Benitin y Eneas by Pierre S. De Beaumont and Bud Fisher for November 29, 2010

  1. Bill 1960
    Vista Bill Raley and Comet™  over 14 years ago

    Good morning all!

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    shirttailslim  over 14 years ago

    Mornin’,VB, and to those yet to poke their heads in.

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    COWBOY7  over 14 years ago

    Good Morning, VistaBill, Slim and all those who have yet to make their presence known!

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    leakysqueaky712  over 14 years ago

    Buenos Noches!!!!!!!!

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    arye uygur  over 14 years ago

    May I ask a question? Hopefully, an expert on comics will have the answer: I’ve been working on a book on cartoon symbols: e.g. thought bubbles, speaking through the phone, a bubble that indicates anger or iceness, when more than one person is saying the same thing, a long dialogue, etc.

    My questions: Has this been done/published before?

    I’m using actual comics that I clipped as example, but I understand that the copywright costs $60 for each comic and people I’ve showed this to are concentrating more on the actual comic than on the symbols.

    Answers anyone?

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    SWEETBILL  over 14 years ago

    GM my fellow vega villagers. Hope ya’ll had a safe and filling holiday. I’am still eating left over take home with ya pie etc. I went from coastal GA. to weast GA. almost to Alabammie to celebrate with my oldest son and new,old friends for the second year.

    @PainterPlumber, yes was a little bender from Fri till late Sat/ early Sun morn.

    @JanCin/MontanaLady, did you ever meet???

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    COWBOY7  over 14 years ago

    G’Morning, Leaky, SWEETBILL & Arye.

    I don’t have the expertise for that, Arye.

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    arye uygur  over 14 years ago

    Thanks anyway, Lonewolf

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    MontanaLady  over 14 years ago

    SweetBill….yes we did!!!!!!!!! Jan is a delightful lady, and one who would be our friend if we lived closer!

    But, we only spent about 15 minutes together because we left the hotel late, and she had to leave for Vegas before the traffic built up.

    Glad you had a nice celebration, Bill. We did too……our youngest son’s in-laws-to be are terrific people, and we thoroughly enjoyed each other’s company.

    We’re heading home tomorrow a.m……should be there Wed. night!!!!

    Happy Trails

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    Vista Bill Raley and Comet™  over 14 years ago

    arye said “My questions: Has this been done/published before?”

    You have a good idea there… but, as F.W. Goudy said, “The old fellows stole our best ideas.”.

    Here are two instances that I can recall…

    Dan Zadronsky has a free font Comic FX…

    http://www.iconian.com/

    Harold Geisler did a $100 font, Speech Bubbles…

    http://new.myfonts.com/fonts/harald-geisler/speech-bubbles/

    If you do a search for Comic Strip Speech Bubbles Fonts, you’ll probably find more.

    I’d hate to see you invest time and possibly money duplicating someone else’s efforts. But you might be able to provide a more extensive collection and hit the jackpot!

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    painterplumber  over 14 years ago

    Wow VB, your pretty smart to come up with that! And I thought all you said was “Good Morning all.”

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    davidf42  over 14 years ago

    Good morning, folks.

    DKram - Did you get my question from late yesterday - Are you a traveling man?

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    Vista Bill Raley and Comet™  over 14 years ago

    painterplumber said, “Wow VB, your pretty smart to come up with that! And I thought all you said was “Good Morning all.” ”

    I usually don’t have anything “extra” to say.

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    Dkram  over 14 years ago

    Not really, been as far as west as Canton Ohio (football hall of fame), as far south as Gettysburg Pa., and I’ve been to Montreal Que.. never been to Maine.

    That’s about it.

    You get around?

    \\//_

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    Dkram  over 14 years ago

    Oh, Morning one and all, have a great day.

    \\//_

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    arye uygur  over 14 years ago

    Thank you, VistaBill. The websites you provided are not exactly what I had in mind. I’ve also shown examples of how cartoonists let the reader know that the cartoon character is screaming, how a pot on the stove is hot, how a dirty diaper, how an object is brand new (for example) stinks, etc.

    I was thinking of avoiding the copywright problem by just drawing the examples without the actual cartoons. This would also let the reader concentrate on the symbol/example rather than trying to read the original cartoon. At this point I don’t know what to do.

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    arye uygur  over 14 years ago

    Thank you, VistaBill. The websites you provided are not exactly what I had in mind. I’ve also shown examples of how cartoonists let the reader know that the cartoon character is screaming, how a pot on the stove is hot, how a dirty diaper (for example) stinks, etc.

    I was thinking of avoiding the copywright problem by just drawing the examples without the actual cartoons. This would also let the reader concentrate on the symbol/example rather than trying to read the original cartoon. At this point I don’t know what to do.

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    davidf42  over 14 years ago

    Arye - That’s an interesting study you’re doing. I’ve notice how, over the years, the cartoonists have developed their own conventions about things. For example, audible speech is usually indicated with a pointed speech bubble, but silent thought is expressed by little bubbles floating from the main bubble. Speech from an electrical device, such as a phone, is expressed by lightening shaped speech bubbles. I remember from the fifties that some cartoonists had not yet adopted these conventions and it made the reading a little confusing. One particular strip comes to mind. I remember Fritzi Ritz speaking from the telephone in a “thought” type balloon, rather than an “electric” balloon.

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    davidf42  over 14 years ago

    DKram, just curious, from some of your posts. I do like to travel. I especially like the western US with the national parks. Been overseas a few times. I’m going to Germany next June. Been to The East a couple of times.

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    JanLC  over 14 years ago

    david, travelling can be fun. We bought a big motorhome a few years ago with the idea of full-timing when we retire. Not there yet, but really looking forward to it.

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    arye uygur  over 14 years ago

    Thank you for your comment, David. Another bubble indicated when the character is whispering: a dotted line around the bubble. I still would like to know what I can do with this.

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    COWBOY7  over 14 years ago

    Arye, I’m not sure what you mean by “I still would like to know what I can do with this”. I don’t believe there is anything illegal to using special bubbles to attempt to get the reader to feel the mood of the comment in the bubble. To me there are only so many that might hint at the mood of said comment.

    Just an opinion though.

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    arye uygur  over 14 years ago

    Lonewolf, what I MEAN IS THAT i’ve been clipping actual comics from newspapers to serve as examples of how cartoonists get their ideas across - not jus bubbles, but also shouting (extra thick letters), nasty smells, hot foods, brand new objects, movement (multiple legs, etc.). I was hoping I could publish this without the worry of copywright. The other problem is that people who looked at my work were concentrating on the actual cartoon instead of the symbols.

    Perhaps my alternative is for me to draw and label the symbols that the cartoonists are trying to convey without the cartoons.

    What do you think?

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    COWBOY7  over 14 years ago

    Arye, yes I would think that copying them to a website would be illegal without the artist’s consent, but using the bubble and lettering styles would not. Again, this is just my opinion.

    :^)

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