New NCS President is Extremely Comic Genius – also NCSFest Extras and Reuben Remainders
The new president of the National Cartoonists Society is a stand-up comedian. Oh, Jason Chatfield is also a magazine…
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$5.4 Million for Original Comic Book Cover Art
Yeah, it’s Frazetta. Frank Frazetta’s original art for the cover of Eerie #23 (September 1969) sold for $5,400,000.00…
CSotD: Plain Talk and Poetry
Juxtaposition of the Day (Matt Davies) (Ann Telnaes) Juxtaposing this pair is a bit unfair to Matt Davies, because he…
Teenager Returns as Comic Strip Creator
Last summer 15-year-old Hunter Wooldridge began his life as a newspaper comic strip creator. Now Hunter returns with a…
The Art of Cartoon Art
Cartoon critics Phil Witte and Rex Hesner look behind gags to debate what makes a cartoon tick. This week…
Plain Dealer Change – Readers Are the Editors
The Cleveland Plain Dealer recently changed their format from six columns to four columns. But now they don’t know…
‘Cat’s Cafe’ Launches on GoComics
GoComics has announced the launch of Matt Tarpley’s “Cat’s Cafe.” About the comic: Everyone is welcome at Cat’s Café! There…
The Art of Doodling: Cocteau, Warhol and Twain
The Paris Review has an excerpt from the book Scrawl: an A to Z of Famous Doodles by Todd Strauss-Schulson,…
CSotD: Random thoughts
Gary Varvel offers a thought-provoking idea, though his own opinion isn’t particularly clear here. The original Tea Party was protesting…
They Call Me The Wonderer
Sometimes I sit and wonder. For example… I wonder if Mike Curtis and Joe Staton are going to bring…
CSotD: Strange Days Have Found Us
Ann Telnaes lays out the governing principle for today’s blog. All over and in every direction. In fact, last night…
Moderately Confused Dropped – “Inappropriate”
The Galveston Daily News has dropped Jeff Stahler‘s daily Moderately Confused panel immediately, replacing it with Mark Parisi’s Off The…
Middle School Graphic Novels – It’s a Big Thing
Brian Hibbs, at ComicsBeat, goes in-depth for us examining the BookScan numbers for the 2018 Graphic Novel section. It’s time…
Jack Davis as Sports Cartoonist
If you happened to grow up in America in the 1960s, 70s or 80s, you’ve no doubt seen…
CSotD: Legends and Truths and Endings of Either
Joy of Tech got out ahead of the flood of post-GOT commentary, and did so with a piece that would…