Zippy goes to the Rosebud

[talonvaki.livejournal.com]

The Rosebud Diner is going to be featured in the Zippy the Pinhead cartoon on Tuesday, March 29, 2005. And I live about five blocks from it. Sweet.

Comments

[moireach.livejournal.com]

How did you hear about this?

[talonvaki.livejournal.com]

Oh, well, I live near the Rosebud, and I walked past it today.

They have the future cartoon taped up outside near the door.

[hauntmeister.livejournal.com]

Excellent! I'll walk by tomorrow and take a look. Thanks for the pointer!

[bikergeek.livejournal.com]

ISTR that the Melrose, a classic diner in South Philly, was featured in a Zippy strip at one point as well.

[prog.livejournal.com]

Bill Griffith (the cartoonist) has been on a years-long kick of having his principal characters wander through visually interesting American landmarks, I think mostly just because he likes to draw them. Another recent strip featured the Harvard Lampoon's "Castle" (http://www.harvardlampoon.com/history/castle.htm) in Harvard Square -- I actually didn't know what that building was until I saw it in the strip!

[talonvaki.livejournal.com]

He used to live in SF and would draw things there, too...that's where that doggie head is.

I would never have found out or known what the Big Duck (http://www.roadsideamerica.com/attract/NYFLAduck.html) was if it weren't for Zippy; I was on Long Island once and we drove past it and I was all, HEY! It's the BIG DUCK!

[ruthling.livejournal.com]

I trained my eyes to avoid Zippy on comix pages. I'll have to ignore that to see the Rosebud!