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Hey Kids! Comics! Mae Booksch

Below are some comic and cartoon books scheduled for May 2026 release (or so). Images and links from a variety of publishers and outlets, though ordering through your local comic shop or independent book store is a good idea. Trudeau & Doonesbury: A Biography by Joshua Kendall (Smithsonian Magazine review) The definitive account of the […]

CSotD: Start the Weekend with a Laugh

It’s true and it could trigger a whole rant, but instead let’s put aside the bad vibes for a day and have a few laughs.You can decide for yourself whether this is bad vibes or a laugh, but IMHO it’s only funny when everything else in the relationship is working. Which is true of all […]

A Few Updates

With Frank Stack, David Oskow, Peter Kuper, Jeff Koterba, Adam Zyglis, Rick McKee, and Daryl Cagle. Frank Stack, NY Times Obituary Apparently The New York Times didn’t have an obituary for Frank Stack “in the can.” A month after Stack’s passing we finally get a notice of death from the paper of record by Michael […]

NCS Awards Gold Key to The Whole Gang

In an very unusual move the National Cartoonists Society (NCS) has awarded its Hall of Fame Gold Key (scroll down) to a group rather than an individual. From the National Cartoonists Society announcement: The National Cartoonists Society is honored to announce that The Berndt Toast Gang (aka the NCS Long Island Chapter) will be awarded the […]

Scott McCloud to Be Center for Cartoon Studies Commencement Speaker

The Center for Cartoon Studies (CCS) has announced this year’s commencement speaker will be cartoonist and comic author Scott McCloud. Scott is an Eisner Hall of Famer, author of the best-selling series Understanding Comics, Reinventing Comics, and Making Comics, as well as co-creator of The Cartoonists Club (Raina Telgemeier).Commencement will be this weekend on May 17. Included […]

Eisner Award and Hall of Fame Nominees 2026 Announced

The Eisner Award nominees have been announced. Here’s the breakdown on who had the most nominations starting with the publishers.Works with the most nominations:Creator stats:Here is full list of nominees.Eisner Award Nominees 2026Best Short StoryBlood Harvest, in Brain Damage, by Shintaro Kago, translated by Zack Davisson (Fantagraphics)The Curse Room, in Brain Damage, by Shintaro Kago, translated by Zack Davisson (Fantagraphics)Football Is Not War, by R. K. Russell and Wilfred Santiago, in Come […]

CSotD: Like a Bull Shopping in China

The general opinion around the world seems to be that Dear Leader is in way over his head in attempting to pull “The Art of the Deal” on Xi Jinping, and that, as MacKay illustrates, Xi is playing with him as a cat plays with a mouse, before eating it.Trump has said he and Xi […]

Tintin movie sequel

Will We Finally Get Peter Jackson’s Tintin Movie Sequel?

Fifteen years since Steven Spielberg‘s “The Adventures of Tintin,” Peter Jackson has confirmed that we may finally get his promised sequel. During a Q&A at Cannes, he told the audience he’s “currently writing the script and plans to direct the movie himself.”From the Q&A session: “The deal was that Steven directs one and I direct […]

Roy Lichtenstein's Anxious Girl

Roy Lichtenstein’s Anxious Girl up for Auction

Roy Lichtenstein’s long-lost Anxious Girl (1964) is up for auction this weekend and is rumored to go for $60 million. Roy was a leading artist in the Pop Art movement. Some of his best known pieces were large stylized pieces that looked like cut-outs from a newspaper or comic book. Anxious Girl was derived by DC […]

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