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| Subject | Date Asked | Expert |
| Looking for an old animated cartoon | 5/17/2011 | lynette kenney |
| Q: I am looking for very specific animated cartoon. In the cartoon, there is a man who goes to a ... A: I hope the following is what you’re looking for: If you research any of these stories, it describes ... | ||
| snickering dog | 12/6/2010 | lynette kenney |
| Q: There was a cartoon based on the Ma and Pa Kettle movies that had a snickering dog in it. I know ... A: Wacky Races is the name of the cartoon with Penelope. She also had her own cartoon, The Perils of ... | ||
| How can I come up with an idea?? | 8/9/2010 | lynette kenney |
| Q: Hey, I absolutely love cartooning but I am having a hard time coming up with a really good concept ... A: Wow, great question! The absolute best way to come up with a concept for a comic strip is for it to ... | ||
| I'm no good at drawing | 8/9/2010 | lynette kenney |
| Q: So here's the deal Lynette. I don't mean to toot my own horn but I feel like I have amazing ideas ... A: First of all, I must tell you that it is an excellent thing that you already have many "amazing ... | ||
| Panel Cartoons | 5/6/2010 | Bob Buethe |
| Q: panel cartoon format,i.e. drawing and font size before it's reduced for print. I have tried with my ... A: Carlo -- It's really a matter of setting your scanner parameters for the right reduction. Let's ... | ||
| Jack Cassady military cartoon | 4/3/2010 | Bob Buethe |
| Q: I have really interesting print that I think was done by Jack Cassady. It has approximately 15 ... A: Bev -- At first, I thought you meant the late actor Jack Cassidy. I'm not aware of his ever having ... | ||
| Can't find a cartoon, with hardly any details to go by :oP... | 3/30/2010 | Bob Buethe |
| Q: So yeah, I've been browsing through hundreds of cartoons for the past week on and off and I just ... A: Here's a clip of the intro to the C.B. Bears show. See if it looks familiar. ... | ||
| two black birds | 3/26/2010 | Bob Buethe |
| Q: in the 60's or 70's there was a cartoon with these birds. i think one was named Jose can you tell me ... A: Jeannie -- The "two black birds" sound like Heckle and Jeckle, who had their own cartoon series ... | ||
| Title of cartoon book | 3/4/2010 | Bob Buethe |
| Q: Mr Buethe, There is a cartoon of a man progressively sliding down a children's slide; the slide ... A: Ed -- I'm not familiar with that particular cartoon, but it sounds like it's probably the work of ... | ||
| Cartoon name | 1/21/2010 | Bob Buethe |
| Q: I remember a cartoon form late 70's or early 80's about three skaters birds. There is a blue one (I ... A: Alvaro -- That sounds like "The Skatebirds." "The Skatebirds" wasn't a cartoon, though, but live ... | ||
| Looking for a Cartoon Show | 1/18/2010 | Bob Buethe |
| Q: I want to say that this animated show was created in the early early 80's or early 90's. I was about ... A: Jeremy -- I was about to mark this question "Outside my expertise," since I'm mainly a comic strip ... | ||
| Smoky Stover | 1/14/2010 | Bob Buethe |
| Q: Is there a translation for: "Nov Shmov Kapop"? A: Steve -- A lot of people remember that phrase as being from Bill Holman's "Smokey Stover." That's ... | ||
| 60s' cartoon show | 1/12/2010 | Bob Buethe |
| Q: I'm trying to remember which cartoon show featured a skit w/2 scientists. A tall,lanky smart one and ... A: Mike -- I don't know about the "scientist" part, but the tall, lanky guy and the short, dumpy ... | ||
| Neurons / Brain Cells = 10% | 12/31/2009 | Bob Buethe |
| Q: Where is the reference made to the fact that there appear to be about 100 billion cells in the ... A: Eliot -- I'm curious why you sent this question to a Cartooning expert (though I suspect that you ... | ||
| Mecha/Robot Anime/Cartoons for the 80's (U.S.) | 12/21/2009 | Bob Buethe |
| Q: I really like to live my childhood days, by watching some of the good old fashioned cartoons of ... A: Mike -- I've never seen either of these shows, but a few minutes with Google tells me that the ... | ||
| Denny Dimwit on New Years Eve | 11/17/2009 | Bob Buethe |
| Q: A comic strip that I vividly remember appears in a newspaper I believe on New Years Day in 1944 or ... A: Walter -- I'm not a Winnie Winkle collector, so I turned your query over to the Comic Strip ... | ||
| Comic Strip Materials | 10/23/2009 | Brad J. Guigar |
| Q: This migh sound like a stupid question, but I was wondering are there any special ink,paper, etc... ... A: I'm not sure I understand the first question. You would draw the characters big enough to fit into ... | ||
| Comic Strip Materials | 10/15/2009 | Brad J. Guigar |
| Q: This migh sound like a stupid question, but I was wondering are there any special ink,paper, etc... ... A: You could use almost anything to do cartoons, but I recommend using ink on illustration board. The ... | ||
| Names of the "Blondie" characters | 8/19/2009 | Bob Buethe |
| Q: You wrote: "Baby Dumpling was the toddler son of Blondie and Dagwood Bumstead. As he grew older, the ... A: Wayne -- If they do have other names, they've never been revealed in the comic strip. Blondie was ... | ||
| old roats are jake with goats | 6/30/2009 | Bob Buethe |
| Q: can you point me to a smoky stover comic strip that has this phrase in it? A: Bibi -- I found two of them in the book "Great Comics," by Herb Galewitz. I posted them here: ... | ||
| Publishing | 6/27/2009 | Brad J. Guigar |
| Q: I've got a comic strip which my friends really enjoy, in facts, I've made copies of it for them, but ... A: You have two courses of action. The first is to approach a newspaper syndicate. If you are one of ... | ||
| hansel and gretal classic cartoon | 6/23/2009 | Bob Buethe |
| Q: Could you help me figure out the correct name and how to find an old hansel and gretal cartoon. Its ... A: Destinee -- The Big Cartoon Database lists 24 cartoons featuring Hansel and Gretel, though that ... | ||
| 60's CArtoon Characters | 6/22/2009 | Bob Buethe |
| Q: I am trying to figure out what cartoon a character appeared in: The character was a small black ... A: Luis -- As far as black birds in cartoons go, I remember Heckle & Jeckle, Buzzy the Crow, and the ... | ||
| Can't find a cartoon | 6/15/2009 | Bob Buethe |
| Q: When I was about 10 y/o 1983-ish, I remember a cartoon on TV. The only details I can remember are: ... A: Anesthesia -- I really had no idea about this, so I turned to Google. After trying a few different ... | ||
| syndication | 6/13/2009 | Brad J. Guigar |
| Q: How does an artist get his/her comic strips into a syndication outlet? And what is the pay scale ... A: Each syndicate has its own guidelines for submissions. You can find specific guidelines on their Web ... | ||
| Copy protection | 6/3/2009 | Brad J. Guigar |
| Q: How to protect images while publishing online cartoon series? ANSWER: You can learn a lot about ... A: That's a very good question. Unfortunately, I'm afraid I don't have a good answer. Technically ... | ||
| Copy protection | 6/2/2009 | Brad J. Guigar |
| Q: How to protect images while publishing online cartoon series? A: You can learn a lot about copyright law by checking out this site: http://www.copyright.gov/ As ... | ||
| comic charlie brown | 6/2/2009 | Bob Buethe |
| Q: Name of the school (comic) charlie brown goes to A: Jayadev -- In a 1981 "Peanuts" comic strip, a sign on the school building identified it as the ... | ||
| Niche markets | 5/25/2009 | Brad J. Guigar |
| Q: I am a beginning cartoonist and am developing a comic strip that I believe is most appropriate for ... A: I'm afraid I can't give you much more information than I already have. I can't suggest what a fair ... | ||
| Niche markets | 5/24/2009 | Brad J. Guigar |
| Q: I am a beginning cartoonist and am developing a comic strip that I believe is most appropriate for ... A: I'll be honest with you Ed, I think it's going to be *very* difficult to find someone with any real ... | ||
| Niche markets | 5/20/2009 | Brad J. Guigar |
| Q: I am a beginning cartoonist and am developing a comic strip that I believe is most appropriate for ... A: Niche markets: ----------- In terms of print publication, your best bet is to mail samples to the ... | ||
| Source of a quote | 5/14/2009 | Bob Buethe |
| Q: "He's here, he's there, he's everywhere. So beware" It's not the Scarlet Pimpernell ("They seek him ... A: Gary -- Googling the phrase led me to this page: ... | ||
| Obscure 80's cartoon (mid to late) | 5/8/2009 | Bob Buethe |
| Q: This is a long shot, but here it goes: It was a cartoon set in outer space. There were three ... A: Enoch -- The "Fire, Water, and Earth" reference makes me think of "Captain Planet," but there were ... | ||
| Old Mecha cartoon 80's - 90's | 5/7/2009 | Bob Buethe |
| Q: hope you can help me out with this. Ok this cartoon must have been late 80’s or very early 90’s. I ... A: Shavz -- That sounds to me like "Raideen" (sometimes spelled "Raydeen"). It ran in the mid 1970s, ... | ||
| Use my own hosting company or SiteBuildIt.com? | 4/22/2009 | Brad J. Guigar |
| Q: I enjoyed your advice in "How to Make Web Comics"! EXCELLENT JOB! Thanks in advance for taking time ... A: I know nothing about the companies you mentioned. And as far as I know, they're both fantastic ... | ||
| Help me find this | 4/4/2009 | Bob Buethe |
| Q: Hey I'm looking for this old cartoon; it's about this guy who get a fighting robot tiger and his is ... A: Johnnie -- Hmmm... The first thing I thought of was Voltron, but that's obviously not it, because ... | ||
| rates for a cartoon illustrator? | 4/3/2009 | Brad J. Guigar |
| Q: I wondered if you might be able to answer a question for me... I'm a freelance illustrator and ... A: I can't tell you what to charge. I can point you towards an excellent book, "The Graphic Artist ... | ||
| denny dimwit | 4/1/2009 | Bob Buethe |
| Q: Is it possible to see Denny Dimwit's father? If I remember correctly they were very poor and as ... A: Barbara -- Your question surprised me, as I wasn't aware that any of Denny's family or home life ... | ||
| Trying to find a cartoon of 80s | 4/1/2009 | Bob Buethe |
| Q: Was looking for a cartoon i used to watch when i was young.. in the 80s.. was a space sci fi.. ... A: Anthony -- That sounds more like either the Japanese "Macross" series (adapted to English as ... | ||
| A 3d animatded cartoon | 3/25/2009 | Bob Buethe |
| Q: I'm 20 now, and there's this 3d animated cartoon I remember watching between 1992 and 1999 (sorry ... A: Will -- Fellow cartoonophile Will Rearick had the answer: "Sounds to me like you've actually ... | ||
Bob Buethe
Top Expert on this page
Expertise
Can answer questions about American (and some European and Asian) comic strips, cartoonists, and comic books (especially from the 1960s and `70s). Also well-versed on topics related to cartooning techniques, composition, and art supplies. I'm not an expert on animated cartoons, or on the collectibles market (i.e., how much old comic books or cartoon artwork are worth). I've been asked questions on these areas in the past, and I've found the answers through Google, or from consulting other experts. This is becoming too time consuming lately, though, so I'm afraid that any future questions in these areas, unless I happen to know the answer, will receive a reply stating that this is outside of my expertise.
Experience
Forty years reading and collecting comic books. Over twenty years as an amateur cartoonist. Extensive library of cartoon- and comic-related reference books.
Publications
Hogan's Alley magazine
Mensa Bulletin
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