An open letter from Mike Lester

Giving (and Getting Original Art) Tuesday
by D. D. Degg
December 3, 2024
Consider supporting a favored cartoonist and consider supporting Cartoonists Rights. Original Wallace the Brave Comic Strip Art Cartoonist Will Henry has an...
CSotD: The Pardoner’s Tale
by Mike Peterson
December 3, 2024
Tough decision where to start today, but I think Ben Jennings has the best viewpoint, which is shame on the process and...
Dante Barbetta Joins The Senior Strippers
by D. D. Degg
December 2, 2024
Animator Dante Barbetta was born December 2, 1934 and so joins the Senior Strippers roll. “Friend Bob,” who Dante addresses in those...
Peter Maddocks – RIP
by D. D. Degg
December 2, 2024
English comic strip cartoonist Peter Maddocks has passed away. Peter Maddocks April 1, 1928 – November 20, 2024 From The Telegraph: Peter...
CSotD: Monday Merriment
by Mike Peterson
December 2, 2024
There are all sorts of important political issues to address, but there are also a lot of leftover Thanksgiving political cartoons, and...
The Alphabeticomical Sunday Funnies
by D. D. Degg
December 1, 2024
Barney and Clyde I like the slow creep of the color into the Sunday Funny partnered with the script. Of course it...
Comic Strip Rarities: Garfield
by D. D. Degg
December 1, 2024
Strangely, for such a popular comic strip that appears in thousands of newspapers and has scores of book collections published, previous little-known...

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Dear Fellow Professional Cartoonists: Thanks to all of you who’ve written and please accept my gratitude for your concern. I…

News briefs for August 24, 2009

Alan Gardner15 years ago15 years ago12 mins

Editorial Cartooning » JD Crowe gets roasted by “a death panel of peers and disgruntled politicians.” » Dick Locher is…

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A “thank you” documentary about the effect of Bill Watterson’s Calvin and Hobbes has had on readers and fans is…

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I’ve received a couple of promotional emails from the folks at the Baltimore Comc-Con regarding their line-up of guests and…

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Tom Spurgeon has begun what I’d consider a massive project – naming the top 100 comics for the years 2000-2009….

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Fans of serial comics may want to settle in for a longer than usually story-line that launches today for The…

Sue on CSotD: The Pardoner’s TaleDecember 3, 2024
Given what we're facing from this vote, even schadenfreude will get pretty hollow as we watch the Trumpistas learning that…
Mike Peterson on CSotD: The Pardoner’s TaleDecember 3, 2024
Pretty sure you (and Mike, below) are right. And Blower is sharp, so he may not have been crystal clear…
Ben R on CSotD: The Pardoner’s TaleDecember 3, 2024
And it's not like Biden pardoned a relative and then nominated him as ambassador to France.
Mike Tiefenbacher on CSotD: The Pardoner’s TaleDecember 3, 2024
Blower's cartoon is based on Trump's Truth Social post which asked exactly that--will Joe now be pardoning the January 6th…
Ben R on CSotD: The Pardoner’s TaleDecember 3, 2024
This is a 15 minute story. Nobody will remember it in a few weeks. And if I had the power…
Fred on CSotD: The Pardoner’s TaleDecember 3, 2024
I read Blower's cartoon as calling Trump a hypocrite: "you've pardoned one [presumed] evildoer, are you going to pardon this…