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- Geography of film and TV production hubs in the USA/Canada
- North America’s tallest bridge towers and pylons (Las torres y pilones de puentes más altos de América del Norte)
- Cities/suburbs should replan street networks for low-speed electric vehicles
- Celebrity bridges of the United States in pop culture
- Cricket grounds with the largest capacity in South Asia
- Cities most often destroyed in movies – both real and imagined
- Skyscrapers of 100 stories or more above ground
- Three superb and fresh reads about Los Angeles
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Tag Archives: cartoons
Classic cartoon and comic strip rivals/adversaries
Archie vs. Reggie Batman vs. Joker, Penguin, Riddler, Catwoman, and other villains Buck Rogers vs. Killer Kane Bugs Bunny vs. Daffy Duck Bugs Bunny vs. Elmer Fudd Bugs Bunny vs. Yosemite Sam Dagwood vs. Mr. Dithers Dexter vs. Susan “Mandark” … Continue reading
Posted in art, cartoons, Communications, culture, entertainment, family, film, fun, historic preservation, history, movies, pictures, satire, Television, writing
Tagged art, cartoons, characters, comic strips, drawing, fun, funny, TV
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Dynamic television cartoon duos
A little cartoon fun by listing some of the best animated duos on television. In most cases, these pairs are buddies, but in a few cases they are actually opponents, such as with Tom and Jerry and Roadrunner and Wile … Continue reading
Posted in art, cartoons, Communications, culture, entertainment, fun, history, pictures, Television
Tagged animation, buddies, cartoons, duos, friends, pairs, pals, television, TV
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Favorite (and punniest) villain names of classic TV cartoons
Listed below are my favorite villain names from classic television cartoons (1950-1980). Some are funny, some are quite punny, and all of them successfully get the point across that these are villains without being overly scary, offensive, or gross. … Continue reading
Posted in art, cartoons, Communications, culture, entertainment, fun, Television, video
Tagged cartoons, characters, criminals, crooks, entertainment, evil-doer, fun, gangsters, hoodlums, hoods, puns, spies, television, TV, villains
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“Rut-Roh” – Favorite animated dogs of TV and movies
A little fun heading into the weekend with a listing of favorite animated dogs from television and movies. The top 5 are listed in bold, while the remaining ones on my list are listed ignored by bullet points. If there … Continue reading
Fictional cartoon cities and towns
Here’s my list of cities and towns from well-known, popular, and classic cartoons and animated films. If there are any I am missing, please feel free to send suggestions along. The date of the most recent additions are shown in … Continue reading
Posted in art, cartoons, Cities, Communications, culture, demographics, diversity, family, fun, geography, history, land use, Maps, movies, pictures, place names, satire, skylines, spatial design, technology, Television, Transportation, Uncategorized, video
Tagged cartoons, comics, fun, Saturday morning TV, toons
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Superhero cities/Ciudades de superhéroes
Below are listed famous superheroes from comic books, television, film, and cartoons and the primary city where they are based in or operate from. As some superheroes do not have a primary city where they perform feats of derring-do, those … Continue reading
Posted in books, cartoons, cities, entertainment, fun, futurism, Television, writing
Tagged cartoons, cities, comics, fun, superheroes, TV
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Urban planning portrayed through art
As urban planners we most often tend to think of our profession being depicted to the outside world in fairly basic textual and geographic terms. Either it is the written word in somewhat legalistic prose, or it is maps representing … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, art, books, cartoons, cities, civics, Communications, culture, film, history, humanity, inclusiveness, land use, literature, movies, music, new urbanism, pictures, placemaking, planning, Poem, spatial design, sustainability, Television, theaters, tourism, Travel, urban planning, writing
Tagged architecture, art, books, cartoons, cities, film, land use, music, painting, planning, poetry, sculpting, television, urbanism, writing
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“Bloom County” is back on the map!
This week, after a 25 year absence, the world has been treated to the revival of the Bloom County comic strip. What a wonderful surprise. The zany and irreverent world of Opus (the penguin), Milo, Steve, and Bill the Cat has … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, art, cartoons, civics, Communications, culture, fun, humanity, inclusiveness, Love, pictures, politics, Social media
Tagged art, Berke Breathed, Bloom County, cartoons, comic strips, fun, humors, pictures
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It’s Bombastic!
Many people who live in the United States will be able to relate to this recent and oh-so hilarious Pearls Before Swine comic strip episode about a certain monopolistic cable provider we all know and dislike. Cheers!
Posted in art, branding, cartoons, civility, Communications, consumerism, deregulation, economics, entertainment, fun, infrastructure, marketing, satire, Television, video
Tagged cable, cartoons, entertainment, funny, humor, monopolies, Pearls Before Swine, satire, television
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