Pogo, Howard the Duck, Snoopy, Bill the Cat, and other comic characters have had runs at being the President of the United States. Yes, even Alfred E. Neuman. Now Alfred E. Neuman has been introduced into the 2020 race by President Trump. “Alfred E. Neuman cannot become president of the United States,” Trump […]
Famed Spanish illustrator Jordi Longarón has passed away. Jordi Longarón i Llopart (aka: Jorge Longarón) February 1 November 29, 1933 – May 10, 2019 Spanish comic artist Jordi Longarón made a name for himself throughout Europe; in the United States he was known as Jorge Longarón, artist of the Friday Foster comic strip. […]
The most memorable legacy of Mark Harris’s classic baseball novel, “Bang the Drum Slowly” — which was made into a movie with Michael Moriarity and Robert De Niro — are the games of Tegwar, a ridiculous scam in which the object is to fleece some rookie or star-struck fan who doesn’t realize that “T.E.G.W.A.R.” stands […]