Cartoonists In 1947 Decided To Attempt One Awesome Test Of Skill.

Software didn’t exist to replicate images when comics began their meteoric rise to popularity. Cartoonists drew everything by hand, staying consistent with their style and technical skill to make characters and scenery look the same every time. After repeatedly drawing the same characters, some cartoonists opted to see if they could continue doing so with their eyes closed.

In 1947, a group of cartoonists decided to blindfold themselves and attempt to draw some of their best-known characters. With no way of seeing what marks they were producing on paper, they had to use muscle memory and a rough approximation of where they thought they were drawing. Cartoonists from across the country rose to the challenge in a sort of proto-Ice Bucket fashion, and had their results published in the February 3, 1947 issue of Life magazine. 

The resulting pictures are pretty interesting, giving an insight into how the artists composed their characters. The drawings also point out the features cartoonists thought were the most important in making these characters recognizable. Take a look at the images below. The “eyes open” versions are on the left, and the blind drawings are on the right. Some of the characters lasted in time and exist today. Some…not so much, but the original captions will let you know who they are. Take a look!

Dick Tracy

Major Hoople, from Our Boarding House

Steve Canyon, from Terry and the Pirates

Andy Gump

Brandy, from Johnny Hazard

Smilin’ Jack

Dagwood, from Blondie

Secret Agent X-9

Dixie Dugan

Skeezix, from Gasoline Alley

Some of them are pretty close. Some of them are, well… interesting abstract pieces, I guess.

Read more: http://viralnova.com/blindfolded-drawing/

Pic: President Eye Candy is crushing so hard

http://twitter.com/#!/soderstrom/status/258219589236822018

President Humble strikes again! And he’s crushing big time on his favorite eye candy.

What’s happening, hot stuff?

You look familiar: twitter.com/BarackObama/st…

— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) October 16, 2012

“Dear Diary, I’ll just die if I don’t ask me to the prom. Barry hearts Barry 4eva! <3 <3 <3″

I touch myself. RT @cuffymeh: NOTUS: Narcissist of the United States. RT @barackobama: You look familiar: bit.ly/S0waYn

— Stephen Green (@VodkaPundit) October 16, 2012

WOW! Narcissist much? RT“@barackobama: You look familiar: twitter.com/BarackObama/st…

— Stephie in Texas (@StephieInTexas) October 16, 2012

Narcissist-In-Chief RT @barackobama: You look familiar: twitter.com/BarackObama/st…

— KRenner (@KRenner2) October 16, 2012

One is a shallow, one dimensional figure; the other is cardboard. I can’t tell! @barackobama: You look familiar: twitter.com/BarackObama/st…

— Brian McDonald (@BrianCMcDonald) October 16, 2012

Hello I love you won’t you tell me your name RT @barackobama: You look familiar: twitter.com/BarackObama/st…

— bradcundiff (@bradcundiff) October 16, 2012

One Obama supporter shared her feelings in what could easily double as a caption for this pic.

“@barackobama: You look familiar: twitter.com/BarackObama/st…” SOMETIMES MY HEART HURTS BECAUSE I LOVE BARACK OBAMA SO MUCH

— Jaime Duncan (@jaimedunc) October 16, 2012

Sorry, doll. As you can see from the photo, he’s taken.

Update:

Maybe what this tweet really needs is a different photo.

RT @barackobama: You look familiar: twitter.com/Ed/status/2580…

— Ed Shahzade (@Ed) October 16, 2012

Read more: http://twitchy.com/2012/10/16/pic-president-eye-candy-is-crushing-so-hard/

‘Please be a pocket tweet’: NBC reporter’s bizarre Twitter message from Egypt

http://twitter.com/#!/NoahCRothman/status/352545408960040961

The latest in Egypt from NBC’s Chief Foreign Correspondent Richard Engel:

http://twitter.com/#!/RichardEngel/status/352545190227087362

Tweeters tried to figure out what was most likely a “butt tweet” from Engel:

http://twitter.com/#!/alicebaij/status/352547130117849089 http://twitter.com/#!/randomsubu/status/352552055925252097 http://twitter.com/#!/sonsofjeremiah/status/352550027043946497 http://twitter.com/#!/Jean_CIPE/status/352548597599973376 http://twitter.com/#!/touchofgrey81/status/352547826850471937

Heh. Possibly.

Fortunately, a couple of minutes later, Engel returned to tweeting normally:

http://twitter.com/#!/RichardEngel/status/352545866965450752

Read more: http://twitchy.com/2013/07/03/please-be-a-pocket-tweet-nbcs-richard-engel-sends-bizarre-twitter-message-from-egypt/

Hey, @Netflix, are you up for #NetflixObamaFilms? Feel free to jump in!

http://twitter.com/#!/vbspurs/status/329779378072469504

How ’bout it, Netflix? Want to jump into an Obama-related hashtag game?

After all, reps insisted the company’s #SarahPalinFilms recommendation — a Palin-mocking moon Nazi flick — was “just a post on a new movie release” and “no reflection on Netflix’s position.”

As of now it’s been 24 hours, and @netflix STILL hasn’t deleted its tweet insulting Palin & conservatives. I guess they stand by it #amazing

— Joe the Patriotic (@joethepatriotic) May 2, 2013

Wednesday was a rough day for Netflix, what with all those subscribers discovering they can see Redbox from their front porches. But the PR nightmare continues, so why not take an equal opportunity swipe at President Obama? It wouldn’t be “a cheap shot or anything,” right? The Twitterverse will even get you started.

#NetflixObamaFilms Rosemary’s Punishment.

— vbspurs (@vbspurs) May 2, 2013

#NetflixObamaFilms Rosemary’s Boo Boo

— Crabby Bitch (@schwingcat) May 2, 2013

#NetflixObamaFilms Tingle White Male

— JoJo (@yugijo) May 2, 2013

#NetflixObamaFilms I Know What You Did A Long Time Ago (h/t Jay Carney)

— Christy (@desertgardens) May 2, 2013

#NetflixObamaFilmsGet Shorty ( We think He’s a Republican)

— Dawn Kennedy (@Dawn_Kennedy2) May 2, 2013

#NetflixObamaFilms It Was A Wonderful Life

— Becky Ziegler (@bzbex) May 2, 2013

#NetflixObamaFilms Zero Derp Thirty

— Crabby Bitch (@schwingcat) May 2, 2013

#NetflixObamaFilms TrainwreckSpotting

— Michael McDonald (@meadabawdy) May 2, 2013

#NetflixObamaFilms CLUELESS. @netflix

— vbspurs (@vbspurs) May 2, 2013

#NetflixObamaFilms The Money Pit @netflix

— Palatine Pundit (@PalatinePundit) May 2, 2013

#NetflixObamaFilms Jane Err

— Michael McDonald (@meadabawdy) May 2, 2013

#NetflixObamaFilms All the President’s Men Blamed It on a YouTube Video

— Christy (@desertgardens) May 2, 2013

Hey, Netflix, are we doing it right? Feel free to retweet any of these contributions!

Related:

‘I can see Redbox from my front porch’: Backlash over Netflix’s Palin-mocking tweet erupts

Absurd: Netflix rep denies Palin-mocking tweet, then claims ‘no reflection on our position’

Pathetic: Netflix joins #SarahPalinFilms hashtag by suggesting flick about moon Nazis

Read more: http://twitchy.com/2013/05/02/hey-netflix-are-you-up-for-netflixobamafilms-feel-free-to-jump-in/

Dan Riehl doubles down on the misogyny, Breitbart.com editors denounce

http://twitter.com/#!/DanRiehl/status/206605952177283073

As Twitchy reported yesterday, Dan Riehl responded to vile comments made by Joan Walsh with a fit of misogyny. This is unacceptable and cannot be condoned, no matter how indefensible the target may seem. There is never a valid excuse for such misogyny. He is now doubling down by sexually degrading a conservative woman who called him out on his sexist behavior.

@DanRiehl Let me guess, you're single? Pig.

— April Gregory Hill (@aprildgregory) May 27, 2012

He not only doubled down on the sexualization of women, but he also doubled down on another usually Leftist tactic: taking away a woman’s gender altogether.

@danriehl In calling Joan Walsh "not a woman" for expressing her views, you prove beyond any doubt that you are NO real man. Pathetic.

— Princess Greytown (@segmentis) May 27, 2012

ha ha ha ha RT @JewishOdysseus: @DanRiehl that was no woman, that was joan walsh!

— DanRiehl (@DanRiehl) May 27, 2012

The Left often tries to shame, demean and dehumanize conservative women to the point where even their very gender is taken away from them.

“Mama Grizzlies” were said to be “dressed up in a skirt and lipstick, as if to legitimize them.” Patricia Ireland of NOW told women to “vote for only authentic female candidates.” Wendy Doniger of The Washington Post said that Palin’s “greatest hypocrisy is in her pretense that she’s a woman.”

The ever bitter Eleanor Clift called Sarah Palin “Pat Buchanan in drag.” Salon said Sarah Palin “may be a lady, but she ain’t no woman.” And Naomi Wolf once said that Jeane Kilpatrick was “uninflected by the experiences of the female body.” Tennessee State Representative Janis Sontany, a Democrat, said this about female Republican state lawmakers: “You have to lift their skirts to find out if they are women. You sure can’t find out by how they vote!“

And Joan Walsh’s own Salon said “She may be a lady, but she ain’t no woman” in reference to Sarah Palin.

There is no place for such dehumanization and gender-stealing by self-professed arbiters of who is a real woman or not on the Right.

Some are upset that while Dan is being denounced, Joan Walsh is supposedly not being held to the fire for her own repugnant remarks.

@marychastain I dont care if they denounce it, or denounce me. But I didnt sign on to the movement to be preached to by anyone

— DanRiehl (@DanRiehl) May 27, 2012

False. No one is letting Joan Walsh off scot-free. But nor should anyone let misogynist behavior like this go, just because one is “on our side.” Breitbart.com editors realize that and have rightly denounced Riehl’s contemptible comments.

The disgusting behavior of @DanRiehl has now overshadowed the disgusting behavior of @JoanWalsh and that sucks. Both should apologize.

— Larry O'Connor (@LarryOConnor) May 27, 2012

while @DanRiehl works out his scatological issues, there is an election happening this year. Think @LarryOConnor is covering that

— Mike Flynn (@Flynn1776) May 27, 2012

@knowsknothing Yup. No equivocation. Wrong. Stupid. Hurtful. Useless. No excuse. None.

— Larry O'Connor (@LarryOConnor) May 27, 2012

That is important to note, because the Left-biased media will not. No equivocation. No excuses.

@LarryOConnor @DanRiehl Stupid. Agree with Stage. Figure out who you want to be when you grow up.

— Mike Flynn (@Flynn1776) May 27, 2012

I grudgingly agree with the broader point made at @mediaite today about @DanRiehl… not the embarrassing sanctimony, but the broader point.

— Larry O'Connor (@LarryOConnor) May 27, 2012

Point is, the @Mediaite article is basically correct. Even IF the writer is the LAST person to be lecturing about misogynistic behavior.

— Larry O'Connor (@LarryOConnor) May 27, 2012

But, it's pretty rich to see the writer at @mediaite acting holier than thou about dirty talk considering behavior I'VE witnessed from HIM

— Larry O'Connor (@LarryOConnor) May 27, 2012

Kudos, Breitbart editors. And, yes, the hypocrisy of the Left lecturing on this is astounding. Let conservatives not follow suit; they must leave the misogyny on the Left, who have proven themselves to be anti-woman time and time again. Like the saying goes, “scratch a progressive, find a sexist.”

Will Riehl listen or will he make himself a martyr? Now he’s retweeting people who are rightly calling him on his misogyny and who are offering some tips for Dan of their own. Implying that it is just ‘haters.’

RT @NewsConnoisseur: Hey @DanRiehl, how about you open your mouth so I can piss in it?

— DanRiehl (@DanRiehl) May 27, 2012

Andrew Breitbart used to retweet actual haters and vile comments from the Left in order to expose them. You, Mr. Riehl, are no Breitbart. And you are merely exposing yourself.

Read more: http://twitchy.com/2012/05/27/dan-riehl-doubles-down-on-the-misogyny-breitbart-com-editors-denounce/