Comic Strips and Cartoonists and other Quick Hits
Daddy Daze Gets Spot in Local Paper John Kovaleski and his new Daddy Daze comic strip will get a spot…
September 2018
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The AAEC Convention and Other Quick Hits
I was hoping to post a bunch of cartoonists recapping their attendance at the 2018 AAEC Convention in Sacramento, but…
Comic Strip of the Day: CXC Meets the AAEC
I expected Rob Rogers‘ session — the second of two “Cartooning in the Age of Trump” presentations at CXC —…
Never Was Comic Strips – Annie’s Li’l Orphans
Annie’s Li’l Orphans by Stan Drake and Bill Yates Around the early 1970s(?) bigfoot partnered with realistic to produce a…
Comic Strip of the Day: Defining moments
I shouldn’t have promised CXC coverage for today, since, while I don’t believe in jinxes, my GPS apparently does, turning…
Jim Sizemore – RIP
Cartoonist Jim Sizemore has passed away. JAMES EDWARD (JIM) SIZEMORE OCTOBER 3, 1937 – SEPTEMBER 24, 2018 From…
Comic Strip History, Lessons #483 – 487
The Modern Comics Page – 1964 From Keith Handley: Hello. I just got the August-September 1964 issue of the Gannetter…
2,000 Year-Old ‘Comics’ Found in Jordan
The Smithsonian.com is reporting on a group archeologists’ discovery of ancient “comics” featuring characters drawn on cave walls and speaking…
Comic Strip of the Day: Friday Funnies & NotSoMuch
If you came here for refuge from the storm, apologies, but, since I’m locked into CXC coverage starting tomorrow, we…
Dennis the Menace’s Marcus Hamilton Interviewed
Marcus Hamilton was trained by Hank Ketcham to take over the Dennis the Menace daily panel in the 1990s. Robin…
Joe Palooka Statue With New Plaque Unveiled in Pennsylvania
The Citizens’ Voice in Wilkes Barre, Penn. (interesting to note, that Wilkes Barre is one of the few remaining medium…
Robert Ariail’s #MeToo Cartoon Draws Anger
A recent editorial cartoon by Robert Ariail has provoked letters of scorn to the Champaign News-Gazette. Among the number of…
Comic Strip of the Day: With Three You Get Eye Roll
With all that’s been going on in the news, we could all use a good laugh, but that laugh the…
Of Shoes and Ships and Sealing Wax
Quick Hits in a scattershot manner. Leigh Rubin honored as Rochester Institute of Technology Cartoonist-in-Residence Rochester Institute of Technology is…
(pre-CXC) Olivia Jaimes interview
In anticipation of her first public appearance on Sunday at CXC GoComics presents an audio interview with Nancy’s Olivia Jaimes….