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Do you follow Tom Gammill's The Doozies?  You should.

I find it hilarious.  Tom and I share a fascination with hobos stealing pies left to cool on a windowsill.

I was about to post about Ted Rall's project to raise $25,000 to go on a reporting expedition to Afghanistan, but I see he's already met his goal!

I should have supported him sooner (maybe… I just don't want him to go!), but I'm glad he succeeded.

News of the Times:  Computer Loses to Human Candy Land Champion

I'd said in a previous post that Salon's decision to cancel Tom the Dancing Bug was made with full acknowledgment of its popularity, so writing to Salon to complain was not likely to have any effect.  But, on consideration, if you like Tom Tomorrow's "This Modern World" (and what Tom the Dancing Bug fan doesn't?), then it might help that strip stay on Salon's site if you let them know (courteously) that you miss Tom the Dancing Bug, and enjoy and want them to keep "This Modern World."

Went to the opening reception of the new comics exhibit at the Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art (OSHA), called NeoIntegrity.

It's an unbelievable show.  Everywhere you look you see the original work of either a great cartoonist or a Cartoonist Great.  There's a Dr. Seuss.  Oh, look, there's an Al Jaffee Fold-In.  A Peanuts about Veteran's Day.  Wow, with a note from Charles Schultz to Bill Mauldin written on it.  Chris Ware.  Tony Millionaire.  Peter Kuper.  Jules Feiffer.  More Jules Feiffer.  Robert Crumb.  Maurice Sendak.  The list goes on and on (200 artists strong).

Because the walls were so densely covered (and because it was a crowded party), I totally missed tons of pieces — like apparently there's a semi-autobiographical story from Jack Kirby.  Where was the Will Eisner?  Gahan Wilson?  How did I miss the Ted Rall piece?  I look forward to going back and making new discoveries.

(I've got to mention that one of the highlights of the evening was talking to Raina Telgemeier, the fanastic cartoonist who did the Babysitter's Club graphic novels, which my kids loved, and the new outstanding graphic novel, Smile, which propelled her, in my kids' eyes, into mega-celebrity status — the way most kids would think of Justin Bieber or Lady Gaga.)

Congratulations to curator/mastermind Keith Mayerson and the whole MoCCA team for creating one of the most amazing art exhibits I've ever seen.

Pictures and a rave on Josh Neufeld's site.

Another picture and another rave on Heidi MacDonald's The Beat.  "We recommend it in the strongest possible terms."

An alert reader points out another example of a Louis Maltby-type signature.  I think these examples show that Louis is going places!

Louis Maltby:  Center of the Universe

This is very entertaining.

"Heh, heh, heh.  Wanna bet?"

My friend Mikhaela Reid is quitting political cartooning.  This is bad news for cartooning because she had a unique voice and viewpoint in the field.  But it may be good news as well, because I'd love to see what she does in other forms, such as longer comics or graphic novels.  I'm really sorry to see this happen, but I'm betting on this being a positive turning point.

Come on, this is really Barack Obama's signature?  Really?  The "b" bisecting the "O"?

Reminds me of a certain seventh grader…

UPDATE:  Many commenters on the web have felt the need to rush to Obama's defense, saying he had to use something like 10 pens to create the signature for this historic bill.  My point (and this was not even a criticism!) was not that the signature was poorly executed, but that it's a bit juvenile for a president to have a signature that gimmicky.  Frankly, I find it endearing.

But that bisected O is clearly what he intends his signature to look like.  I think he should have made it a skull, like Louis did — that would put the fear of God in the Republicans.