Dick Tracy Minit Mystery for the New Year
The Dick Tracy comic strip will end the year (and start the next) with a new Minit Mysteries arc….
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Olivia Jaimes’ Nancy is Funniest & more 2018 hits
Vox’s Todd VanDerWerff says A mysterious 20-something artist named Olivia Jaimes revived the legacy of a comic that had…
CSotD: Of diamonds and dime stores
I thought Real Life Adventures did a nice job of summing up the holidays. Every Christmas season, auto companies run…
Count The Days
At the moment, checking the bestsellers in Amazon‘s Books > Comics & Graphic Novels > Comic Strips category, about…
CSotD: Peace on Earth, if you can keep it
Christmas a century ago, as we’ll see, featured many of the same holiday comic strip themes as today, but, as…
Confirmed: Intelligent Life Ends Print Syndication
Last month we were told that Intelligent Life would be ending its print syndication. But questions remained: Whether December…
CSotD: And so this is Christmas …
Marty Two Bulls leads off today with a particularly fine spin on Joseph and Mary as homeless travelers in a…
‘Tis The Season
Jim Keefe‘s present is a presentation of a 1939 King Features set of Christmas cards by Soglow. DeBeck, Raymond,…
Apple Signs ‘Peanuts’ Gang to be Part of Streaming Service
Variety reports that Apple has signed a deal with DHX Media to create “series, specials and shorts” for Apple’s new…
CSotD: Avoiding the Cornfield
Dwane Powell sets the mood for today’s array. There have been several “screaming toddler” approaches to Trump and his hissy…
GoComics’ Biggest Comic Strip Stories of 2018
Nancy, Alley Oop, Deflocked, Sarah Scribbles, Garfield, and more make the list of Stephen Roth‘s 10 Biggest Comic Strip…
Cartoonists and Comics in the News
Cathy Guisewite remembers childhood, Christmas, and Midland Michigan. The Midland Daily News interviews Cathy about her childhood Christmases, with…
CSotD: Rising to a Nasty Point of Personal Privilege
DD Degg has already covered the basics of the Overseas Press Club’s decision to unname their annual award for best…
The New Yorker Looks Back on a Year of Trump Cartoons
The New Yorker has published “Trump in 2018: A Cartoon Review” which seems incredibly self-explanatory. Click here for the review.