Jim Toomey and College Professor Create Short Film Series
Jim “Sherman’s Lagoon” Toomey and University of Georgia Professor Samantha Joye have partnered to produce a kids’ film series on…
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Comic Strip of the Day: Friday Funnies
But first this … When I drop subtle hints that newspaper editors are cloth-eared, humorless dweebs who ought not to…
Free GoComics Premium Membership (temporarily)
GoComics is offering free GoComics Premium membership as a trial. Everyone knows that one of the keys…
Mary Schmich, Jim Toomey, Roz Chast, Ed Koren, Jeff Smith
Mary Schmich, newspaper columnist and the last writer of the Brenda Starr comic strip, went on the radio to…
20 Things You Didn’t Know About Dr. Seuss
You’ve probably been pronouncing “Seuss” wrong. Sorry, but Seuss is not pronounced “Soose.” Instead, Dr. Seuss and his family,…
Intelligent Life to End Print Syndication
David Reddick’s Intelligent Life will stop syndicating for print later this year. No official word from David or…
CSotD: The long and short of it
The flow of inspiration from the Trump firehose has been such that I just want to flush it out now,…
Hey Kids! Comics! (November Thanks)
The following are some comic strip related books released or scheduled to be released in November (though a…
The Beguiling Philosophy of Peanuts
The BBC covers the Peanuts exhibit going on over in the UK at Somerset House by having its writer reflect on…
CSotD: Fact Checking the Opinions
I referenced Daniel Patrick Moynihan the other day, who is mostly famous for saying that you are entitled to your…
Stan Lee Tributes from Editorial Cartoonists
Ramsey Stiglich Breen Stahler Heller Enos Beeler Summers McKee …
Charles Glass – RIP
Cartoonist Charles Glass has passed away. Charles Edward Glass July 4, 1930 – November 5, 2018 Magazine cartoonist, advertising…
Olivia Jaimes was Hiding in a Storage Closet
On a Sunday afternoon in September, Olivia Jaimes was hiding in a storage closet at the Columbus Metropolitan Library…
2018 Stanley Awards (Australian Cartoonists Assn)
above: last year’s Comic Strip Stanley Award to Gary Clark The Australian Cartoonists’ Association is holding its annual Stanley…
Comic Strip of the Day: Smart Humor
I wasn’t planning to run any more Veteran’s Day rain strips, but this L’il Donnie ought not to go unremarked….