We interrupt our regularly scheduled tales of screaming bloody horror for--
FANTASTIC FELIX FRIDAY! A one-of-a-kind, groundbreaking internet event where eight bloggers of historical comic material join forces in support of
"Felix: The Great Comic Book Tails" (IDW/Yoe! Books), a beautiful hardback, full color, art book that lovingly collects the best of brilliant
Felix the Cat comic book stories from the 1940s and 50s. In an enthusiastic, united effort, classic
Felix comic stories will be posted on each blog today, Friday September 24th (more details listed below after the story.) Some of the "tails" seen on the blogs are from the new book, and some are from the bloggers personal collections of comics featuring
Felix. So fear not
THOIA freaks, the
Felix story that
Karswell has picked for you today still features ghosts, witches, dragons, shotgun blasts, etc.
As mentioned above, each blogger is linking to the other participating blogs, creating a Felix Maelstrom of Mirth throughout the blog-o-sphere! The other participating blogs are as follows:
Craig Yoe edited this amazing book, which is jam-packed with rare
Felix art, ephemera, animation insights, and, of course, a plethora of comic book stories by
Otto Messmer, Joe Oriolo, and
Jim Tyer. And
Don Oriolo, the son of
Joe Oriolo, and head of
Felix the Cat Productions, wrote the heartfelt introduction!
Click
HERE to get your copy NOW!
Craig Yoe is an Eisner-winning, Harvey-nominated writer, cartoonist that Vice magazine called "The Indiana Jones of comics historians." Other Yoe! Books include: "Dick Briefer's Frankenstein," "Barney Google: Gambling, Horse Racing, and High-Toned Women," "Dan DeCarlos' Jetta," "The Art of Ditko," "The Golden Collection of Klassic Krazy Kool Kids Komics," "The Complete Milt Gross Comic Books and Life Story," "George Herriman's Krazy & Ignatz in Tiger Tea," "Popeye: The Great Comic Book Tales by Bud Sagendorf," and "The Great Treasury of Christmas Comic Book Story."
