Return of a Classic Comic Strip
Sixty-five years after they first debuted in 1954, Bazooka Joe and His Gang returns. Bazooka Candy Brands announced the…
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Harold Emery – RIP
Gag writer Harold Emery has passed away. Harold Rodney Emery May 31, 1920 – March 20, 2019 From the…
CSotD: The Least Policy
I’ll admit I came to this morning’s blog posting in a negative mood, having trudged through King Features’ new, improved…
John Reiner Locks Horns with Cartooning Career
I was a freshman when I got a call from Joe Simon, who was the co-creator of Captain America. He…
Comics in the Mid-Week News
Big Nate, Lincoln Peirce, and the Mid-School Kids Tuesday saw Nate Peirce entertain and inform the Westbrook Middle School…
Comics Kingdom Redesigned Website Goes Online
The redesigned Comics Kingdom website went up today (April 3, 2019). At the Comics Kingdom blog Tea welcomes us…
CSotD: There’s no such word as ‘gullible’
Signe Wilkinson scores with what I’m calling a “Naked Emperor Moment,” wherein someone says what others have had on their…
The Annual Return of Calvin and Hobbes
Calvin County by Watterson & Breathed returned once again for April Fools’ Day. For the fourth year in a row,…
Steve Benson Joins Arizona Mirror
Editorial cartoonist Steve Benson has joined the crew at Arizona Mirror. In late January the Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist, along with…
CSotD: Explanations, where available
If Sheldon‘s duck, Arthur, had swallowed an encyclopedia instead of a dictionary, he’d understand electrical wiring. It’s a bit of…
Codex Comix replaces La Cucaracha
It appears as if a new comic strip has now replaced an older one. In an April 1, 2019 Facebook…
Funny Characters, But Not Fools, in Today’s News
Quotes From Cathy Cathy Guisewite is on a book tour. “After I quit the strip, so much started changing in…
CSotD: 75 Years Ago
I’m going light on the commentary and heavy on the comics for April Fool’s Day. Here’s what people found in…