GoComics Pulls ‘Offensive’ Bushmiller Nancy Comic
A “Classic Nancy” comic from Ernie Bushmiller was pulled by GoComics in reaction to the strip’s “negative” and “racist stereotypes”…
November 2018
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Executive Editor Diana Smith No Longer at King Features
We’re hearing from sources that Executive Editor Diana Smith is no longer at King Features. Details of the move are…
Daily Republic Comics – Rock and Hard Place
The Solano County/Fairfield (California) Daily Republic is adjusting to economic realities: It costs a great deal of money to…
CSotD: Thought-provoking Foolishness
Today’s Agnes is just plain silly, but it made me laugh because, I thought, there probably is a reason for…
Never Was Comic Strips – This Is the Week to Remember
By the early 1960s Wally Wood was a known comic artist. His EC science fiction and MAD work was…
Having Faith in Gasoline Alley
This coming weekend Gasoline Alley will celebrate its 100th anniversary, having first appeared November 24, 1918 in the Saturday…
The Shaming of Gary Larson
A guest columnist at the Journal-Advocate of Sterling, Colorado, attempts to guilt Gary Larson into bringing “The Far Side” back…
CSotD: Monday Restart
Ed Hall is right, and so was I. The problem is climate change, but people are still seizing on the…
November 18, 1928 – Mickey’s Birthday? Eventually.
When did Mickey celebrate his third birthday? October 24, 1931. When did Mickey celebrate his fifth birthday? October 1,…
CSotD: Trump has a Gore/Quayle moment
You may recall when Al Gore claimed that he invented the Internet and everyone giggled. It became a punchline, and…
Mickey Mouse at 90 is Still Animated
90 years ago Mickey Mouse became very popular due to his freewheeling attitude in the early cartoons. After a…
The (Air) Pirated Mickey Mouse
This is the story of five kids and a mouse. It begins with a boy—Dan O’Neill, who, at 21,…
Political Cartoons and Cartoonists in the News
Kevin Siers References A Past Master Not news but I enjoyed Kevin Siers tribute to the famous Robert Minor…
CSotD: Mixed Bag
I don’t expect a coherent theme to emerge today, so we’ll start with a Tank McNamara of great social significance…
Dilbert’s Scott Adams Talks
Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz interviews American cartoonist Scott Adams, who captured the dysfunction of the modern workplace in…