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Dennis the Menace (UK) Turns 75

While Americans are celebrating the 75th anniversary of Hank Ketcham’s Dennis the Menace our British cousins are celebrating their own Dennis the Menace—a comic that by happenstance launched on the same day with the same title. According to Wikipedia, the US comic’s title was inspired by Ketcham’s wife’s exasperated cry “Your son is a menace!” […]

The Eternal Five Year Old is 75

Dennis the Menace celebrates its 75th anniversary today, first appearing on March 12, 1951. Created by Hank Ketcham the daily panel was so successful that the syndicate added a Sunday page less than a year after the daily panel’s debut. Later in 1952 Dennis the Menace began being published in hardcover and paperback books. In […]

CSotD: Does Anybody Want This War?

Whoops. I said the W word, and this isn’t a war. It’s a Special Operation. We’re in a world of euphemistic joy and it’s up to all of us to cooperate with Dear Leader and make happy talk. He has excellent reasons for the decisions he makes and adapts them as needed to make them […]

Graphic Medicine Europe

Graphic Medicine Europe Announces Inaugural Conference

The newly formed Graphic Medicine Europe has announce their inaugural Graphic Medicine Europe Conference to be held later this year on Sept 9 – 12. The conference will be held at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam on September 9-10 and at the annual Cross Comix festival at De Doelen in Rotterdam on the 11-12th. The theme is “Imagination, Mediation, […]

Howard King – RIP

Teacher, principal, superintendent, musician and cartoonist Howard King has passed away. From the obituary: Through the years, he also went on to earn his Master’s Degree in Education Administration from the University of Southern California and then to pursue a career in Education. Beginning his teaching career first as a teacher at University Place, he […]

CSotD: The Whole World Is Still Watching

First Dog comments on our special military operation, which isn’t a war except sometimes somebody slips and accidentally calls it one. “Special Military Operation” is also what Vladimir Putin calls his invasion of Ukraine, but I’m sure that’s just a coincidence.But as First Dog says, Australia is definitely not in a war, though they seem […]

Webtoon Annual Report

Webtoon Annual Report Lists 2025 Net Loss of $373.4 Million

WEBTOON, the giant South Korean webcomics publisher, has released its annual report. WEBTOON Entertainment Inc. Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2025 Financial Results: Junkoo Kim, Founder and CEO said, “We are pleased to report solid fourth quarter results, with revenue in line with our expectations and Adjusted EBITDA above the top end of our […]

Procartoonist

British Cartoonists Storm Parliament

Glenn Marshall reports that members of the British Professional Cartoonists’ Organisation visited the House of Commons to urge Members of Parliament to pass the “Animals (Low-Welfare Activities Abroad) Act”. The act would “prohibit the sale and promotion of tourist activities abroad where animals are kept or treated in ways that would be illegal in the […]

Tatanja Wood

Tatanja Wood – RIP

Tatanja Wood, award winning artist and colorist for DC Comics, has passed away on February 27 at the age of 99, just 3 days shy of 100 years old.Born on March 2, 1926 in Darmstadt, Germany. She spent World War II in the Netherlands. After the war she and her brother migrated to the United States […]

The Blood and Cartoon Lineage of Bill Griffith

Sally Madden for The Comics Journal interviews cartoonist Bill Griffith with particular emphasis on Griffith’s newest graphic biography of his great-grandfather and on the Zippy comic strip and his cartooning background. I do like Madden’s style here of ignoring the questions and just relaying Bill Griffith’s words.Some of Bill Griffith’s words: When I was first […]

CSotD: Humpday Come On A Tuesday This Week

I’m down at church checking IDs to make sure no furriners attempt to vote on our school budget or city council races. I’ll let you know tomorrow if ICE shows up, unless they showed up for me.The human body is an odd thing, though I’m not sure it’s as odd as Arlo thinks it is. […]

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