Willie McCovey and Charlie Brown
Excerpts from Bruce Jenkins’ San Francisco Chronicle obituary: Willie McCovey was the gentleman superstar, often described as a man without…
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Cartoon Collections – New Cartoon Licensing Firm
Bob Mankoff is about to launch Cartoon Collections, a new website which will house Mankoff pieces and other material from…
See Your Linus and Raise a Garfield
Earlier today Mike Peterson presented us with the origins of The Great Pumpkin. Linus and The Great Pumpkin was an…
Comic Strip of the Day: The Origins of the Great Pumpkin
There were a lot of cartoons today about the grownups eating the candy and other stalwarts of the season, which…
Cartoonists’ Comic Strip Autobiographies
In 1948 Collier’s started a brief series of comic strip cartoonists presenting their life story to the magazine’s readers. The…
CSotD: The Demands of Mourning
Paul Fell notes the futility of “Moments of Silence” followed by “Months of Inaction,” which puts his piece head-and-shoulders above…
Kristallmorgen
For the latest horror Rob Rogers alludes to another place, another time – days short of 80 years ago….
CSotD: Days of Hope and Despair
It may seem odd, with all the horrors of the past week, to start today with Rick McKee‘s lottery cartoon,…
First and Last – Li’l Abner
Alfred G. Caplin was riding high with his success on the Joe Palooka comic strip and creating the hillbilly…
CSotD: One or More for the Ages
Mike Luckovich replaces the now-familiar firehose metaphor with something closer to everyone’s heart. Though it’s only fair to note that…
Henry Quietly Retires to the Old Comics Home
With the October 28, 2018 Sunday strip Henry ceases its King Features syndicated run. The daily strip ended with…
The Funny Pages (for October)
Good Stories for Children – Illustrations From 1902 to 1905 Walt McDougall provided art for his Sunday newspaper page…
Comics and Cartoonists in the News
James Bond and Playboy Playboy continues its slow return to the glory days when cartoons and comics were a…
CSotD: Covering the News as Sports
There’s nothing much new in the commentary on the bombing attempts, though Michael Cavna has a nice roundup of editorial…
Breaking: N.Y. Times Reveals New ‘Alley Oop’ Creative Team
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