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Eisner-winning comic museum curator and book writer. PERSONAL acc’t. Big fan of Snoopy and the gang. AKA BenjClark, BLClark πŸ“· by Chris Eliopoulos @chriseliopoulos.com Santa Rosa, California https://benjaminlclark.com

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Eek & Meek by Howie Schneider, originally published 12/10/1967

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06.03.2026 03:05 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Trying to get the perfect photo of your friend like…
β€œOk now look natural.” πŸ˜‚
#CalvinandHobbes #ArtistLife

05.03.2026 06:00 πŸ‘ 98 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Which oil company fail son wants the seat?

05.03.2026 02:21 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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05.03.2026 01:06 πŸ‘ 22 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

WHOA!! It never gets old seeing *The Actual Thing* (probably). Thank you for sharing!

04.03.2026 18:46 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Yuliy Ganf Yuliy Ganf (also written as "Yulii Ganf") was an Ukrainian-Russian graphic artist, poster designer and political cartoonist. He was one of the most prominent illustrators in the satirical magazine Kro...

By Ukrainian cartoonist Yuliy Ganf, originally published 1953. 'In America - At This Restaurant Only One Person Is Served' (Krokodil #4, 1953).

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04.03.2026 18:33 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Where does one acquire a diamond-tipped pen??

04.03.2026 18:29 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Personally, he's 5% aware that he's in a comic strip and 95% that he's just that theatrical/ dramatic. There seems to be strips where he speaks to the reader directly, but is a little surprised to find someone actually there.

04.03.2026 18:07 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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New Comic Strip Found: Frank and Ernest - 2026-03-04 https://www.gocomics.com/frank-and-ernest/2026/03/04

#comicstrip #frankandernest

04.03.2026 17:22 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Absolutely not.

04.03.2026 05:01 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Lucy, Charlie Brown, and Linus lie on a grassy hill looking at the sky. Lucy says, "Uh huh ... that's very good ... What do *you* see in the clouds, Charlie Brown?" Originally published 8/14/1960, by Charles M. Schulz

Lucy, Charlie Brown, and Linus lie on a grassy hill looking at the sky. Lucy says, "Uh huh ... that's very good ... What do *you* see in the clouds, Charlie Brown?" Originally published 8/14/1960, by Charles M. Schulz

Reminds me of something I've seen before ..

03.03.2026 22:40 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

At the point in the writing where I should get a barrel of peanut M&Ms and give myself one for each sentence I complete. Maybe I'd make headway.

03.03.2026 22:36 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Heartbreaking

02.03.2026 20:23 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

If that Peanuts comic is in that issue, Nancy & Sluggo #184 (sorry, I don't have time this AM to double-check), I can confirm it's *not* Schulz, and not even one of his studio assistants who did these, but rather Dell house artists.

02.03.2026 17:39 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Nancy by Ernie Bushmiller.

First panel, Nancy talking to a logger sawing a tree and pointing to a carved piece of trunk.

Nancy: Can I have that piece? My boy friend carved it.
Logger: Sure.

Second panel, Nancy is watching the log burn in the fire place.
Nancy: I'm mad at him.

Nancy by Ernie Bushmiller. First panel, Nancy talking to a logger sawing a tree and pointing to a carved piece of trunk. Nancy: Can I have that piece? My boy friend carved it. Logger: Sure. Second panel, Nancy is watching the log burn in the fire place. Nancy: I'm mad at him.

Every once in awhile I think about this Nancy comic and it makes me laugh every single time. Absolute perfection.

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I mean ... 10/25/1995

01.03.2026 04:05 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

New version of the old war profiteering game.

01.03.2026 02:34 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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You’ll be haunted

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Eyquem de Montaigne, Michel (micheldemontaigne) | LibraryThing | LibraryThing LibraryThing catalogs yours books online, easily, quickly and for free.

His personal library, partially reconstructed from his Essais, has been cataloged on LibraryThing as part of our Legacy Library project. www.librarything.com/profile/mich...

28.02.2026 15:55 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Now is an amazing time to subscribe to this labeler

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28.02.2026 15:57 πŸ‘ 569 πŸ” 257 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 4
In a newspaper comic strip clipping of Eek & Meek by Howie Schneider, originally published 3/10/1970 -- A kid mouse, I think his name is Luvable, says to Meek, an adult mouse, "Hey, y'know what?" Meek replies, "What?" as they walk along. Luvable says in the final panel, "Five is a four-letter word!" Meek looks out at the reader in surprise.

In a newspaper comic strip clipping of Eek & Meek by Howie Schneider, originally published 3/10/1970 -- A kid mouse, I think his name is Luvable, says to Meek, an adult mouse, "Hey, y'know what?" Meek replies, "What?" as they walk along. Luvable says in the final panel, "Five is a four-letter word!" Meek looks out at the reader in surprise.

Hanging out with my 10 y/o :
benjaminlclark.com/blog/

βœ’οΈ Eek & Meek by Howie Schneider, originally published 3/10/1970

28.02.2026 04:06 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
In a newspaper comic strip clipping of Eek & Meek by Howie Schneider, originally published 3/10/1970 -- A kid mouse, I think his name is Luvable, says to Meek, an adult mouse, "Hey, y'know what?" Meek replies, "What?" as they walk along. Luvable says in the final panel, "Five is a four-letter word!" Meek looks out at the reader in surprise.

In a newspaper comic strip clipping of Eek & Meek by Howie Schneider, originally published 3/10/1970 -- A kid mouse, I think his name is Luvable, says to Meek, an adult mouse, "Hey, y'know what?" Meek replies, "What?" as they walk along. Luvable says in the final panel, "Five is a four-letter word!" Meek looks out at the reader in surprise.

Hanging out with my 10 y/o :
benjaminlclark.com/blog/

βœ’οΈ Eek & Meek by Howie Schneider, originally published 3/10/1970

28.02.2026 04:06 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The onion chips!! YES!! No one does that now.

27.02.2026 22:56 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A digital drawing of author Maia Kobabe, a white nonbinary person with short brown hair wearing a patterned blue shirt, who scowls while holding up a copy of eir book GENDER QUEER: A MEMOIR. Maia is saying: H.R. 7661 is a national book banning bill which seeks to remove any book that "involves gender dysphoria or transgenderism" from all public schools in the US. This would ban my books, and any other book with trans themes, from public schools. PLEASE call your House Reps and say: NO ON H.R. 7661!

A digital drawing of author Maia Kobabe, a white nonbinary person with short brown hair wearing a patterned blue shirt, who scowls while holding up a copy of eir book GENDER QUEER: A MEMOIR. Maia is saying: H.R. 7661 is a national book banning bill which seeks to remove any book that "involves gender dysphoria or transgenderism" from all public schools in the US. This would ban my books, and any other book with trans themes, from public schools. PLEASE call your House Reps and say: NO ON H.R. 7661!

H.R. 7661 is a national book banning bill which seeks to remove any book that "involves gender dysphoria or transgenderism" from all public schools in the US. This would ban all my books, & any other book with trans themes, from public schools. PLEASE call your House Reps & say: NO ON H.R. 7661!

27.02.2026 20:16 πŸ‘ 3856 πŸ” 3249 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 69

Did it have a similar sign? I always liked that. And the sandwiches.

27.02.2026 22:44 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I never knew there was another one! We moved across town from where the Lincoln location was, so I didn't go there much, if ever, by the late 1990s, and moved away from Nebraska not long after.

27.02.2026 22:44 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

That's --- that sounds amazing.

27.02.2026 20:42 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Tastee Inn at 48th and Holdridge in Lincoln, which is apparently long gone now. I remember playing pinball there in the 1980s. They had maybe one or two machines.

27.02.2026 20:37 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Technicians spent more than a week scanning and stabilizing β€œGugusse and the Automaton" – which features, by the way, the first known moving image of what might be called a robot – so that it can now be enjoyed by anyone online!

26.02.2026 17:32 πŸ‘ 194 πŸ” 63 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 12

*13* Bankers Boxes of film and tape! Wow! There's going to be amazing stuff in this collection.

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