant
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