Who's the Real Dummy?

From Fear to Favor

This rare, digitally restored full-feature cartoon features Superman, in his first animated movie (1942) where he battles a character based on Nikola Tesla, the Mad Scientist (who has a raven rather than a pigeon) . Animated by the award-winning Max and Dave Fleischer Studios of the 1940s, it demonstrates how Tesla was turned into a mad scientist by the mainstream media.

Today, he is viewed by DC comics ("DC"-ironic, isn't it) for the peace loving genius he was, as demonstrated by the comic below. 

This story offers up yet another twist to the "What if Superman had landed (where/when)...?" scenario, but still stands out as a great story to read. The premise is that the DC universe characters existed--in some form or another--during the latter decades of the 19th century. Clark Kent, sans costume or need for a secret identity, makes his debut at the Centennial Exposition in 1876, when he flies in carrying the first pieces of what would be the Statue of Liberty.

Kent's goal is to offer his strength, speed, and other talents to top scientists in order to speed up the already dizzying pace of scientific progress. He takes a job with Thomas Edison, but soon after forms a coalition with genius inventor Nikola Tesla and financial wizard Lex Luthor. It is through the progress of science and the happy accidents it sometimes breeds that his various co-workers--Ted Knight and Barry Allen--are transformed into the Starman and the Human Flash. A stranded alien later offers Clark the ring of the Green Lantern Corps, but Clark refuses it, allowing it to pass instead to Army Captain Hal Jordan.

The goal of the newly formed League of Science is to promote the use of science to help the common man. But it doesn't always work that way, particularly when the common man is the one who has to build all of it for low wages.

Toss into the mix a romantic feud between Kent and Luthor over the love of Lois Lane, Luthor's own ideas for building science-based weaponry using radium, and the betrayal by one of the other League members, and what you have is a historical superhero drama set against the backdrop of an Industrial Revolution gone horribly awry. (review by R. J. Carter)

A Post Post

A big thanks to Dr. Vinnie Boombotz for sending in this 1959 issue of the Saturday Evening Post.

The Fudd Connection

Behind the Scenes at Calvinistic Cartoons

This is a photo taken last week. It shows how important it is for us at Calvinistic Cartoons to test our humor before releasing it to the public. We continually try to produce only the finest cartoons possible. This is expensive, to say the least, but we feel that you deserve the very best.  

Old Cartoon of Mine

This is an old cartoon from my very first book, Laugh & Learn Cartoon

Features for Church Publications, by Baker Book House. Copyright 1991



Daily Dosage

For the Kids

Here is part of a tract I did many years ago. Thought you might enjoy it.

You can enjoy it more by clicking on it!
The last page is missing so you might want
to finish it yourself.

Comic Book

Here's a comic book I worked on called Paro-Dee. It was the brainstorm of Nate Butler, Archie artist and Christian minister. This comic is still available and can be found on the internet. My buddy, Kerry Gammill is also featured, he is an amazing talent who used to draw Superman. This comic is gospel-oriented throughout.

Fan Photo from Juan Sean Kapur

The Open T-Church of Tangwallow, New Mexico

Man in the Iron Mask

The "Stark" reality is that Tony is now an iron-clad Calvinist!

Here he is on his way to help Eddie with his computer problems. As you can see, headquarters is located in a far away, distant place far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife. So, go gently into that good night, brave warrior, till the sun grows cold, and the stars are old, and the leaves of Judgment Book unfold. Or, as the snail, whose tender horns being hit, Shrinks backward in his shelly cave with pain, And there, all smother'd up, in shade doth sit, Long after fearing to creep forth again; As I wax poetic, I am reminded that I must needs wax my vehicle lest rust and ruin befall it.

Added Benefits

Thanks to Leroy McMillion for taking this photo of the Baklava Koos Koos Fan Club in Dublin.

Mustache

Hoot Mon and a Wee Bit of Advice

Pastor and bagpipe worship leader, Bubba McDunebuggy, always uses the marquee to send personal messages to friends and family. Last week, he attacked The Sacred Sandwich Coffee Shop and Feed Store because they wouldn't give him a clergy discount on the coffee of the day.

The Prince of Preachers PC Game

Now with every purchase of the complete 1,001 volume set of Everything Spurgeon you get a FREE PC game and a years subscription to The Sword and Trowel.

Near the Sea of Galilee