Unbeknownst to him, the frantic graphics job would lead to his future calling. “I had a lot of downtime waiting for the graphics lists from the news department. So the guy who worked next to me said, ‘You’re always doing these stupid little drawings. Why don’t you try sending some to magazines?’ I did that […]
John Rose has kicked off the 100th anniversary story of Barney Google and Snuffy Smith. The celebratory story starts today and, according to John, it will run “a little over two weeks.” That puts it at least until the June 17, 2019 centennial. above: the first two Barney Google strips (June 17 and […]
Stephan Pastis offered up the originals of two Pearls Before Swine signed Sunday strips to help benefit STEM Preparatory Schools. Founded in 2015 through the merger of several highly successful schools, STEM Preparatory Schools operates public charter schools in the West Adams and Jefferson Park neighborhoods of South Los Angeles. We are committed to […]
Tank McNamara comments on something that has alternately puzzled and depressed me: The resurgence in recent years of boxing. The fight he refers to was a particularly strong example of why. Howard Cosell, who was at the time the best-known boxing announcer, stepped away from the sport late in 1982, after announcing a particularly brutal […]