Animator/cartoonist Paul Carlson has passed away. PAUL WAYNE CARLSON DECEMBER 27, 1932 – AUGUST 22, 2018 Paul got his start in the animation business at the Walt Disney studio on Lady and the Tramp, filling in the drawings between the animator’s key drawings, a position known in industry parlance as an inbetweener. He contributed […]
More letters celebrating the obvious greatness of comics (and puzzles). This time it’s from The Greensboro (N.C.) News & Record. From the letter: That’s almost enough to make me drop my subscription, but the comics page and puzzles are still pretty good and probably worth the price. Besides, those diversions keep me occupied so I […]
Brigham Young University professor Kerry Soper has released another book on the career and influence of a significant cartoonist of the 20th Century. His most recent subject is Gary Larson of “The Far Side” fame (joining Garry Trudeau and Walt Kelly). From the promotional notes on Amazon: In this first full study of Larson’s art, […]
Bumped to the top and updated. Jack and Carole bid farewell in what, for the moment at least, is the last Alley Oop panel. Read the entire final Bender daily strip at GoComics. Carole says Goodbye on her Facebook page – Doing Alley Oop is a dream job we were lucky to have, but […]
One of these women is turning 94 today and the other is my great-granddaughter and thus her great-great-grandaughter. So, in honor of the occasion, here are some cartoons my grandfather might have read in the newspaper when he wasn’t pacing the floor on September 1, 1924, which is what expectant fathers did in those days. […]