For the first time, I think, Randy Milholland has brought Whaler Joe into the Popeye comic strip proper. But who is Whaler Joe? As explained in the next panel Whaler Joe was Popeye’s foster father. Whaler Joe is not some johnny-come-lately, he and the situation was created by Popeye creator E.C. Segar. Popeye was created […]
Wuerker points out the many ways Dear Leader is interfering with the upcoming midterm elections, whining about alleged cheating in 2020 that only he can see, and insisting that it’s going to happen again. This time there may actually be cheating in the elections, but it will come from Trump ignoring the well-established Republican belief […]
Kinks Komiks For the second Sunday on a row The Kinks’ “Lola” lyrics are featured in The Funny Pages. Unlike last week when it was used as a sly quip about the subject of the song, this week it is a crack at the inebriated vocalist. And as we move down the comic strip feed […]
James Madden at The Australian is reporting (or here) that Cathy Wilcox has given notice to The Sydney Morning Herald that she will be leaving her position as editorial cartoonist at the company. Cartoonist Cathy Wilcox is leaving The Sydney Morning Herald, after a career spanning more than three decades. It is understood Wilcox, 63, […]
Brave, crazy, whatever. Wallace reminds me that summer vacation involved not just lying in the sunshine looking for shapes in the clouds but also some truly irrational adventures. Not that we didn’t come up with some loony things the rest of the year, but in the dead of winter, we were a bit more confined […]
In a brief item titled “Did You Know That ‘The Family Circle/Circus’ Is Still Being Written and Printed” Tony Gattis for Daily Kos gets nostalgic about The Family Circus by Bil Keane and the Not Me gremlin. In April 1975, Keane introduced an invisible gremlin named “Not Me” who watches while the children try to […]
Comic book writer Roger McKenzie has passed away. Roger McKenzie November 8, 1950 – August 21, 2026 McKenzie’s death was announced on his Facebook page: Early this morning, Peepster-in-Chief Roger McKenzie passed away peacefully in hospice care. He’d been dealing with end-stage heart failure and kidney disease for the past several months. He was certain […]
I don’t expect to devote much more attention to Natalie Harp unless something new and important emerges, but the reaction so far has been a combination of cover-up and guesswork. When you aren’t forthcoming, people fill in the blanks.Conservatives are screaming “How dare you suggest that Dear Leader is having an affair!” while only a […]
Mark your calendars — 81st Annual Reuben Awards and NCS Conference San Diego, August 12–14, 2027 From the National Cartoonists Society (NCS): You may be thinking — didn’t we just go to San Diego? We did, in 2024! And we’re going back on purpose. For 36 years, from 1947-1982, The Reuben Awards and Banquet was […]
The Kennedy Award, “the most prestigious event in Australian journalism,” honors excellence in journalism (not to be confused with the Washington, D.C. based Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Awards). Friday evening The Kennedy Award for Outstanding Cartoon went to Matt Golding for his “Playing Trump.” Golding’s win was one of five that Sydney Morning Herald (SMH) […]
Despite the feature image and the opening item this is a post about comic strips. Three Days a Week at the Two Party Opera Last month Brian Carroll, after five years of a very erratic and sporadic schedule, has returned his Two Party Opera comic strip to regular thrice weekly appearances. Carroll employs past and […]
Senator Jon Ossoff (D-GA) both grabbed and sparked headlines this week with a brief mention of a Trump aide who, until then, had flown under the radar. He doesn’t want to do the job. He wants to build his ballroom and travel with Natalie on their apparently defenseless flying palace, gifted by the Emir of Qatar.Ossoff certainly […]
Small Press Expo announced the nominees for this year’s Ignatz Awards. The awards recognize the best in independent comics, graphic novels, and alternative political cartoons. Voting opened yesterday to those on SPX’s email list or if you request a ballot. Voting ends Sept. 11 with the winners announced on the 12th during the awards ceremony.Here […]
Former Topps trading card Creative Director Len Brown has passed away. Leonard Albert (Len) Brown October 7, 1941 – August 11, 2026 From the obituary: Born in Brooklyn, New York, Len embarked on a remarkable professional journey shortly after high school when he joined the Product Development Department of Topps Chewing Gum. Over a four-decade […]
A sudden hot sweat had broken out all over Winston’s body. His face remained completely inscrutable. Never show dismay! Never show resentment! A single flicker of the eyes could give you away.It used to be fiction, but here we are. America is dotted with cameras, many of them just recording license plates as cars stream […]