Call Congress TODAY re: Orphan Works Bill!!!!

Fellow artists,
It is time to act RIGHT NOW! The House is ready to pass the Orphan Works Act. You can't delay! Call NOW and tell them NO!

The Illustrator's Partnership, below, has sent us info on the current plans. We can't let them get away with sneaky politics while the country is watching and debating the VP event.

Please forward this to all artists and lists and make those calls this morning!

Mark Simon
Artist Advocate

FROM THE ILLUSTRATORS' PARTNERSHIP

THE HOUSE ORPHAN WORKS BILL (H.R. 5889)IS MOVING IN THE HOUSE NOW 10.2.08

Phone, fax, email these Congressman immediately
DELAHUNT Phone (202) 225 3111

CONYERS Phone: (202) 225-5126

NADLER Phone: (202) 225-5635

BERMAN Phone: (202) 225-4695

EXPRESS YOUR OUTRAGE AT THE WAY THIS IS BEING DONE
We've been getting assurances all day that the bill was "dead for this year."

TELL THEM NOT TO PASS THIS ANTI-COPYRIGHT LAW * UNDER COVER OF NIGHT * UNDER COVER OF ECONOMIC CRISIS * UNDER COVER OF ANOTHER TELEVISED DEBATETELL THEM THIS IS AN OUTRAGEOUS WAY TO RE-WRITE THE COPYRIGHT LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES

Midterms -- Cartoon from the Past

Way back in my college days, the musical "Cats" came out. The song "Memory" was sung by my favorite crooner -- whose music was still on the current airwaves at that time.

Music videos were coming about, and I figured a Music Comic Strip in parody form was in order to cut the stress. (I submitted comic strips to my college newspaper at the time.)

Sitting opposite side of the desk, I find midterm and end of term still stressful and time consuming! Thus my light posting during the back to school and build up of reports.




















... and I apologize half heartedly to any Ronald Reagan fans, but with the market fallout, etc., it just seems this panel fits today.

Willie Nelson, Comic Books, and Protecting Your Vote

I will admittedly share that I am really huge on the right to vote and I take my own kids to events and to the polls when I vote. It's a sacred right, no matter the party.

It sends chills down my spine when I read or hear about caging of votes ... and I'm delighted there's a movement to prevent it and a COMIC BOOK to inform. It tickles me that Willie Nelson appears in this too. (My folks were Willie fans, and we had a Willie Nelson/Barry Manilow -- which is better rivalry going on... but that's another story.)

A Google Web Comic

Scott McCloud, who spoke at the WHS ComicCon a few years ago, was the cartoonist for a Web Comic introducting/training/teaching over Google's new "Chrome" browser.

OT: 45 Years Ago

This isn't cartooning related in any way, and I can't believe this was 45 years ago. I was too young to have viewed it on our old Black and White and was more in the Capt. Kangaroo and Mickey Mouse Club audience. I appreciate it now, though and felt compelled to embed it.

Cartoonists Picnic!

Picnic welcoming the Brownes to Sioux Falls forthcoming! Cartoonists, check your e-mails and RSVP!!!

Speaking of Wordle ...

Interestingly enough, a day or two after my post about Wordle -- Boston Globe did two political blog Wordles illustrating themes/words from both candidates running for President.