In the Hospital

Hi, Friends. I'm writing this in my hospital room. 

I checked into this medical institution yesterday, and was promptly put on a strict diet of nothing! Oh, but I can have water if I'm thirsty. Yippee.

So far, I've had x-rays, an electrodardiogram, a CAT scan (meow), and this afternoon, the doctors are scheduled to go probing with a camera into my 'nether regions' "Where no man has ever ventured before!"  (that would be a lie)--so that they can decide the next step. There's a lot of waiting and I'm hungry, Hungry, HUNGRY! Even a crust of bread would be welcome...

I've been receiving lots of nice e-mails from my fans, through my Selz address. If you have a very personal message, please send it there. If you'd like to send a message to me that I can share with the world, then please send it here.

All messages will be read (and cherished!)

Thanks.:)

Whatever Happened to Animan?

Questioner--Animan! What's the new Animan video going to be called?

Animan--"Animan's Hercules".

Q--Oh boy! When will it be done?

A--Not for a long while yet.

Q--But I want to see it NOW! What's causing the delay?

A--Health issues. Influenza flattened me all through December. And now, I have been scheduled for surgery on January 29. You see, there's a rather large tumour inside my colon and I have to have the operation as soon as possible.  The doctor said it was probably the result of too much stress---I think he's right.

Q--That's too bad, Animan. I hope you get well soon! What will happen to Hercules?

A--Well, I won't be working on it while I'm in the hospital of course, but before and after that, when I'm home I will. 

Q--Can we see some pictures from the video now?

A--Sure.This is Hercules.

His first labour is to fight the Nemean Lion, shown here:

His last labour is to fight the Cretan Bull:

Q--Why are the first 2 pictures in color, but the last 2 are grey?
A--They haven't been animated yet. These are scenes #72 and #73, in still drawings. I have the whole video planned out like this. The drawing is pretty bad! All I have to do is go in and redraw and animate them, scene by scene. 
Q--How many scenes are there all together?
A--There are exactly 150. Most of the men will be big and musclebound; there will be some wrestling scenes and lots and lots of naughty Animan cartoon scenes.
Q--I'm looking forward to it.

An Amazing Newspaper Picture

What better place than my blog, for sharing interesting pictures?  And what better picture to share with you this week, than this one? I don't know what newspaper it came from, but it's obviously from a few decades ago, when people were much more conservative. That's why it's so amazing that this picture was even published at all! The caption below the picture reads, "Cheering Manager Bucky Harris in the clubhouse."

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