Son O’ God Comics

From Flashback.

IN 1972, National Lampoon magazine introduced the super hero Son O’ God, created by Michel Choquette, Sean Kelly and Neal Adams, 

Son ‘O God who turned from nebbishy Jewish New Yorker Benny David – 30-years-old; living with controlling parents; no aptitude for any sport – who turns into a WASP wonderman on a mission to tackle Catholicism, the Antichrist Pope and “the scourge of Islam”.

Trina Robbins 1938-2024

From Bleeding Cool.

Trina Robbins at WonderCon 2023, photo by Gage Skidmore 

Comic book writer, artist, editor, publisher and historian Trina Robbins suffered a stroke at the end of February this year and died early Wednesday at the age of 85. 

She is also survived by her daughter Casey Robbins and her partner and fellow comics artist, Steve Leialoha.

Known for works like Vampirella & Wonder Woman, and a feminist comics historian, Robbins had a versatile career from clothing design to creating pro-choice comics.

She leaves a significant legacy in comics, fashion, music, and women's rights activism.

"The Someday Funnies" reviewed in The Comics Journal

Bob Levin in The Comics Journal.

Time often gets a bad rap. It strips away. It erodes. It brings forth loss.  It guarantees the passage of all things. But sometimes time delivers a gift, like a sea washing up a pirate’s treasure on the shore.

In 2004, it was suggested I write about Michel Choquette and The Someday Funnies, a veritable Lost Dutchman’s lode of comic history.  

"The Someday Funnies" in Mother Jones

From Mother Jones.

Michel Choquette at the "Someday Funnies" book launch at the McGill Faculty Club last Thursday.

An interview with editor Michel Choquette and selections from "Someday Funnies".

"The Someday Funnies" now in bookstores

I couldn't wait for my complimentary copy and went out Friday to buy the long awaited "Someday Funnies"!

A book launch will be held at the McGill Faculty Club, in Montreal, Thursday, November 10 at 6 PM.

A Primer on Newspaper Cartoons

From The Someday Funnies, edited by Michel Choquette, Abrams, New York, 2011

A very interesting article by Noel Murray published on the A.V. Club website.

Newspaper Comics 101: The Gags
Rarely has an art form experienced as astonishing a rise in popularity and esteem as the newspaper comic strip did in the 20th century, and rarely has an art form fallen out of favor as abruptly and alarmingly. During the “yellow journalism” wars of the late 19th century, publishers relied on cartoons to drive up circulation, and in the decades that followed, newspapers developed large, lavish comics sections, with features meant to appeal to children and adults alike. Intellectuals of the early 20th century wrote essays hailing what was being called an original American art, and the creators of the best-read strips became household names. The boom-times for newspaper comics extended deep into the second half of the 20th century as well, as paperback collections and merchandise turned the biggest strips into cash cows for their syndicates.

The Someday Funnies (a sneak preview)

I just got back from Montreal where I visited Michel Choquette who allowed me to take a few photos of the layout of "The Someday Funnies", a collection of comic strips, drawn in the early seventies, that will be published next November by Abrams in New York.
One of my early works will be published alongside those of Sergio Aragones, Gahan Wilson, R.O. Blechman, Don Martin and Ralph Steadman no less!

"The Someday Funnies"

I've just signed the contract for my participation in the long awaited opus compiled by Michel Choquette of National Lampoon fame.
Slated for publication by Harry N. Abrams, Inc. this fall, The Someday Funnies will feature original work by such luminaries as Sergio Aragones, R.O. Blechman, Vaughn Bodé, William Burroughs, Guido Buzzelli, Guido Crepax, Will Eisner, Randall Enos, Federico Fellini, ffolkes, Jean-Claude Forest, Robert Gigi, Jean Giraud, René Goscinny, Bill Griffith, J.B. Handelsman, Sean Kelly, Jack Kirby, Harvey Kurtzman, Derek Lamb, Patrice Leconte, Bobby London, Stan Mack, Don Martin, Ever Meulen, Morris, Nicoulaud, Picha, Trina Robbins, Charles Rodrigues, Arnold Roth, Art Spiegelman, Ralph Steadman, Joost Swarte, Bill Tidy, Roland Topor, Penelope Tree, Uderzo, Willem, Gahan Wilson, Tom Wolfe, Wally Wood and Frank Zappa!

Find out more in this article published 2 years ago in Maclean's.