CROAKED!

Despite the fact that the comic industry has all but abandoned the anthology format, there are still a lot of cool writers and artists that are really good at working in the short story form. This here is a fairly good example of what can be done in a mere ten pages.
I love the art in this one.

by Benjamin Raab and Chris Burnham
from MOONSTONE MONSTERS: SEA CREATURES, 2003











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Sunday Funnies: SALTY PEANUTS

I titled this post 'salty peanuts' because down here in the south "salty" is synonymous with 'angry or upset'; since 'angry' is synonymous with 'mad' I figured this was an appropriate title.

by THE USUAL GANG OF IDIOTS
from various issues of MAD MAGAZINE

From: "IF FAMOUS MOVIES WERE MADE INTO COMIC STRIPS":



From: "WHEN OTHER COMIC STRIPS START USING THE FAR SIDE FORMULA":



From: "IF 5 COMIC STRIP CARTOONISTS INTERPRETED THE AGE OLD RIDDLE, WHY DID THE CHICKEN CROSS THE ROAD":



From a back cover ad parody:



From: "COMIC STRIP CURSING SYMBOLS TO MATCH A GIVEN SITUATION":



From: "IF COMIC CHARACTERS WERE PSYCHOANALYZED":




From: "IF THE NUDITY TREND IN MOVIES EVER SPREAD TO THE COMICS":



From: "IF COMIC STRIP CHARACTERS BEHAVED LIKE ORDINARY PEOPLE":



From: "IF FAMOUS AUTHORS WROTE THE COMICS":



From: "COMIC STRIPS THEY'D REALLY LIKE TO DO":

by Charles Schulz himself:






★LINKS★

BRAD CAMPBELL'S PARODIES-at his blog
CHRIS GIARRUSSO'S SUPERHERO PEANUTS-not a lot of drawings, but the cute factor goes all the way up to 11 on these
IN DEFENSE OF PEANUTS by MIGHTYGODKING-just what you'd expect it to be: a rebuttal against detractors of the strip with scans
PAPERBACK CHARLIE BROWN-parodies of book covers
PEANUTS IN ADVERTISING-selected REAL advertisements
PEANUTZ-another MAD parody
SMASHING PEANUTS by WARD SUTTON-mashup of Peanuts vs Smashing Pumpkins
YOU'RE A BAD MAN, CHRIS BROWN-another MAD parody
YOU'RE ENTERING PUBERTY, CHARLIE BROWN-animated spoof on YouTube
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