Some readers may recall our interview last month with Vladimir Putin Action Comics creator Sam Derse. It looks like Derse is taking to Kickstarter to raise the money needed to self-publish a book collecting the strips he's produced thus far.
"Vladimir Putin Action Comics" Creator Turns to Kickstarter to Publish Book
Humpday Afternoon Diversion: LBJ Wants His Pants Let Out
This clip is years old and has add video added in so many variations, but it's still a classic from the moment we heard it on Nightline fifteen years ago (Steve Dahl had a field day with this tape when it was first released). This is a dicatphone recording of President Lyndon Baines Johnson talking to the Haggar clothing company about customizing a few pairs of slacks for him, in decidedly non-Presidential language.
Thursday Afternoon Diversion: Chinese Cartoons
We love watching cartoons in other languages. We love monkeys.
Dr. Seuss As You've Never Seen Him
Have you ever seen the Dr. Seuss cartoons featuring Snafu? Maybe the one where he fights off a swarm of mosquitos? Or how about the one where he is seduced by a sexy foreign spy and spills the beans about troop movement? Wait ... what?
"STEAK!!!"
Ah, to have the budget of a magazine to play with. Scott Smith at Time Out Chicago gets to play with dolls action figures. Now Chicago Magazine's Jeff Ruby and John Kenzie have created "The Adventures of Steak Man," the "corn-fed crusader" who bears a striking resemblance to a middle-aged Burt Ward.
Fish, Fire and the Fifties at the Movies
Hollywood incinerated the post-summertime trash last weekend in preparation for some tried-and-true formula pictures releasing today.

