Honoring the 100th Birthday of Marcel Marceau and Bip the Clown
Yo Ho, WeRCatz here! This past March 22 marks the 100th year of Marcel Marceau's birth. In terms of the art of miming, he is THE mime of the modern era. The definitive article. He wanted to be a mime after being inspired by Charlie Chaplin's famous "Little Fellow"...
Dark Side of the Moon: Pink Floyd’s Masterpiece Approaching 50
Yo Ho, WeRCatz here! On March 1, 1973, Pink Floyd released their eighth studio album called "The Dark Side of the Moon." It would retain a legacy unheard of that stands to this day. It popularized the "concept album." It revolutionized sound quality in music. It...
Mafalda: The Comic Strip That Was Ahead Of Its Time
Ahoy Captain Cats here and today we are going to look at a comic strip that was way ahead of its time in terms of using humor to address social commentary that is still relevant to this day and that comic strip was Mafalda. The series was created by Argentine...
Bob Saget: America’s Favorite Dad
Yo Ho, WeRCatz here. We have lost Betty White and Sidney Poitier this month. Now we have lost another person of popular interest: Bob Saget. We all knew him as Danny Tanner from "Full House" and as the original host of "America's Funniest Home Videos." In his youth,...
Golgo 13 Creator Takao Saito Dies At 84
Ahoy Captain Cats here and today some sad news to report as Golgo 13 creator Takao Saito dies at the age of 84 due to pancreatic cancer. Saito debuted in 1955 with his first manga Baron Air to some success and in 1960 he created the Saito Production. In 1968 he would...
Sonny Chiba Died At 82
Sad news to report everyone, legendary Japanese actor and martial artist Sonny Chiba passed away at the age of 82 this past week. Born as Sadaho Maeda on January 22, 1939, in Fukuoka, Japan, Chiba would spend most of his youth doing sports and at one point was a...
Comic-Con @ Home 2021 Review
Ahoy Captain Cats here and today we are going to look back at this year's Comic-Con @ Home 2021 and see what it is as a whole from the different sections we cover here. Comics This year comics came back at the front of Comic-Con @ Home with panels from Marvel, DC,...
The Clown Prince of Hip Hop: Biz Markie and his legacy
On July 16, 2021, the world lost one of the pioneers of hip hop. At the age of 57, Biz Markie (born Marcel Theo Hall) lost his fight for life against complications involving his Type 2 diabetes and a stroke that led to a diabetic coma. Biz started his career with an...
Kentaro Miura Passed Away At 54
Ahoy Captain Cats here and today have some very sad news to report. It was first reported by Dark Horse Comics that the creator of the dark fantasy manga series Berserk Kentaro Miura passed away at the age of 54 from an acute aortic dissection, in case you don't know...
Paul Mooney: The Man Behind Richard Pryor and Others
Yo Ho, WeRCatz here. The world of comedy lost a giant as Paul Mooney died on May 19, 2021, at the age of 79 from a heart attack. Born Paul Gladney, Mooney was born in Shreveport, Louisiana, and moved to Oakland, California at age 7. He coined his name Mooney from...
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