CSotD: Apocryphal Awry
I give up. I’ve been waiting for a period when nobody had used the Humpty Dumpty/Wall idea for a while,…
January 2019
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Jules Feiffer Joins Senior Strippers* List
Jules Feiffer was born January 26, 1929, and he celebrates his 90th birthday by offering us The Origins of…
CSotD: Friday Funnies and other Foolish Things
Alex shows that the British are more environmentally aware than we are, even if it does show it by having…
The Lockhorns (of Levittown) Move to Garden City
The Lockhorns debuted in Newsday on Sept. 9, 1968 as the “The Lockhorns of Levittown.” After Bill Hoest died…
More Claims of Misogyny Over Cartoons-updates
The longstanding animus between the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and the Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh has now drug editorial cartoonist Steve…
Gannett Cuts Steve Benson and Charlie Daniel – updated
Gannett, continuing its recent actions, has cut loose dozens of journalists today including editorial cartoonists Steve Benson and Charlie Daniel….
First and Last – Secret Agent X-9
Eighty-five years (and a couple days) ago the daily strip portion of Alex Raymond‘s January 1934 trilogy of newspaper…
CSotD: The Clodfather
Bill Bramhall uses a familiar symbol — heck, I just cited it the other day — and this time, it’s…
Bits and Pieces about Comic Strips
Sunday’s Nancy’s Gets Some Notoriety Olivia Jaimes‘ fourth wall (and gutter)-breaking January 20th Sunday strip for Nancy is getting…
CSotD: Everything you know is wrong
Matt Bors reflects the battle now raging over whatever happened at the Lincoln Memorial, which seems at this point to…
CSotD: Maybe it’s me
Maybe I’m just in a bad mood or maybe events are making any other mood difficult, but I’m going to…
Appeals Court Tosses Ted Rall v. L.A. Times Lawsuit – update: Ted Rall’s Response
I was wronged. All I wanted was a trial by jury, a right enshrined in Anglo-Saxon legal tradition in…
‘Eeny, Meeny, Miney, Moe’ Comic on MLK Holiday
A cartoon strip featuring a child’s counting song that was used as racist rhetoric in the past was published…
CSotD: A time to be thoughtful, and overthoughtful
Marty Two-Bulls has standing to comment on the incident at the Lincoln Memorial, or maybe he should recuse himself, I’m…
Gahan Wilson Retires
“It is with great sadness that I inform all of you who love Gahan Wilson, that he is retiring….