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Why Trump is Cartoonist’s Target-in-Chief “You pick on Trump way more than you picked on Obama.” I started wondering…
January 2019
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CSotD: Cartoons That Made Me Think About Something Else
I don’t know that Dan Piraro (who still does the Sunday Bizarros, while Wayno does the dailies) was looking for…
Comic Strip Stuff
The above is making the rounds and ties in somewhat with part of today’s essay by Mike Peterson. The original…
CSotD: Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Artists
Today’s Bottomliners coincidentally echoes some rumblings on social media, which I think started … … with this piece that…
CSotD: Friday Funnies, Just in Time
Dick Tracy has always been a straight shooter, but his dialogue in the last panel knocked me out of my…
Cartooning News and Notes
Cartoonist and artist Jeff Stahler is featured on the PBS show Broad & High. Equal parts about his cartooning…
Erie Times-News to Gut its Comics Pages
The Erie Times-News plans on cutting 14-16 of its 36 comic strips and panels. Our intent is to eliminate…
CSotD: Incel-ated from the truth
I’ve seen about half a dozen Carol Channing obituary cartoons, which sent me to IMBD to find out the last…
I Yam What I Yam an’ Tha’s All I Yam – Popeye Is 90
90 years ago on January 17, 1929… E. C. Segar introduced Popeye into his comic strip. Popeye was only…
Popeye’s Cartoon Club debuts January 17
Popeye’s Cartoon Club, the new weekly online comic strip, is set to debut from King Features Syndicate on January 17,…
Hey Kids! Comics! – New Books for a New Year
Here are some books scheduled for January 2019 release. Images and links to Amazon (though ordering through your local comic…
CSotD: No good deed goes unpunished
I’ll let today’s Candorville set the tone, because it’s the most self-critical of today’s batch of cartoons, plus I’m always…
Some Recent Comics Stuff
Tom Batiuk spent a few days of his Funky Winkerbean last week dishing on young’uns unknowledge of zipatone and…
CSotD: Mac Attack
Poor Lee Judge. Not only do the scandals come faster than you can draw them, but even trivial gags…
Olivia Jaimes: Comics Beat Newcomer of the Year
Heidi MacDonald reports that Olivia Jaimes was voted The (Comics) Beat Newcomer of the Year. The voting for Comics…