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AG/DC Jan 11 2008 11:32 AM

While Mutts isn't always a killer gag strip, Patrick McDonnell consistently imbues it with the funnest artwork since early seventies Peanuts. (He was a actually a favorite of Charles Schultz.) On e cool thing he does is use the throw-away title panels (called throwaways because some papers do three-row strips on Sundays, and others do two, so you can't put any plot advancement in the top row that you aren't ready to lose) to pay tribute to his favorite comic and commercial artists, and occasionally to fine arts as well. I'll post the Sunday title panel, and you name the source he is referencing. Panel One:

Willets Point Jan 11 2008 11:35 AM

Thats Paul Simon's song "Rene & Georgette Magritte With Their Dog After The War" incorporating Magritte, dogs, and war (paratroopers).

Benjamin Grimm Jan 11 2008 11:36 AM

Magritte?

Benjamin Grimm Jan 11 2008 11:37 AM

Oops, Willets' post slipped in ahead of mine, and it looks like I'm asking who Magritte is. Actually, my guess was that the Mutts panel was influenced by Magritte. Willets went one further and guessed that it was influenced by Paul Simon who was influenced by Magritte.

Willets Point Jan 11 2008 11:41 AM

Well I was making a funny on Magritte and dogs, but yeah I'd second you in that the panel is influenced by Magritte.

AG/DC Jan 11 2008 11:44 AM

Excellent start. It's Magritte's Galconda: Panel Two:

Benjamin Grimm Jan 11 2008 11:52 AM

Hellboy?

AG/DC Jan 11 2008 12:08 PM

Bam. Panel Three:

Willets Point Jan 11 2008 12:13 PM

R. Crumb?

AG/DC Jan 11 2008 12:22 PM

Not Crumb.

metsguyinmichigan Jan 11 2008 12:42 PM

AG/DC wrote: Not Crumb. Isn't that a Hendrix album cover? Axis, Bold as Love. I still can't figure out how to post photos...

AG/DC Jan 11 2008 12:50 PM

You don't have to. You're correct. I really counted on sharpie to get that one. Hendrix was disappointed with the cover, as he wanted it to underscore his Indian heritage, and the London designers naturally looked east instead of west. Panel Four:

Benjamin Grimm Jan 11 2008 12:51 PM

That's gotta be Popeye, right?

AG/DC Jan 11 2008 01:05 PM

You, my friend, are hot. Panel Five:

metsguyinmichigan Jan 11 2008 02:23 PM

Toulouse Lautrec, I believe.

AG/DC Jan 11 2008 02:35 PM

Toulouse-correct. "May Belfort" by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. Panel Six:

Benjamin Grimm Jan 11 2008 02:50 PM

The Incredible Hulk. EDIT: I'll go one step further and guess that it's from Incredible Hulk Annual #1.

Edgy DC Jan 12 2008 10:52 PM

I was counting on you for that one. I hadn't realized you answered. Correct and correct. Panel Seven:

Willets Point Jan 12 2008 10:55 PM

That's the album Elvis Presley, previously imitated by the Clash on London Calling.

AG/DC Jan 12 2008 11:06 PM

Nuts. I can't even sneak on at 1:00 AM under an old handle and get one by you. Panel Eight:

themetfairy Jan 13 2008 07:41 AM

="AG/DC"] Here's the original - [url=http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://images.pingmag.jp/images/title/ukiyoe.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.pingmag.jp/2007/05/10/ukiyoe/&h=325&w=470&sz=205&hl=en&start=1&tbnid=Gu0Abd8pPt76dM:&tbnh=89&tbnw=129&prev=/images%3Fq%3Djapanese%2Bart%26gbv%3D2%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DG]Katsushika Hokusai's "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji – Kanagawa-oki nami-ura (The Great Wave off Kanagawa)".[/url]. John Mayer used the image for his "as/is" CD -

Benjamin Grimm Jan 13 2008 08:22 AM

That image is everywhere in Japan. It was even on the front of our rail passes from Japan Rail.

AG/DC Jan 13 2008 11:29 AM

We have a winner. Mr. Hokusai it is. Panel Nine:

themetfairy Jan 13 2008 06:07 PM

Is it The Flash ("The Fastest Man Alive")?

AG/DC Jan 13 2008 06:13 PM

Flash it is. Panel Ten:

themetfairy Jan 13 2008 07:40 PM

The eyes and the smoking jacket make me think Daddy Warbucks.

metsguyinmichigan Jan 14 2008 01:12 PM

AG/DC wrote: Flash it is. Panel Ten: Captain Beefheart! "Trout Mask Replica" or something along those lines. I used to love looking at a album cover art books when I was a kid.

AG/DC Jan 14 2008 01:47 PM

Now, see, I was expecting Vic Sage to come through with that one. Panel Eleven:

Methead Jan 14 2008 02:00 PM

If you take a close look at the image used for the John Mayer album cover, the foam part of the wave is actually made up of a bunch of little white rabbits. It's from a print by an artist named kozyndan. I have one on my wall that I bought at the "Sayonara Home Run" book signing. http://www.kozyndan.com/posters.html And now you know the rest of the story. These Mutts panels are awesome... I should get the Sunday paper more often.

AG/DC Jan 17 2008 12:04 PM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Jan 17 2008 06:56 PM

Time's up. This panel was taken from "The Lord Is My Shepherd" by Thomas Hart Benton You folks need to brush up on the American Regionalist movement. Panel Twelve:

Benjamin Grimm Jan 17 2008 12:07 PM

"The adventures of" tag makes me think I'm wrong, but that picture says "Dick Tracy" to me. From left to right, I see Junior Tracy, Dick Tracy, and Pat Patton.

AG/DC Jan 17 2008 12:19 PM

Yeah, well, youse still came up empty on Benton. Panel Thirteen:

Willets Point Jan 17 2008 12:20 PM

Methead should answer this one.

Methead Jan 17 2008 03:00 PM

Nice! FZ's Ruben And The Jets album, a tribute to '50s doo-wop tunes.

AG/DC Jan 17 2008 07:01 PM

Methead is on the board. Panel Fourteen: