Making a fist, Gangnam Style

Just as an experiment, I changed the title of this post, just to see if has any effect on the number of hits on it. This blog is not about Gangnam Style, Psi or any parody thereof. It's just a bunch of cartoons that I draw. But I draw them opp ... opp, opp, opp, opp. Oppan Gangnam style. And ... the result after several days: No bump whatsoever. This actually restores some of my faith in humanity.

Stilwell - Typical Cleveland Girls

Continuing the digital restoration of "Stilwell," the comic strip that ran 40 years ago in the Cleveland State University student weekly The Cauldron. Three weeks ago, I posted a cartoon depicting a sad sack male frog being shut down by a standoffish coed frog at a bar scene on campus. Actually, in the strip, there were two variations on the theme of the "typical Cleveland girl" making the meet-market scene but rebuffing guys who approached them. The first one, previously posted, ran Jan. 11, 1972. Three months later, April 11, 1972, the second one ran. In this one, I set the scene at the on-campus basement nightspot called Fat Glenn's, except that I fittingly changed the name of it to "FAT CHANCE." I think the "but don't think that's going to get you anywhere" line came from a female student, actually named Karen, with whom I had a one-time date. Perhaps if I had spent more time getting to know women and less time drawing cartoons, I may have had better luck with my social life. Be that as it may, this was the last time I visited the theme. Below this newly posted comic is a rerun of the previously posted cartoon, for reference.

Stilwell - Stunt Nite

Continuing the digital restoration of "Stilwell," the comic strip that ran from 1971 through '73 in the Cleveland State University student weekly, The Cauldron. Stunt Nite was arguably one of the most entertaining campus events, because it consisted of staged skits poking fun at life at CSU, which, of course, with my cartoons, was right in my wheelhouse. This was largely if not solely a Greek-participation event. Each sorority and fraternity on campus put on a skit. I loved the show the year before, so I attended the 1972 event with great anticipation for a fun night, at Fat Glenn's, the on-campus 3.2 beer bar and dance place. I remember it fondly because two of the sketches presented that night made reference to the comic strip itself. One group, a sorority if I recall correctly, even created costumes representing the frogs themselves. As much as I was not a fan of the whole fraternity/sorority scene, I did feel pretty stoked that my work got acknowledged. But a major turn-off for me that night was the fact that the whole show was almost impossible to hear because of either a non-functioning or non-existent sound system. That had to be frustrating for a lot of people who attended. I know it was for me, and I had to make my feelings known about it in my next cartoon, which was published March 7, 1972. So typical of the Cleveland State vibe to put on a major event like that and not have a fail-safe plan for miking it adequately. It's sort of like having a campus newspaper put in a comic strip featuring frogs instead of, say, a Doonesbury-like strip with some class and sass. Well, I really do think I had the sass, but ... well, I think I made my point.

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