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The Saturday Comics: Inside Woody Allen

23 Jul

July 23, 2011

Woody Allen needs no introduction. You either know him from his movies or you know him from Soon-Yi. You think he’s funny or you don’t. What most of you probably don’t know is that there was a Woody Allen comic strip. There isn’t much info about it online and most of what I found was copied from wikipedia anyway (as are many term papers, thus explaining the high failure rate of high school students) so I’ll do the same thing. The difference? I tell you when I’m copying from wikipedia.

Inside Woody Allen was a comic strip about the film actor and director Woody Allen. Drawn by Stuart Hample, the strip ran from 1976 to 1984.

The strip was based on Allen’s real life character and focused on his neuroses, angst and frequent psychiatric treatment. Writers for the strip included David Weinberger.

I began this post by saying that Woody Allen needs no introduction. One reason I didn’t need to give him one is that the strips below do a great job of introducing him on their own.

Sneak Peek of the Week of July 17th

17 Jul

July 17, 2011

Mark Tansey’s “The Innocent Eye Test,” 1981

As you can tell by the artwork above, it is going to be another odd week and I promise you, not a gorilla or dinosaur in the bunch.

This week, I’ll lower my standards to talk about the truly sleazy TV show, Hardcore Pawn. Crime takes center stage in the center of the week as I ponder some cruel intentions, and we’ll try to decide if Douglas Adams was some kind of cow prophet or just ahead of his time. As always, the week ends with Saturday Comics, this time featuring the last person you’d expect to star in a comic strip. All this, a homemade electric chair, and more, this week on Mr. Blog’s Tepid ride.