Letters to the Editor: Comics Edition
Hey, TDC readers! It’s time for another roundup of comics-related letters to the editor from around the continent. From the…
2018
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CSotD: Drawing on values
I’ll confess to not having watched the funeral yesterday, but, from what I’ve seen of the commentary and photos and…
What Might Have Been – Nancy, Tiger
In 1994 United Feature Syndicate decided to go retro with the Nancy comic strip. Word was quietly spread among…
CSotD: ‘Toons That Make You Go ‘Hmmm’
Jimmy Johnson has a dedicated following, but it was still ballsy of him to produce a comic using only Arlo…
Soup to Nutz Returns and other comic strip stuff
The Life and Times of Andrew Nutz Rick Stromoski’s Soup To Nutz comic strip ended earlier this year. Now…
Bush 41 in Ed-Op Cartooning (and other stuff)
George H. W. Bush is the overwhelming topic. In the Orlando Sentinel Dana Summers recalls a 1989 White…
“White Supremacist Cartoonist” Accusations – updated
In South Africa: The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA) came under fire over the weekend for the use of…
Tumblr’s New Content Algorithm Finds Garfield Explicit
There’s much hubbub on social media on Tumblr’s new content policy. Cartoonist Shan Murphy had posted a couple of Garfield…
CSotD: Things I get, things I don’t
Pros and Cons puts matters in a way I like: Whimsical on the surface, darker inside. It’s a good starting…
Cartooning History, Lessons #243 – 247
The Origins of Gorey’s The Gashlycrumb Tinies Gorey’s darkly droll tales touch—lightly—on weighty matters: the death of God, the…
CSotD: Potpourri & Popeye
Let’s get the political piece out of the way first: In today’s Non Sequitur, Wiley Miller comments on the new…
King Features Celebrates Popeye’s 90th with New Look, Videos
George Gene Gustines over at The New York Times covers the news that King Features has retooled the look and…
H.W. and Barbara Bush Bookend Tribute Cartoons
Upon learning the news that George H. W. Bush had died editorial cartoonist Marshall Ramsey knew what to draw….
The Garry Trudeau Chronicles
CBS Sunday Morning’s Sunday Profile for December 2, 2018 is Jane Pauley interviewing cartoonist Garry Trudeau. Garry Trudeau and…
CSotD: News and Sports
George HW Bush has died and Bob Englehart offers my favorite obituary cartoon on the topic, which is pretty muted…