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Dennis might be a menace, but at least he's not an uncultured oaf like his mom.

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In 1983, the Dayton Daily News accidentally switched the captions for “Dennis the Menace” and “The Far Side”.  And then, a few days later, they did it again.

So that got me to thinking… Scott McCloud invented “Five Card Nancy“, using panels from Ernie Bushmiller’s “Nancy” comic strip.

Could I make a similar game, using the real-world example from the Dayton Daily News?  Of course!

So here it is!

The Rules:

1. Only single panel comics can be used, and only those with captions below the art.  In panel spoken text is not allowed.  Silent panels may be included.
2. At least two comics are used.  If you wish to make it more interesting, you can use more, but the number should be even.
3. Normal strips should be offset by the more unusual.  For every “Dennis the Menace” there should be a “Far Side”.  (See below for suggestions.)
4. There should be at least 100 examples from each comic (100 panels, 100 captions).  The more people who play, the more comics or examples should be used.  Random examples may be used, but should be in equal proportion of “normal” to “unusual”.
5. The playing deck has two parts: comics and captions.
6. Each player is dealt four cards from each deck.
7. Play begins with a player presenting a match of a caption with a panel.
8. Other players then try to “edit” the match by replacing either the comic or the caption with a card from his/her hand.  Play ends when none can improve on the mismatched comic.
9. All players then refill their hands and play continues with the next player.
10. If you need to keep score, post the mix-matched creations to your social network feed (Facebook, Pinterest, Twitter, Friendster, Usenet).  Score points for each “like” or re-share.

Recommended comics:

The answer is 56 writers (and 3 story editors). The show was THIS.

Last year we found an animatic for an unproduced Post cereal product: Pink Panther Foods. Here’s another one, circa 1968, featuring Casper the Friendly Ghost for “Post Ghosties”. What makes this spot particularly nauseating is the sickly sweet soundtrack and the awful song – horribly “sung” by Casper and his “friends”. It’ll haunt you forever. Please note: this spot never aired, nor was this product ever produced.

Animatics like these were devised for focus groups to test their appeal. Here’s a less offensive one for Dennis The Menace Peanut Puffs.

(Thanks, M. Pažanin via The Odds and Ends Channel)

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BY JEN VAUGHN – Read it and weep! Go have yourself a good cry (probably at a Disney movie). In the tradition of occasionally free newsprint tabloid comics like the one-shot Caboose and quarterly Smoke Signal, a collaborative comic will be available this weekend at MoCCA! Official press release below:

The word “comic” has always been a bit of misnomer and The Cartoon Crier hopes to set the record straight. Sorrow and woe is the focus of this free 36-page newspaper tabloid that highlights the work of members of The National Cartoonists Society and of The Center for Cartoon Studies’ community.

The Cartoon Crier will premiere on Saturday, April 28 at The Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art Festival (MoCCA) in New York City.

The Cartoon Crier features the saddest strips from iconic comics like Family Circus, Beetle Bailey, Dennis the Menace, B.C., and For Better and For Worse. The Cartoon Crier also includes comics by Ivan Brunetti, Mell Lazarus, Melissa Mendes, Joe Lambert, Tom Gammill, Hilary Price, Laura Park, Richard Thompson, and Mo Willems as well as new work from the paper’s editors Cole Closser, R. Sikoryak, and James Sturm.

The Cartoon Crier will be available as a free download on May 1 from cartoonstudies.org.

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Jen Vaughn is ready to weep tears in four colors: CMYK.