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Taking the Stage for Improvisational Comedy

Danny Groner | Posted 01.06.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Jokes, Kathy Griffin, Comics, Humor, Stand-Up, Writing, Improv, Comedy Writing, Joke, Comic, New Years 2008, Times Square, Comedians, Stand-Up Comedy, Sense of Humor, Snl, Comedy, Improvisation, Entertainment News
Danny Groner

I enrolled in a free introduction to improv course at a local theater this week to spend time working with talented performers.

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"Doonesbury" Comic Strip Presumes An Obama Victory

AP | ANDALE GROSS | Posted 11.01.2008 | Media

Read More: Doonesbury, Garry Trudeau, Trudeau Obama, Doonesbury Obama, Comics, Comic Strip, Media News

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — It's not exactly "DEWEY DEFEATS TRUMAN," but some newspaper editors are pondering how to deal with a "Doonesbury" comic strip...

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Vote "Yesh!" on Prop 2

Michael Markarian | Posted 10.10.2008 | Media

Read More: Art, Prop 2, Comics, Animals, Comic Strips, California, Patrick McDonnell, Mutts, Media News
Michael Markarian

Patrick McDonnell, the creator of the comic strip MUTTS, has dedicated a full week beginning this Sunday to the theme of protecting farm animals from cruelty.

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Framing Sarah Palin

Chris Weigant | Posted 09.01.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

Democrats should stay away from the baby stories. They must resist the urge to comment at all on it. Let the media do the muckraking.

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Rainbow Flags at Comic-Con

Jonathan Handel | Posted 08.06.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: DC Comics, Marvel Comics, Queer, Comics, Bisexual, Lesbian, Transgendered, Comic-Con, Gay, Entertainment News
Jonathan Handel

Although Prism's "only" five years old, it's an outgrowth of a group founded about 20 years ago, at the time of the first Comic-Con panel on gays and comics.

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Canadian Turns Mom's Yearbook Into Art

Jeremy Axelrod | Posted 04.24.2008 | Living

Read More: Toronto Comics Arts Festival, Graphic Artists, John Martz, Robot Johnny, Excelsior High, Graphic Art, High School, Yearbook, Comics, Ontario, Excelsior, Living News
Jeremy Axelrod

Excelsior High is a fiction, set in "fictional Bristol Country Secondary School in the fictional Staedtler, Ontario," but the students are drawn and renamed from an actual yearbook.

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