Russ Maheras
- Location
- Chicago area,
- Bio
- Chicago native; long-time public affairs specialist; former electronic countermeasures technician on A-10, SR-71, U-2, RC-135 and C-5 aircraft; professional cartoonist; comics historian; and 20-year Air Force veteran. Lived all over – including 10 years overseas. Hobbies include history, science, technology, cartooning, film and sports.
Grew up on the west side of Chicago, and unlike most baseball fans in the city, roots for both the White Sox AND the Cubs.
MY RECENT POSTS
- Sixty-five years of flying
high with Steve Canyon
January 13, 2012 12:34PM - Mort Walker's 1940 cartoon a
glimpse of things to come
January 01, 2012 02:10AM - Not-so-organic food?
December 11, 2011 07:06PM - Happy Halloween Salon
October 26, 2011 12:18AM - Thoughts about new Captain
America film
July 16, 2011 02:39PM
MY RECENT COMMENTS
- “Matt -- IDW's Library of
American Comics reprint series
is
arguably the gold
stan…”
January 14, 2012 12:35PM - “I think Caniff was ahead
of his time with his
general
portrayal of women
characte…”
January 13, 2012 05:17PM - “The problem with an
article like this it is so
one-sided, it
is impossible to
tel…”
January 12, 2012 09:05PM - “Hahaha! Love
it
How
about:
"Uncle Tom's
Tent"
"War and Peace
-- On $…”
December 18, 2011 04:50PM - “My more cynical side
always wondered whether or not
this sort
of thing ever
went…”
December 13, 2011 12:44AM
Note: I wrote the following essay for the 2007 San Diego Comic-Con International program book, which celebrated a number of cartooning milestones that year -- including the 60th anniversary of Steve Canyon. It has been slightly modified here to reflect the most current Steve Canyon anniversary date.… Read full post »
In 1943, when an 18-year-old novice cartoonist named Harvey Kurtzman was drafted into the U.S. Army during the height of World War II, no one – including Kurtzman himself – could have imagined the enormous impact the young artist would someday have on popular culture.
Kurtzman&rsquo… Read full post »
Once upon a time, newspaper editorial cartoonists in the United States were treated like kings. The best gave their newspapers national prestige, helped boost circulations, and were fought after with big money and other perks as vigorously as any top sports star is today. Their cartoons were editoria… Read full post »
Russ Maheras's Favorites
Robert Steibel
liza Donnelly
john blumenthal
Trudge164
Dorinda D.
emma peelUpdates
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75 Cents per Kid
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For the Old Gang
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Big Jim, Bodybuilder: Fame, Steroids, Cancer and Death
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The Journey to 52 - A Painter Becomes an Artist
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War on Women
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I Won't Vote for Romney But His Wife Works
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Announcing the Salon-Alternet Investigative Fund
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Why Aren't Men More Outraged by the Oral Contraception Issue
Salon.com