Virginia Brewery Releases ‘Frazz IPA’
From Jef Mallett’s Facebook Page: It’s here! Old Ox Brewery, in Ashburn, VA, just released a special-edition Frazz IPA, “A…
August 2019
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CSotD: I don’t get it
I like Pat Bagley‘s take on the Amazon forest fires because I don’t know what’s going on down there, but…
Pat Sandy Interviewed on ‘Blockhead’ Podcast
“Next Door Neighbors” cartoonist Pat Sandy is featured in a two-part interview on Geoff Grogan’s “Blockhead” podcast. Sandy: “A comic…
This Morning Keith Knight Woke Into Disney Empire
Woke, the live-action/animated comedy inspired by the life of The K Chronicles cartoonist Keith Knight, is being picked up to…
CSotD: Explanations, exhortations, exaltations
Michael Ramirez riffs on George C. Scott’s famous speech in the 1970 film, “Patton,” as Trump continues to deliver convoluted,…
Comic Strip Tricks of the Trade
In a recurring background sometimes I’ll draw it once and then drop it in using Adobe Photoshop. Last week…
Comics come to the aid
This is very complicated and, without my going to Youngstown and Warren, Ohio, and interviewing people, it’s not possible to…
CSotD: Speaking of Country Matters
Paul Berge’s current blog features a collection of 1919 cartoons about the “Summer Widower,” and he addresses it as something…
1957 Newspaper Comics and Creators Self-Profiles
Way back in 1957 the people involved with newspaper comic strips were celebrating the 60th anniversary of their craft. Yeah,…
Dustin Harbin, the NY Times, & Long Form Comics
I fell off a bike into an outpouring of charity. But Americans shouldn’t have to seek out strangers to pay…
CSotD: Facts? We don’t need no stinking facts!
I’m starting with Clay Bennett‘s diagram of the table for the G-7, because it doesn’t allow for a whole lot…
Democracy – A Graphic Guide to Governance
Only one quarter of grown-ass adults can correctly name all three branches of the U.S. government, according to a…
Pia Guerra Shot to the Top of Ed-Op Cartooning
Pia Guerra is one of the most poignant political cartoonists working today, yet she wasn’t even creating such art…
Sam Gross: 50 Years as New Yorker Cartoonist
It was the 1960s and Sam Gross began his cartooning career. Like other cartoonists he had a number of goals,…
Sandra Bell-Lundy Talks About the Old Country
Occasionally cartoonist Sandra Bell-Lundy dreams of the Old Country. The Old Country is Newfoundland, the home of her mother and…