Monday, November 27, 2023

BETTY BOOP: THE COMIC STRIP CONTINUED...

Here's Another Month's Betty Boop Sunday strips for your edification and entertainment...
...from early 1935!

We Hope You've Enjoyed Our Look Into Betty's Past!

...is Playing in Chicago NOW Through Christmas Eve!
Photo: Mark Seliger
...starring gorgeous Broadway veteran Jasmine Amy Rogers as the embodiment of Betty!
Catch It Before It Hits Broadway
(Where Tix are Even MORE Expensive!)

Monday, November 20, 2023

BETTY BOOP: THE COMIC STRIP

Boop! the Musical Opened Last Night...

...and to celebrate, here's the first few strips from her first strip (which premiered November 25th, 1934) through New Year's Eve, 1934, illustrated by Bud Counihan!
More Boop Next Monday!

...is Playing in Chicago NOW!
Photo: Mark Seliger
...starring gorgeous Broadway veteran Jasmine Amy Rogers as the embodiment of Betty!
Catch It Before It Hits Broadway
(Where Tix are Even MORE Expensive!)

Thursday, November 16, 2023

BETTY BOOP'S BIG BREAK Conclusion

...well, I couldn't have put it better myself!
On with the show...

Scripter Joshua (Cutey Bunny) Quagmire, penciler Milton (Mighty Mouse) Knight, and inker/letterer (and Betty Boop biographer) Leslie Carbarga are all major Boop fans whose extensive professional comics work is heavily-influenced by the free-wheeling look and style of 1920s-30s animation, so they were the perfect dream-team to bring this never-reprinted 1990 project to life!
Opens in Chicago this Sunday...
Photo: Mark Seliger
...starring Broadway veteran Jasmine Amy Rogers as the embodiment of Betty!
Be Back Here On Monday, as We Present
Betty's Newspaper Strip from the 1930s!

Wednesday, November 15, 2023

BETTY BOOP'S BIG BREAK Part 3

...Bimbo brings Betty to Coney Island, where his friends, who work for Max and Dave Productions (named after the Fleischer brothers whose studio created characters and cartoons including BimboBettyKoko the Clown, and Gramps) are filming one-reel theatrical shorts in various genres...
The plot (such as it is) concludes...
TOMORROW!

Scripter Joshua (Cutey Bunny) Quagmire, penciler Milton (Mighty Mouse) Knight, and inker/letterer (and Betty Boop biographer) Leslie Carbarga are all major Boop fans whose extensive professional comics work is heavily-influenced by the free-wheeling look and style of 1920s-30s animation, so they were the perfect dream-team to bring this never-reprinted 1990 project to life!
BTW, if you're in the Chicago area over Thanksgiving, see
Photo: Mark Seliger
Starring Broadway veteran Jasmine Amy Rogers as the embodiment of Betty!

Tuesday, November 14, 2023

BETTY BOOP'S BIG BREAK Part 2

Bimbo brings Betty to Coney Island, where his friends, who work for Max and Dave Productions (named after the Fleischer brothers whose studio created characters and cartoons including Bimbo, Betty, Koko the Clown, and Gramps) are filming one-reel theatrical shorts...
It just gets sillier, weirder, and more fun...
TOMORROW!

Scripter Joshua (Cutey Bunny) Quagmire, penciler Milton (Mighty Mouse) Knight, and inker/letterer (and Betty Boop biographer) Leslie Carbarga are all major Boop fans whose extensive professional comics work is heavily-influenced by the free-wheeling look and style of 1920s-30s animation, so they were the perfect dream-team to bring this never-reprinted 1990 project to life!
BTW, if you're in the Chicago area over Thanksgiving, see
Photo: Mark Seliger
Starring Broadway veteran Jasmine Amy Rogers as the embodiment of Betty!