Reminders About Some Comic Strips and more
Alley Oop by Jack and Carole Bender This is Jack and Carole’s last week on Alley Oop, and they seem…
August 2018
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Dream Job: Political Cartoonist
Nashville’s NewsChannel5 has a Dream Jobs segment, this week they spent some time with cartoonist Matt Wuerker. Matt Wuerker first…
Luckovich Speaks (at the Decatur Book Festival)
While Mike Luckovich may have been bumped from CNN, but he won’t have that problem this weekend at the Decatur…
Brian Fies, Julia Kaye Among Those Nominated for Ignatz Awards
Brian Fies “Outstanding Online Comic” and Julia Kaye “Outstanding Collection” have been nominated for Ignatz Awards (given by and at the Small…
Patrick McDonnell and Harry Bliss to Appear at National Book Festival
“Mutts” cartoonist Patrick McDonnell and New Yorker and “Bliss” cartoonist Harry Bliss to appear at the Library of Congress’ National…
Missouri Physician Was Model for ‘Terry and the Pirates’ Character
The Jefferson City (Mo.) News Tribune has a story today about the inspiration for the “Doc” character in Milt Caniff’s…
Comic Strip of the Day: Too soon old, too late smart
I was just saying to someone last night that I’d like to just comment on a few funny comic strips…
Phil Jackson – RIP
Editorial cartoonist Phil Jackson has passed away. …the former Ludington Daily News cartoonist left the accompanying cartoon at Cornerstone Baptist…
Roz Chast, Jules Feiffer, Derf Among Special Guests at SPX
The Small Press Expo (September 15th and 16th in Bethesda, Md.) has announced its initial list of special guests. Among…
Mike Luckovich’s ‘Very Stable Genius’ Book to Hit Streets September 1st
Mike Luckovich tweeted that he was bumped from CNN’s “State of the Union” yesterday in lieu of coverage of John…
The Affable, Sometimes Disquieting Weirdness of ‘Heathcliff’
Over at the GoComics blog, editor Stephen Roth posts a piece about the strange goings-on in Heathcliff (there are similar…
Letters to the Editor: Thirsty isn’t Funny
A letter to the editor in today’s St. Louis Dispatch complains about the character Thirsty in the Walker and Browne…
Comic Strip of the Day: Odysseus Wept
A half-century ago, the Democratic National Convention in Chicago was under way and all hell was breaking loose in America….
Comic Strip History, Lessons #604 – 608
The Wizard of Oz Comic Strips from 1907?–?1917 THE REVELATOR was a proud and earlier proponent of The Wizard of Oz…
Mendota Marsh – new comic strip by Phil Hands
Phil Hands, the editorial cartoonist for the Wisconsin State Journal, has created a local comic strip for that newspaper. I’m…