Alfred G. Caplin was riding high with his success on the Joe Palooka comic strip and creating the hillbilly character Big Leviticus (a claim disputed by Ham Fisher) when he decided he could become a big-time cartoonist instead of a low paid assistant. And so he did – with Li’l Abner. above: the first […]
Mike Luckovich replaces the now-familiar firehose metaphor with something closer to everyone’s heart. Though it’s only fair to note that Luckovich penned this humorous commentary a day or two before Trump’s delusional ravings began to cost lives. At this stage, the challenge for responsible editorialists is not keeping up with the flow but dealing with […]
With the October 28, 2018 Sunday strip Henry ceases its King Features syndicated run. The daily strip ended with the Saturday October 27, 2018 issue. Henry by Carl Anderson first appeared as a (mostly) panel in the Saturday Evening Post issue of March 19, 1932 and ran there until February 2, 1935. King […]