Comics Today #113

Typography/Motion Graphic #9 - Best One Yet

Want to see international progress of the last 200 years in 2 minutes?  Check this out.  It's quite interesting.

Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired

 

I just saw Marina Zenovich's documentary exploring the history and incidents surrounding the Roman Polanski case in 1977.  If you're a fan of film or film history you might enjoy this documentary; otherwise, I wouldn't waste my time on it.

It's very interesting and has lots of court room drama, but it lacked sustained attention-grabbing information.  The story of Roman Polanski's crimes and desertion are captivating, but only for so long.  Zenovich won an Emmy for the movie, so there is merit there, but to what extent?  I don't know.  I guess if you're a Polanski fan, or are a die-hard film fan (not like Die Hard, but just the cliche die-hard), or are really, really interested in film history, you would probably enjoy this one.  Either way, an opinion of Polanski is going to be established.

WWI Draft Cards of Celebrities

In the time of WWI, everyone born between 1872 and 1900 were required to fill out a draft card. Here are some of the interesting ones I found out of the top 50 list:

Al Capone

Babe Ruth

Harry Houdini

Robert Frost

Duncan Hines
Go down your bakery aisle in your local grocery store, if you don't recognize this guy.

Oscar Mayer

J. C. Penney

Harry Horwitz
Moe from the Three Stooges

Charles Chaplin
"Charlie"

Edwin Hubble
This guy was the first guy to propose other universes besides the milky way.

Edgar Burroughs
Creator of Tarzan