J M Wetherington Sr
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Happy Birthday, The Family Circus
Monday , 5, February 2018 Comics Comments Off on Happy Birthday, The Family CircusIt was 58 years ago this month that the newspaper comic strip (although not a strip, strictly speaking), The Family Circus, first appeared. In fact, 1960 was a Leap Year and the first cartoon appeared on February 29th, 1960, making it impossible for me to post its birthday on the actual date until 2020, so […]
Ant-Man and The Wasp Trailer
Wednesday , 31, January 2018 Comics, Movies Comments Off on Ant-Man and The Wasp TrailerThe first Ant-Man movie was not a blockbuster production, but I enjoyed it nonetheless. So I’m looking forward to the sequel after seeing the new Ant-Man and The Wasp Trailer below. With the Black Panther movie coming out next month, Avengers: Infinity War in May, and the Ant-Man and The Wasp movie in July, it’s […]
R.I.P. Yvonne Craig
Wednesday , 19, August 2015 Comic Books, Comics, Television Comments Off on R.I.P. Yvonne CraigI awoke to the sad news this morning that Yvonne Craig had passed away Monday evening at the age of 78 from metastatic breast cancer that had spread to her liver. The first time I saw Ms. Craig was in 1967 when she joined the Batman TV show’s third and final season as Batgirl/Barbara Gordon. […]
The Mother Goose & Grimm comic strip below appeared in today’s newspapers across the country. I laughed when I first saw it, and then my mind started working, which is seldom a good thing. As a kid, Mighty Mouse was one of the first cartoons I watched on TV. I loved the operatic theme song, […]
Reading Old Comics – Batman Model Kit Ad
Thursday , 4, December 2014 Comic Books, Comics, Family 1 CommentI’ve been reading some of the old comics I read as a kid (a sure sign I’m getting old and reaching the end of my years) and it has been fun to re-live the enjoyment I experienced as a 6 to 17 year old. And it’s not just the stories and artwork within the comics, […]
I’ve been wanting to attend the San Diego Comic-Con for years and years, but something always keeps me from being able to go; work, lack of time and/or lack of money are the usual culprits. A couple of years ago I officially moved it off my “Things I’d Like To Do” list and onto my […]
The Greatest Superhero Movies Of All Time
Monday , 24, November 2014 Comics, Movies Comments Off on The Greatest Superhero Movies Of All TimeEmpire, the self-described “world’s biggest movie magazine” is running an online poll seeking votes to discover The Greatest Superhero Movies Of All Time. For purposes of their polling, a superhero “is someone who undertakes heroic actions with some kind of superhuman attribute – whether biological, mechanical or mystical. Batman and Iron Man fall into the […]
Veterans Day In The Newspaper Comic Strips
Tuesday , 11, November 2014 Comics, Holidays Comments Off on Veterans Day In The Newspaper Comic StripsI very rarely agree with the conservative newspaper comic strip “From The Right: Mallard Fillmore” but I wholeheartedly agree with the message of today’s Veterans Day strip…with the slight addition that we, as a nation, SHOULD be doing more to repay those who serve this country, ESPECIALLY those who bear the scars of combat. And […]
Over at Incidental Comics, Grant Snider has this nice comic (as well as many, many more about different aspects of human nature and the human experience) about introverts.