Becoming Betty Boop at the Comic-Con Museum

Becoming Betty Boop at the Comic-Con Museum

Right before this year’s Comic-Con, my wife and I had the opportunity to visit the Comic-Con Museum in Balboa Park. While the main exhibit we saw, “Popnology,” has since closed, I’m happy to report that “Becoming Betty Boop” will still be running into 2025. And honestly, this was the one that enthralled me above the rest — though everything there was cool.

As a huge animation fan, I’ve always loved the work of The Fleischer Studios. The video below covers some of that enthusiasm, but this exhibit brought it home, and of COURSE I bought the biography in the gift shop. (If you can’t make it to Balboa Park, I’ve got a helpful Amazon link here.)

And if you need more Betty Boop — and perhaps notice why she ran afoul of the Hays Code (unjustly! UNJUSTLY!), here’s a bonus:

Becoming Betty Boop at the Comic-Con Museum

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In addition to running Fanboy Planet, Derek has written for ActionAce, Daily Radar, Once Upon A Dime, and The Wave. He has contributed stories to Arcana Comics (The Greatest American Hero) and Monsterverse Comics (Bela Lugosi's Tales from the Grave). He has performed with ComedySportz and Silicon Valley Shakespeare, though relocated to Hollywood to... work in an office? If you ever played Eric's Ultimate Solitaire on the Macintosh, it was Derek's voice as The Weasel that urged you to play longer. You can buy his book "I Was Flesh Gordon" on the Amazon link at the right. Email him at [email protected].