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Topic: Graphic Novels and Comics

  
ARTS + ENTERTAINMENT   |  2 comments

Corporate Cartoons

BY Heath Row
Relevancy Score: 100
Wed Mar 24, 2004 at 12:56 PM

Inspired by David Rees' Get Your War On clip-art comic strip, Frank Patrick is experimenting with making comic strips using PowerPoint. He even offers a template so Web readers can create their own corporate clip-art comic strips. If ...READ»

WORK/LIFE   |  Comment

Dilbert: An Apology

BY Tom Stern
Relevancy Score: 75
Tue Mar 20, 2007 at 8:24 AM

As the main character in a comic strip, I, Frank Pitt, serve to illustrate the challenges and foibles encountered each day by a busy, hard-working, well-meaning corporate executive. But even I, overachiever that I am, was ...READ»

CULTURE   |  6 comments

Target's Black Market


Relevancy Score: 64
Tue Jun 7, 2005 at 4:19 PM

There is now a black market for Target gift cards on Ebay. People will collect anything. Luckily for the people who are selling them the gift cards are free. I mean gift cards that haven't been assigned a monetary value. You can just ...READ»

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BARACK OBAMA   |  3 comments

From Cupcakes to Comic Books: Obama's Brand is Everywhere

BY Saabira Chaudhuri
Relevancy Score: 60
Tue Jan 20, 2009 at 6:30 AM

With the 44th president of the United States being sworn into office, brands across the nation have geared up to join the celebrations, capitalize on the fervor or just underscore their patriotism. From cookies and cupcakes to comic ...READ»

WORK/LIFE   |  Comment

Two-Dimensional And Loving It

BY Tom Stern
Relevancy Score: 53
Tue Apr 10, 2007 at 8:46 AM

As a comic-strip character, I can get away with things the rest of you only dream of. For example, the more I make mistakes, the more you keep reading. If I didn’t know better I’d say you take a perverse delight in watching me ...READ»

WORK/LIFE   |  Comment

Ceo Dad Outs Covert Agents of Comic Strip Dysfunction

BY Tom Stern
Relevancy Score: 50
Tue Apr 3, 2007 at 8:11 AM

CEO DAD'S TUESDAY TIRADE As drawn in Tom Stern’s comic strip, CEO DAD, I’ve often been told that I bear a certain resemblance to Karl Rove. Therefore it is not surprising that I have taken it upon myself to “out” various ...READ»

WORK/LIFE   |  1 comment

Dilbert Must Be Stopped

BY Tom Stern
Relevancy Score: 50
Tue Feb 27, 2007 at 8:00 AM

CEO DAD'S TUESDAY TIRADE I know it’s been a little bit since I posted here, but I just spent a week hanging out with the intellectuals in Doonesbury, and not only do I now have even less faith in how you human beings run your ...READ»

ARTS + ENTERTAINMENT   |  Comment

The Batman Media Blitz Begins

BY Kevin Ohannessian
Relevancy Score: 50
Mon Jun 13, 2005 at 11:34 AM

Do you live in New York? Did you get your paper yet? You may want to grab a copy of the New York Post. Bundled with today's paper is an issue of the Batman comic book. It is a PR stunt to raise awareness for Batman Begins which ...READ»

CULTURE   |  2 comments

Wonder Whedon

BY Kevin Ohannessian
Relevancy Score: 46
Thu Mar 17, 2005 at 10:34 AM

It has been revealed that Joss Whedon, creator of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, will direct a Wonder Woman film. This continues the trend of AOL Time Warner finally pushing their DC Comics properties, catching up with Marvel and their ...READ»

DREAM   |  Comment

How to Dump the ‘Starving Artiste’ Mentality—and Why

BY Corey Blake
Relevancy Score: 44
Wed Aug 5, 2009 at 10:39 AM

Well, the why is easy: You won’t make any money and will be stuck in a dead-end day job forever while you toil away for your art in obscurity.Harsh? Yes. True? Hell, yes.See, we creatives—writers, painters, illustrators, actors, ...READ»

WORK/LIFE   |  Comment

Ceo Dad Versus Dilbert Continued

BY Tom Stern
Relevancy Score: 39
Tue Mar 6, 2007 at 7:41 AM

Hello, Frank Pitt, CEO DAD here. An astute reader pointed out that a link to my posting of a couple of weeks ago, in which I give the business to Dilbert, would have been helpful, so here it is. I only knew about this missing ...READ»

WORK/LIFE   |  Comment

Throwing the Book at Work/Life Balance

BY Tom Stern
Relevancy Score: 39
Tue Apr 24, 2007 at 7:28 AM

CEO DAD'S TUESDAY TIRADE The book that Tom Stern has released, which describes how he came up with my character, CEO DAD, comes out at the end of the week, and I couldn’t feel more powerless if I was a drawing trapped in the panel ...READ»

WORK/LIFE   |  Comment

Who Is This "Dilbert” and What do People See in Him

BY Tom Stern
Relevancy Score: 38
Tue Feb 6, 2007 at 5:24 PM

As a cartoon character, I tend to sit back and let my creator, Tom Stern, treat me like a puppet. After all, he has brought me, Frank Pitt, a fair amount of attention in his comic strip, CEO DAD. I urge you to check out my exploits ...READ»

WORK/LIFE   |  Comment

I Rest On Dilbert's Case

BY Tom Stern
Relevancy Score: 37
Tue Mar 13, 2007 at 8:48 AM

CEO DAD'S TUESDAY TIRADE As a comic strip character, I have few opportunities to really bust out. I can remember a particularly wild party with the folks from “Get Fuzzy,” and back in the day there was what is still known only ...READ»

WORK/LIFE   |  Comment

Trump Forever

BY Tom Stern
Relevancy Score: 36
Tue May 15, 2007 at 7:29 AM

CEO DAD’S TUESDAY TIRADE Even though I’m a comic strip character, I get the news. It’s hard not to, since my creator Tom Stern is addicted to CNBC (the greatest network in the country, and he doesn’t just think so because ...READ»

WORK/LIFE   |  Comment

You're Not the Boss of Me

BY Tom Stern
Relevancy Score: 35
Tue Feb 13, 2007 at 1:07 PM

CEO Dad's Tuesday Tirade Sorry it's been a while. I've been in litigation all week. You've probably noticed that "Peanuts" still runs in a lot of papers. Ipso facto, somebody is still making money on Charlie Brown even though ...READ»

CALIFORNIA HEALTH INSURANCE   |  Comment

Cult of the Great Pumpkin

BY Matt Lockard
Relevancy Score: 33
Sat Nov 28, 2009 at 10:01 PM

California health insurance agents pay homage to Charlie Brown’s comic strip deity. READ»

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More on the Opportunities and Threats of User-Generated Content Sites and Communities


Relevancy Score: 32
Fri Jun 9, 2006 at 12:55 PM

Also worth reporting: at the 2006 Innovative Marketing Conference, speaker John Hiler mentioned that Xanga recently rolled out a self-rating system that allows bloggers to rate their content in a scheme similar to movies, i.e. PG, R, ...READ»

TECHNOLOGY + COMPUTERS   |  Comment

Font of Knowledge

BY Heath Row
Relevancy Score: 31
Thu Feb 12, 2004 at 2:33 PM

For years, I've written my articles in Word using New York. Just recently, I switched to Arial, which I find to be a cleaner, sleeker typeface. With recent reports that the State Department has finally stopped using Courier New in ...READ»

WORK/LIFE   |  Comment

Work/Life: Work, Life...Meet Big Brother

BY Tom Stern
Relevancy Score: 31
Tue Jun 5, 2007 at 7:24 AM

Ceo Dad's Tuesday Tirade Man, there are times when being a comic strip character has its advantages. Sure, I have to put up with all you voyeurs who get a glimpse into my dysfunctional life every day of the week, but at least my ...READ»

LEISURE   |  3 comments

Drawing a Life

BY Ryan Underwood
Relevancy Score: 31
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:48 AM

Executive recruiter and frustrated stand-up comic Tom Stern has found a new outlet for his humor--and a way to exorcise his demons. He's determined to make CEO Dad, a cartoon based on his memories of his own father, the next Dilbert.READ»