Our Club by Seckatary Hawkins
100 years ago this year. Covington native Robert Franc Schulkers published the first adventure of the “Fair & Square Boys…
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Labor Day Quick Hits
Sally From Peanuts Made Me a Better Teacher Sally, the younger sister of Peanuts’ Charlie Brown, did not perform well…
An Incomplete History of Comic Strips & Same Sex
Earlier today one of the points of Mike’s column was the casual portrayal of same sex partnerships in the Bliss…
‘Arlo and Janis,’ “Nest Heads’ Tip Hats to Famous Bushmiller Holiday Comic Bit
What is today’s Arlo and Janis? Is it an homage? An encomium? Or perhaps a panegyric to Ernie Bushmiller’s 1969…
Comic Strip of the Day: Labor Day viewed from above
I don’t think you could have a better Labor Day commentary than this Clay Bennett cartoon. It could have run…
Mort Walker Honored in Today’s (9/2) ‘Hi & Lois’
Today’s installment of “Hi and Lois” features a remembrance of its co-founder Mort Walker (with Dik Browne). The strip (currently…
First and Last(?) – Alley Oop
above: the first four Alley Oop comic strips, December 5 – 8, 1932. The Alley Oop comic strip began on…
Comic Strip of the Day: The Gelded Age
Non Sequitur leads us off with this concise history of Labor Day and how it almost worked and then…
Paul Carlson – RIP
Animator/cartoonist Paul Carlson has passed away. PAUL WAYNE CARLSON DECEMBER 27, 1932 – AUGUST 22, 2018 Paul got his…
Greensboro (N.C.) Reader Will Continue to Buy Paper Because of Comics, Puzzles
More letters celebrating the obvious greatness of comics (and puzzles). This time it’s from The Greensboro (N.C.) News & Record….
New Book Looks at Gary Larson’s Career, Influence on Comics
Brigham Young University professor Kerry Soper has released another book on the career and influence of a significant cartoonist of…
Carole and Jack Bender to Retire from ‘Alley Oop’
Bumped to the top and updated. Jack and Carole bid farewell in what, for the moment at least, is the…
Comic Strip of the Day: Point of Personal Privilege
One of these women is turning 94 today and the other is my great-granddaughter and thus her great-great-grandaughter. So, in…