Al Hirschfeld artwork on new stamp

Today's Washington Post reports that Al Hirschfeld's artwork will be featured on a stamp again - "First- Class Act: The Postal Service Puts Black Film History In a Starring Role," Sunday, July 20, 2008; Page M06. The article says:

The last stamp is the work of the famed Al Hirschfeld for "Hallelujah," a 1929 film made by MGM with an all-black cast and directed by King Vidor. Nina Mae McKinney, another talented beauty who was known as "the Black Garbo," was a co-star. The film itself has been debated for years for including both the reality of rural life and stereotypes. The poster shows a stylized flapper raising her yellow-gloved arms.

DC Comics stamps in Singapore

They're appearing this summer starting today. See "DC Comics' super heroes featured on SingPost stamps," By Heather Tan, Channel NewsAsia | Posted: 12 June 2008.

Disnemation is back

Bill Silvester wrote in recently to note that his excellent Disney in stamps site is being updated again:

After almost five years in hiatus I have finally found time to update my Disnemation website. Anybody with the remotest interest in Disney on Stamps will find something of interest here. It is still under construction but the checklist has been updated to 2008. Check it out at: www.disnemation.8m.com/HOME.htm

Slow in US cartoon stamps, so here's a drawing

By Peter Arkle from the New York Times Book Review, March 9, 2008.

This isn't a real stamp of course, although it's pretty.

French stamps

Here's the stamps from a package that Philabulle compiler Thierry sent with Tintin and other cartoon stamps. Unfortunately, when I mailed a package in return to him, the clerk didn't hear when I asked for $36 worth of stamps and instead gave me a printed postage label.


I was planning on coating his box with Marvel Comics and Star Wars. Oh well.

Drew Struzan podcast interview

The stamp illustrator who's also done comic book covers -

The Quiet Giant - It's DREW STRUZAN (September 26, 2007)