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    Q: With over 500 Popeye cartoons produced why did you write a book on this particular series of 220 from 1960-62?A: This series of cartoons has been maligned over the years by critics.  In some episodes rightly so but certainly not the entire bunch.  King Features Syndicate, Popeye’s copyright owner, wanted these films produced quickly. This was done to cash in on the popularity the sailor’s theatrical films were having on Television. Q: Why are some cartoons in this series better than others?A: It mainly had to do with the experience people had working with limited animation. For example, the...

 Peggy Puzzles - Volume OneBearManor Media Q & Awith Author/Illustrator Peggy Adler Q.  How did you come to write your first puzzle book?A.  My Dad, Irving Adler, was a teacher, and then a prolific author of books on science and mathematics, who loved recreational math. And so I grew up surrounded by (and loving) all sorts of mathematical games & puzzles. In the mid-1950s, Dad decided he wanted to write a book based upon “Sam Loyds Cyclopedia of 5000  Puzzles” and after a prolonged, diligent search for the book, which was published in 1914, he found one that was...

Hot off the press from the author ofPallenberg Wonder Bears - From the BeginningPeggy’s Puzzles – Volume One Written and Illustratedby Peggy Adler    Peggy’s Puzzle - Volume One is divided into four distinct parts. Part One, is comprised of revised puzzles originally created for the Adler Book of Puzzles and Riddles, which the New York Times called, “A great wit-sharpener for the whole family”.  Today, the puzzles and their illustrations remain the same. Only the names of the characters that populate the puzzles have been changed to reflect Adler’s love of Old Time Radio, Movies and TV. Part Two of the...

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"With this book, Pop Culture Historian Mark Arnold takes an in-depth look at the history of Pac-Man, the classic character that spawned the very first animated cartoon series based upon a video game. "Pac-Man: The First Animated TV Show Based Upon a Video Game goes through the entire history of the Hanna-Barbera animation studios, the history of video games pre Pac-Man, the history of Pac-Man, the character, the video game, the spin-offs, the merchandise and the TV series. Each and every episode of the classic 1980s series is covered and examined. "Plus, author Arnold covers how Pac-Man has been honored on various...