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Gasp65 Feb 22

Joe Gravel’s Pop Culture Rampage: a rollicking, abundantly illustrated talk with spicy cartoonist Joe Gravel.

https://whosoutthere.ca/2026/01/31/joe-gravels-pop-culture-rampage/

Gasp65 Aug 6, 2025

A look back at the life and career of incisive French cartoonist Jean Bosc (1924-1973).

https://whosoutthere.ca/2025/08/05/jean-bosc-and-the-kindness-of-posterity/

Gasp65 Feb 15, 2025

Hey, it's Marian Henley's Maxine!

https://whosoutthere.ca/2025/02/14/maxine-always-has-her-mouth-open/

Maxine Always Has Her Mouth Open

« From October 1981 until December 2002, Maxine appeared in a head-scratching combination of publications such as San Francisco Chronicle, Heavy Metal, MS, Glamour, Austin Chronicle, LA Weekly, Utn…

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Gasp65 Jan 18, 2025

Feast your peepers on this gallery of pulpy covers from the earliest, pre-Batman days of Detective Comics! 🔍

https://whosoutthere.ca/2025/01/17/hot-streak-creig-flessels-detective-comics/

Hot Streak: Creig Flessel’s Detective Comics

« The criminal is a creative artist; detectives are just critics. » — Hannu Rajaniemi This time, we’re going way back to the dawn of DC Comics, when the company name stood for its flags…

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Gasp65 Jan 1, 2025

If expanding your vocabulary ranks among your priorities for the coming new year, here's a fine place to start in style! 📚

http://whosoutthere.ca/2024/12/31/new-words-for-a-new-year/

New Words for a New Year!

« I find vocabulary to be a great drawback. » — Elizabeth Taylor I think most of us will concur — sorry, Liz — that a rich vocabulary is a useful asset on multiple levels. And in …

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Gasp65 Dec 19, 2024

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A lively sample of Jerry Grandenetti's brief stint at Charlton Comics in '66, with a bit of hot rodding action thrown in. http://whosoutthere.ca/2024/12/17/everybody-knows-leadfoot-larry/

Everybody Knows Leadfoot Larry!

« In World War One, they called it shell shock. Second time around, they called it battle fatigue. After ‘nam, it was post-traumatic stress disorder. » — Jan Karon Jerry Grandenetti&#82…

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Gasp65 Dec 2, 2024

Born on this day, one whole century ago: the nonpareil Jack Davis (1924-2016). To mark the occasion, here's a gallery of the gorgeous work he created in the early days of the Children's Television Workshop's Sesame Street. 🍪

#SesameStreet #JackDavis

http://whosoutthere.ca/2019/07/06/sweepin-the-clouds-away-jack-davis-sesame-street/

Sweepin’ the clouds away: Jack Davis’ Sesame Street

« Until now Mr. Cookie Monster refused to talk about the matter because his mouth was full, and it’s not polite to talk with your mouth full. » — Guest Star Robert McNeil With the vener…

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Gasp65 Nov 28, 2024

Lie back, kick off your shoes, let me pour you a drink, and... tell me about your mother. 🍸 http://whosoutthere.ca/2024/11/28/welcome-to-virgil-and-sigmunds-cocktail-party/

Welcome to Virgil and Sigmund’s Cocktail Party!

« If Freud had worn a kilt in the prescribed Highland manner he might have had a very different attitude to genitals. » — Woodrow Wilson Let’s talk about your drinking. Aw, just kidding…

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Gasp65 Aug 23, 2024

Espiègles, impétueux: Albert Dubout’s Impish Cats
http://whosoutthere.ca/2024/08/13/espiegles-impetueux-dubouts-impish-cats/

Espiègles, impétueux: Dubout’s Impish Cats

« One cat just leads to another. » [source*] Kitty butts are the ordre du jour. Back of Bob Foster’s Myron Moose no. 1 (Myron Moose Comic Book Works, 1971); this art print was also released y…

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Gasp65 Aug 14, 2024

Here's one especially for you cat/cartooning fanciers out there!

http://whosoutthere.ca/2024/08/13/espiegles-impetueux-dubouts-impish-cats/

Espiègles, impétueux: Dubout’s Impish Cats

« One cat just leads to another. » [source*] Kitty butts are the ordre du jour. Back of Bob Foster’s Myron Moose no. 1 (Myron Moose Comic Book Works, 1971); this art print was also released y…

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