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Kevin Fagan, Mission Viejo resident and author of the comic strip Drabble, will be speaking at the Norman P. Murray Community and Senior Center on Wednesday, March 26th at 7p.m.
In honor of his upcoming visit this week's staff picks (recommended by Jeff) are some additional comic strips or films based on comic strips you might enjoy.
Krazy & Ignatz: "there is a heppy land, fur, fur awa-a-ay" by George HerrimanBefore television, movies, and even radio, newspaper comic strips were the entertainment for the masses. Recently, publishers have been reprinting the old strips in collections. One of the more surrealistic of the early strips was Krazy Kat & Ignats. With a kindhearted, innocent kat and a conniving mouse with a brick fetish, this strip, created by George Harriman, is the archetype of cat and mouse hijinks that can still be seen in pop culture today. This collection includes all 104 full-page, Sunday strips from 1925 and 1926.
Krazy and Ignatz: "love letters in ancient brick" by George HerrimanKrazy Kat is a love story, focusing on the relationships of its three main characters--Krazy Kat, Ignatz Mouse, and Offisa Pup. This volume is the second of a long-term plan to chronologically reprint strips from the prime of Herriman's career, most of which have not seen print since originally running in newspapers 75 years ago.
Popeye [Vol. 2] Well, Blow me down! by E. C. SegarMore well known today, Popeye is an American icon whose original comic strips are currently being republished. The scrappy, spinach eating sailor was first published in the strip Thimble Theater by E. C. Segar. For ten years Thimble Theater stared the Oyl family, Castor, Banana, Coal and Olive with her suitor Ham Gravy. Eventually, Popeye joined the strip as a bit player, but his popularity was immediately evident leading to almost 80 years with him in the American pantheon of heroes.
MOVIE WATCH
V for Vendetta
Set against the futuristic landscape of totalitarian Britain, the story of a young working-class woman, Evey, who is rescued from a life-and-death situation by a masked man known only as 'V.' Incomparably charismatic and ferociously skilled in the art of combat and deception, 'V' ignites a revolution when he urges his fellow citizens to rise up against tyranny and oppression. As Evey uncovers the truth about 'V's' mysterious background, she also discovers the truth about herself. She becomes his ally in his plan to bring freedom and justice to a cruel and corrupt society.
A Charlie Brown Christmas
Join Charlie Brown and his friends as they discover the true meaning of Christmas in this heart warming holiday classic.
V for VendettaSet against the futuristic landscape of totalitarian Britain, the story of a young working-class woman, Evey, who is rescued from a life-and-death situation by a masked man known only as 'V.' Incomparably charismatic and ferociously skilled in the art of combat and deception, 'V' ignites a revolution when he urges his fellow citizens to rise up against tyranny and oppression. As Evey uncovers the truth about 'V's' mysterious background, she also discovers the truth about herself. She becomes his ally in his plan to bring freedom and justice to a cruel and corrupt society.
A Charlie Brown ChristmasJoin Charlie Brown and his friends as they discover the true meaning of Christmas in this heart warming holiday classic.
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