NEW YORK Cartoonist/graphic novelist Will Eisner died last night

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New York Times Cartoonist Ted Rall
Fantasizes About Murdering American
Soldiers In His Veterans Day Column On
Yahoo (***Warning: This Is An Absolutely
Vile Editorial***)

New York Times Cartoonist Ted Rall
Fantasizes About Murdering American
Soldiers In His Veterans Day Column On
Yahoo (***Warning: This Is An Absolutely
Vile Editorial***) 11/13/2003 07:46 AM
Read it if you dare .. WHY WE FIGHT

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The New York Times > Books > Will
Eisner, a Pioneer of Comic Books, Dies
at 87

The New York Times > Books > Will
Eisner, a Pioneer of Comic Books, Dies
at 87 01/05/2005 04:28 PM
this one by Sarah Boxer

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Trendwatch Graphic Arts Digital Imaging
Report Examines the Market(s) for
Digital Cameras and Scanners in the
Graphic Communications Industry

Trendwatch Graphic Arts Digital Imaging
Report Examines the Market(s) for
Digital Cameras and Scanners in the
Graphic Communications Industry 04/05/2005 02:17 AM
TrendWatch Graphic Arts released its special report titled “A Decade of DI: The TrendWatch Graphic Arts Perspective on the Changing Market for Digital Imaging Equipment.” The report provides a complete view of both the historical and current markets for digital cameras and scanners in the graphic arts, as well as the forces driving and impeding the market for both types of devices. [PRWEB Apr 5, 2005]

Anderson Becomes Novelist With
Ghostwriter (AP)

Anderson Becomes Novelist With
Ghostwriter (AP) 08/04/2004 03:31 PM
AP - Pamela Anderson has a new best friend: her ghostwriter. The 37-year-old model-actress added novelist to her resume Tuesday with the release of "Star," published by Atria Books. But the former "Baywatch" babe didn't do it alone.

The Great American novelist

The Great American novelist 12/21/2003 08:16 PM
In February, Robert Burrows' self-published book The Great American Parade was called the "worst novel ever published in the English language" by Gene Weingarten in the Washington Post. The insult has inspired a second print edition and an official Web site that includes the full text and political commentary by the author.

Nobel Prize novelist Bellow dies

Nobel Prize novelist Bellow dies 04/06/2005 02:43 AM
Saul Bellow, the American novelist who won the Nobel Prize for works including Herzog, has died, aged 89.

The Cartoonist

The Cartoonist 06/14/2004 11:01 PM
This is the world where I would live .. The Cartoonist [12:30] .. Ralf Zeigermann .. Cartoonist .. Cartoonist .. Cartoons .. Fonte .. Ralf .. Cart .. via

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Ellison weds novelist; Jobs takes
wedding photos

Ellison weds novelist; Jobs takes
wedding photos 01/16/2004 11:33 AM
Oracle CEO Larry Ellison married his fiancee of eight years, romance novelist Melanie Craft, over the winter holidays, the couple said Tuesday...

Nike Loses To Internet Cartoonist

Nike Loses To Internet Cartoonist 12/30/2004 02:49 AM
CBS News Dec 30 2004 7:09AM GMT

Cartoonist Mark Bode interview

Cartoonist Mark Bode interview 05/27/2004 01:59 PM
Mark Bode is the son of 1970's cartoonist Vaughn Bode, best known for his Cheech Wizard comics that appeared in National Lampoon. Vaughn died in the '70s, and Mark has taken over his father's work. Mark can draw and write in a way that's almost indistinguishable from his father's work. In this interview he talks about his 30-years-in the-making book, The Lizard of Oz, to be released by Fantagraphics.

BB: I know that, given a cursory glance, your and Vaughn's styles are incredibly similar. I was wondering, though, if you tried to more closely mimic his style -- whether in the actual drawing or the storytelling and design aspects of the page -- consciously or not?

MB: Before I knew what was reality here on this planet, my father, when I was 4 or 5 years old, led me to believe his characters were real. He said Cheech lived up the hill by the Projects near where we lived in Syracuse, NY. And we used to visit his laboratory, which was an old sewer hole cover. But Cheech never came out. I said, "Dad, why doesn't he come out?" He replied, "He is busy balling broads or doin' important wizard stuff, son." Thus, as my imagination and drawing abilities developed, I found it easy to draw and live in that world he created. No effort, what so ever. Although I have many other styles at my disposal, I am most happy when I'm in his, or our, style ...

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Editing Saul Bellow - The novelist was a
wizard with a dark side. By Elisabeth
Sifton

Editing Saul Bellow - The novelist was a
wizard with a dark side. By Elisabeth
Sifton 04/11/2005 05:59 AM
"Editing Saul Bellow" .. more»

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"Doonesbury" cartoonist apologizes for
beheading strip

"Doonesbury" cartoonist apologizes for
beheading strip 05/23/2004 09:19 PM

1975 underground cartoonist button
series

1975 underground cartoonist button
series 07/12/2004 05:49 PM
In 1975, a bunch of underground cartoonists were asked to submit self-portraits for a button series. Denis Kitchen is selling the set of all 54 buttons for $195, or you can buy individual ones for $4.Link (Thanks, Gary!)

"Rance" unmasked as
cartoonist/filmmaker/screenwriter Keith
Thomson?

"Rance" unmasked as
cartoonist/filmmaker/screenwriter Keith
Thomson? 06/01/2004 04:56 PM
David Emery, of About.com's Urban Legends and Folklore department, tells BoingBoing, "Wanted to let you know that Alex Boese of the Museum of Hoaxes may well have solved the Rance mystery with some good, old-fashioned Net detective work, or at any rate is damn close to solving it."

Here's a snip from the Museum of Hoaxes post, which -- true or not -- evidences some very thorough sleuthing indeed:

I think Rance is a cartoonist/filmmaker/screenwriter named Keith Thomson. Here's my reasoning. What immediately struck me about Rance's weblog was that it attracted a very high number of comments from very early on. Within two hours after Rance posted his first entry on December 29, 2003, four people had left comments on his site. Most weblogs, by contrast, struggle to get anyone to read them, let alone leave comments. So how was he attracting so many visitors to his site straight off the bat? What I discovered was that immediately after Rance posted his first entry on Dec. 29 at 4:49 EST, someone going by the screen name 'InvaderFromPluto' began posting messages about his weblog on various fan discussion groups. For instance, at 5:52, about one hour after Rance had posted his first entry, a message from InvaderFromPluto appears on Yahoo's thematthewperryplace message board. It reads:

i read slate reported a famous tv actor keeping a weblog under pseudonym "rance" at http://captainhoof.tripod.com/blog/ it's hard to know if it is him, but it might be as it is funny and seems witty in his sort of way

Obviously Slate hadn't written anything about Rance's weblog. Rance's weblog, at that time, was only an hour old. So how did InvaderFromPluto know about Rance's weblog so quickly, and why was he so interested in promoting it? Perhaps InvaderFromPluto was Rance himself. Makes sense to me.

Link, and previous BoingBoing posts: 1, 2

Dale Messick, Cartoonist Who Created
Brenda Starr, Dies at 98

Dale Messick, Cartoonist Who Created
Brenda Starr, Dies at 98 04/07/2005 05:28 PM
Dale Messick was a pioneering cartoonist who fought her way to the top of a man's profession by creating Brenda Starr.

Cartoonist and Animator Gene Deitch at
Egyptian Theatre in L.A. tonight!

Cartoonist and Animator Gene Deitch at
Egyptian Theatre in L.A. tonight! 02/10/2004 04:10 PM
Gene Deitch, the former art director for UPA (the cartoon studio that made Gerald McBoingBoing) and the illustrator for a 1940s jazz magazine called the Record Changer (see his book, The Cat on a Hot Thin Groove), and the father of underground cartoonist Kim Deitch, is going to be showing a bunch of his great old cartoons at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood. See you there! Link

What was Eisner doing?

What was Eisner doing? 07/16/2004 07:02 AM

De famer imagines what Michael Eisner was doing in my moblog picture of him at Brainstorm 2004. ;-)

via Glenn

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R.I.P. Will Eisner

R.I.P. Will Eisner 01/04/2005 10:49 AM
Will Eisner Dies at age 86 The father of the modern Graphic Novel and hugely influential comics figure has died today from heart surgery complications. His concept of Sequential Art helped move comics out of the idea of being solely "kid's stuff" and was seen as a cannon in the comic art world. He was working on a book called "The Plot" due out later this year. He will be missed. More info and Eisner Bio at Ne wsarama

"Will Eisner"

"Will Eisner" 01/05/2005 04:21 AM

The New York Times > New York Region
> About New York: Home From Iraq,
and Without a Home

The New York Times > New York Region
> About New York: Home From Iraq,
and Without a Home 04/25/2004 09:41 AM
Nicole Goodwin coming home to New York, where she ends up on the streets with her 1-year-old daughter .. Home From Iraq, and Without a Home .. homeless in the Bronx

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Eisner liked Fahrenheit 9/11

Eisner liked Fahrenheit 9/11 07/15/2004 05:17 PM
Joi's at the Fortune Brainstorm event, blogging Michael Eisner's remarks as they're spoken:

He was asked if he regretted not distributing Fahrenheit 9/11. He said no. Disney is not partisan and the movie was clearly political. Disney is an entertainment company. He said Rupert Murdoch said no for a completely different reason. Murdoch said he hated Moore and liked Bush. That's not why Disney didn't distribute the film.

When asked whether he liked the movie, Eisner said he loved it. It was like going to a rock concert. It was entertaining, hilarious. He loved it in a non-political way.

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Eyes on Eisner

Eyes on Eisner 09/13/2004 11:13 AM
Disney's CEO gets ready to move on.

AP Runs Eisner F 911 Story

AP Runs Eisner F 911 Story 07/25/2004 05:41 PM

AP finally ran the Eisner F 911 story. ;-)

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Michael Eisner quits

Michael Eisner quits 09/10/2004 09:15 AM
Cory Doctorow: Michael Eisner has announced that he's quitting as CEO of Disney when his contract runs out in 2006.

Eisner recently told Walt Disney directors that company president Robert Iger would be a good successor, the Los Angeles Times reported. Iger, whose contract expires in September 2005, has recently met with investors and executives and told the Times he would like the top job.

Link (via The Disney Blog)

Who would hire Michael Eisner?

Who would hire Michael Eisner? 03/08/2004 11:03 PM

In this interesting New York Times editorial, Nicholas Kristof looks at CEO pay from the perspective of "what would this guy do if we didn't pay him $200 million per year?"  (the $200 million/year is what Michael Eisner earned during some of his better years at Disney (oftentimes those were bad years for stockholders and employees but that's another story)).  Kristof points out that

"There is a huge supply of would-be C.E.O.'s and negligible demand from companies for new ones, so their price should be cheap — if boards would use their leverage. When Jack Welch retired, General Electric held a contest among three underlings to succeed him. Each was desperate to get the job. If G.E. had done its usual tough bargaining, it could have signed Jeffrey Immelt on a 15-year contract for a mere $750,000 a year in salary, plus reasonable incentives for long-term success.

"Except for turnaround experts, C.E.O.'s have few transferable skills and are in little demand elsewhere. The average 63-year-old head of a plastics company has almost zero chance of finding a better job elsewhere. One study found that of 77 cases when a major company had to find a new boss, only twice was this because the C.E.O. had left for another corporate job.

"Think about it. If Mr. Eisner, who turns 62 on Sunday, wanted to switch jobs now, what other public company would hire him as its new chief executive? Frankly, Mr. Eisner is so desperate to hold on to his job that Disney should try to charge him for the privilege of remaining in his post."

Eisner has transferred at least $1 billion from Disney's shareholders' pockets into his personal checking account over the years.  So he probably could afford to pay quite a bit to keep his job!

Disney Foes Want Eisner Out Now

Disney Foes Want Eisner Out Now 09/13/2004 06:17 PM
TheStreet.com Sep 13 2004 9:47PM GMT

Will Eisner, RIP (1917-2005)

Will Eisner, RIP (1917-2005) 01/04/2005 01:19 PM
Mark Frauenfelder: Chris Arrant sez: "Artist, cartoonist and storyteller Will Eisner (www.willeisner.com) has passed away at the age of 87, from complications from heart surgery." Link

Now it's (almost) time to say goodbye to
Eisner

Now it's (almost) time to say goodbye to
Eisner 09/10/2004 11:19 AM
CNET News.com Sep 10 2004 2:44PM GMT

"Will Eisner, RIP (1917-2005)"

"Will Eisner, RIP (1917-2005)" 01/05/2005 11:22 AM

The New York Times > New York Region
> G.O.P. Protesters Plan to
Infiltrate Convention as Volunteers

The New York Times > New York Region
> G.O.P. Protesters Plan to
Infiltrate Convention as Volunteers 04/28/2004 02:38 PM
G.O.P. Protesters Plan to Infiltrate Convention as Volunteers (Free NYT Registration -- What Dirtbags These People Are) .. New York Times .. NYT

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The New York Times > New York Region >
Videos Challenge Accounts of Convention
Unrest

The New York Times > New York Region >
Videos Challenge Accounts of Convention
Unrest 04/13/2005 03:41 AM

The New York Times > Washington
> Security: Tourist Copters in New
York City a Terror Target

The New York Times > Washington
> Security: Tourist Copters in New
York City a Terror Target 08/09/2004 11:53 PM
The New York Times > Washington > Security: Tourist Copters in New York City a Terror Target

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New Disney boss as Eisner ousted

New Disney boss as Eisner ousted 03/14/2005 06:04 PM
Walt Disney Co names insider Robert Iger as successor to embattled chief executive Michael Eisner, who is leaving a year early.

Brainstorm 2004 - Eisner liked
Fahrenheit 9/11

Brainstorm 2004 - Eisner liked
Fahrenheit 9/11 07/15/2004 05:27 PM

Michael Eisner is on a panel now at Brainstorm 2004. He was asked if he regretted not distributing Fahrenheit 9/11. He said no. Disney is not partisan and the movie was clearly political. Disney is an entertainment company. He said Rupert Murdoch said no for a completely different reason. Murdoch said he hated Moore and liked Bush. That's not why Disney didn't distribute the film.

When asked whether he liked the movie, Eisner said he loved it. It was like going to a rock concert. It was entertaining, hilarious. He loved it in a non-political way.

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Disney CEO Eisner to step down in 2006

Disney CEO Eisner to step down in 2006 09/10/2004 11:17 AM
Michael Eisner said he plans to step down as Walt Disney chief executive when his contract expires in September 2006...

Other News: Eisner Takes His Shot

Other News: Eisner Takes His Shot 02/13/2004 11:54 AM
Embattled Disney CEO Michael Eisner dumps on Steve Jobs in a presentation to financial analysts.

Eisner Award noms announced

Eisner Award noms announced 04/14/2004 10:31 AM
Nominations for the 16th annual Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards have been announced. BoingBoing pal Warren Ellis received no fewer than three. Lin k (Thanks, Susa nnah!)

The New York Times New York Region
McGreevey Describes ‘Intensely
Personal Decision’ in Speech

The New York Times New York Region
McGreevey Describes ‘Intensely
Personal Decision’ in Speech 08/13/2004 01:46 AM
1970's Henry Kissinger was a foreign policy wonk today .. my governor just came out of the closet

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The New York Times > Washington >
Campaign 2004 > Vast Anti-Bush Rally
Greets Republicans in New York

The New York Times > Washington >
Campaign 2004 > Vast Anti-Bush Rally
Greets Republicans in New York 08/30/2004 03:26 PM
were around half a million people

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