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When I went back to "work" on the boxes of Stu stuff today, I almost quit in the same minute I began. I had a stack of "yes, this definitely has StuArt in it" stuff and carefully began looking at his fanzine "Raffles". From June 1983, it is Raffles 7.5. Yep. It looks great and I will definitely be reading all of it. But what stopped me flat out was two pages of quintessential Stu Shiffman in "What Did you do in the War, Daffy?" which features eight detailed descriptions and cartoons of folks from Betty Boop to Porky Pig to Albert Alligator. (Boop, you'll be interested to know, made aliyah in 1948.

Oh. It's not the most fannish, most science fictional most whatever Stu work I know. It is however, the most Stu Shiffman Stu work I know. It combines Stu's loves and interests: drawing, creative, informed and silly writing, alternate history, funny animal cartooning, Jewish history, appreciation of other cartoonists. I almost stopped then and said "maybe it is to skip a day". But I peacemarchered on (I can't soldier on, dammit, I'm a pacifist) and just spent the last hour or two going through more stuff. Sketchbooks, comics, fanzines, photos.

Someday baby, I'll miss you less. Right now, I miss you more.

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2015-12-02 4:19 PM Deep breath Previous Entry :: Next Entry Read/Post Comments (0) Share on Facebook	When I went back to "work" on the boxes of Stu stuff today, I almost quit in the same minute I began. I had a stack of "yes, this definitely has StuArt in it" stuff and carefully began looking at his fanzine "Raffles". From June 1983, it is Raffles 7.5. Yep. It looks great and I will definitely be reading all of it. But what stopped me flat out was two pages of quintessential Stu Shiffman in "What Did you do in the War, Daffy?" which features eight detailed descriptions and cartoons of folks from Betty Boop to Porky Pig to Albert Alligator. (Boop, you'll be interested to know, made aliyah in 1948. Oh. It's not the most fannish, most science fictional most whatever Stu work I know. It is however, the most Stu Shiffman Stu work I know. It combines Stu's loves and interests: drawing, creative, informed and silly writing, alternate history, funny animal cartooning, Jewish history, appreciation of other cartoonists. I almost stopped then and said "maybe it is to skip a day". But I peacemarchered on (I can't soldier on, dammit, I'm a pacifist) and just spent the last hour or two going through more stuff. Sketchbooks, comics, fanzines, photos. Someday baby, I'll miss you less. Right now, I miss you more. Read/Post Comments (0) Previous Entry :: Next Entry Back to Top
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