Paul Krassner: Yippie Realist, Cartoon Supporter – RIP
It is being reported that Paul Krassner has passed away. From Politico: Paul Krassner, the publisher, author and radical political…
July 2019
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Punx Phil Predicts 6 More Months of Spidey Reruns
Another Amazing Spider-Man story started today (July 21, 2019) in the newspaper comic strip. I was about to say a…
Morning News Hails, Says Farewell to Mark Streeter
Mark Streeter, a Savannah Georgia cartoonist for 45 year with over 25 of those on staff with The Morning News,…
CSotD: Truth, myths, hackery and other comic fun
But first, one of my excursions into barely semi-relevant commentary, because today’s Speed Bump reminded me of the last dogsled…
Lovatts is New KFS Australasia Distributor
NEW YORK, July 15, 2019 – King Features Syndicate, a unit of Hearst and home to some of the…
Cartoon & Comic Strip News from S.D. Comic Con
The Eisner Awards were handed out last night at the San Diego Comic Con. Some comic strip and cartoon related…
CSotD: The Spin Cycle
This Robert Cenedella poster seems like a kind of Grinchy way to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the moon landing,…
The New York Times Ban on Drawn Opinions (continued)
Continuing the coverage of the New York Times cartoon ban. Swaha By now, even many who…
A Career Built on Bodacious Noses
“That’s really all you can hope for. To make somebody, just for a second, take their mind off the worries…
The Arlo and Janis Summer Art Show and Sale
Jimmy Johnson is selling Arlo and Janis strip originals. Original art is becoming a rare commodity these days. As Jimmy…
CSotD: Friday Funnies — Overthinking Everything
I don’t know if this Francis counts as “funny,” but it’s certainly apt. I have often noted, in discussing the…
Love Letters and Hate Mail
Editors get letters about the Funny Pages. Jason doesn’t like the best comic in the Deseret News: I…
NCS, KFS, More at San Diego Comic Con
Comic Con International, more famously known as the San Diego Comic Con, mostly spotlights comic books and movies; but there…
CSotD: The Stars Are Beginning to Hide
Matt Wuerker shows us where we’re at, and last night’s astonishing hatefest hardly undercuts his point, though I suppose you…
Steve Bell Rejects Antisemitic Label, Confused as to The Guardian’s Motives
In all email to all the paper’s journalists, Guardian cartoonist Steve Bell has attacked his editors’ refusal to run…