Hi & Lois Holidays and a Ride on The Tonnerville Trolley! - Nemo 23 - pt. 2 of 2

The second half of "Nemo: the Classic Comics Library" #23 is as big a treat to read as part one. That kind of goes without saying really, as during the magazines entire run I never found a page I didn't go back and read at least twice like a starving man to a buffet anyway.

First up is a family album of holiday time spent with "Hi and Lois". Dik Browne's clean-clear cut yet textured cartooning is in full bloom here, every panel a true cartoony dream. Being as the article is centered on family/holiday time, there's plenty here to fit into the December Christmas marathon.

Drink it in Kiddoes!

Fontaine Fox was one of those true natural cartoonists. His hand seemed to inherently know just how to make a cartoon out of any object. His work covered much more than just a trolley and a guy with a fire hat though...Nemo shows us just how much more...

Enjoy!

We also get the bonus of another weeks worth of Mort Walker and Jery Dumas' comic strip insider strip, "Sam's Strip"...

...and a little feedback from the readers.

Next week I'll share with you the first half of "Nemo" #24 and an extensive look at the great Rube Goldberg!

Talk to you soon.

Nemo #5: The Life and Times of Mort Walker

Well...even Nemo had it's fluff filler.

But, like I always say..."If you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all...

Here's Mort Walker. If you're not sure how important he is, just ask him he'll be sure and tell you.

See you later for the rest of the good stuff!

Tuesday Comics - Dik Browne and The Blog That Wasn't

I'm so glad I settled on "Inside Jeff Overturf's Head" as the title and subject of this little blog instead of revealing what may be hiding within the walls of other part of my anatomy.

Had I come up with this title it would be a whole different place.

For example, instead of comics about myself, Superman, Jesus, The Flying Spaghetti Monster, Bigfoot et al discussing all of life's important questions down at The Drink Hole...I might have featured a strip like this...

There are of course a plethora of variations that can be done along these lines, like...

...And then of course...

But then the well kind of ran dry. I mean (chuckle) who would want to read a strip with the (snicker) same drawing repeated over and over and (heh heh) the same 3 gags retold exactly the same way ad nauseum (HA HA HA HA!). I mean, this could only last, AT MOST about 3 days, Could you even imagine going for a year beating this dead horse??? LOL now THAT would just be insane. (Cackle!!!) *

*note: The abomination known as "Garfield" done by that worthless POS Jim Davis has been running in papers for 32 years as of next week. NOW tell me we're not all witnessing the end of civilization. I dare you.

Enough nonsense, here's a real modern cartoonist that's worth talking about. From the pages of "Nemo: The Classic Comics Library" #1 wayyyyy back in 1983 a feature on Dik Browne.

1983 happened to be Hagar the Horrible's 10th anniversary.

And a great interview with the artist of "Hi and Lois" and the writer artist of "Hagar" conducted by Richard Marschall. Let's not forget "The Tracy Twins" from the comic section of "Boys Life" magazine either...the first thing I would turn to in my days as a cub scout.

See y'all tomorrow.