PBS Documentary on ‘Baldo” Creators Nominated for Regional Emmy
WLRN-TV in Miami has produced a documentary short about Carlos Castellanos and Hector Cantu … also known as the creators…
October 2018
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A Visit to the Andrews McMeel Offices
This past weekend [Cedric Hohnstadt] drove down to Kansas City, MO for the Fall Cartooning Weekend sponsored by the…
Kate Beaton Reflects on Making Comics, the Internet
Kate Beaton has a thoughtful and extended twitter reflection on what it took and what she’s realized in her comics’ career:…
CSotD: Futility and Belief
Joy of Tech asks a key question, which is why we seem to ignore major problems that impact the entire…
Never Was Comic Strips – daily Jungle Jim
Jungle Jim ran as a Sunday-only comic strip from 1934 to 1954. It was King Features Syndicate’s response to the…
CSotD: Our next exciting adventure!
Prince Valiant is home and, as has become traditional, he and Aleta meet in a modest but passionate bit of…
CSotD: Crazy Words, Crazy Tune
(Tom Toles) (Ann Telnaes) Let’s start the day with an all-WashPo Juxtaposition. I will confess, I gave up on Bob…
Chili Challis – RIP
Comedian Chili Challis has passed away. “I like flying kites, the higher the better. Sometimes I like doing it sober…
It’ll Be Nancy, Not Breaking Cat News, Because … Old Farts
The Lewiston (Idaho) Tribune is replacing their newest comic strip, Breaking Cat News, with Nancy, an old classic of sorts….
CSotD: Friday Funnies
Ben betrays his Canadian roots by talking snowbirds so close to Canadian Thanksgiving. When I lived by the highway between…
Cartoon Yahtzee – Why Does One Go Viral?
The past month has seen a number of editorial cartoons showing Lady Justice being assaulted by The Ruling Party. …
Josh Olsen Wins Short Shorts Animation Contest
Joshua Olsen has been named the winner of GoComics 2018 Short Shorts Animation Contest. Animators who entered their own 60-second-or-less…
CSotD: Schaedenfreude and Other Delights
Joy of Tech comments on the sort-of-sudden demise of Google Plus, and I find myself somewhat constrained to comment because…
Who Was Rick Stein? – updated
updated October 10: It seems the unusual obituary of Rick Stein, featuring the Baron Munchausen-like (Major Hoople-like?) achievements and adventures…
CSotD: The Just Us League of America
Existential Comics explores the morality of sharing excess with the poor, a long enough comic that I feel constrained about…