CSotD: Friday Funnies, Educational Division
Real Life Adventures comes as close to politics as we’re going to get today, because it’s Friday Funnies. But it’s…
August 2019
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MAD: To Be or Not To Be
Above is the last issue of MAD. (Or not.) #9 is dated October 2019 and on the shelves of bookstores,…
CSotD: Defining White Supremacy
This is going to be a text-heavy blog, so let’s warm up first with a couple of cartoons. (Oh, it’s…
The Fusco Brothers at 30 ( not -30- )
The Fusco Brothers by J. C. Duffy first appeared on August 7, 1989. It celebrated the anniversary with today’s strip….
Wrapping Up Wiley’s Washington Weekend
Wiley Miller, the cartoonist behind the popular “Non Sequitur,” told an audience for the first time Monday that he almost…
Brewed On Grant by Rob Rogers Returns/update
From the 2018 Departures listing: BREWED ON GRANT by Rob Rogers September 10, 1997 – May 23, 2018 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette…
CSotD: Cynicism, Realism and Pragmatism
Over in Prickly City, Carmen has been searching for normalcy and Winslow has been denying it means what she thinks…
Team Mitch Deflects Blame To Cartoonist Joel Pett
Spring of 2019 and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell proudly takes on the mantle of the Grim Reaper when Speaker…
Peanuts: Big Picture on a Small Scale
“Peanuts,” Schulz once said, “deals in defeat.” At its core, the comic parses existential angst, strip by strip—not Cold War…
Jim Davis Sells Garfield to Nickelodeon/Viacom
Viacom has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Paws, Inc., the entity that holds all global intellectual property rights…
CSotD: Here We Are, Here’s Who We Are
Steve Sack lays it out in unmistakable, inarguable terms. The excuses simply don’t stand up to any even half-serious inspection….
Little Orphan Tannkie McNamara and Other History
95 years ago today Little Orphan Annie by Harold Gray appeared. Earlier this year Annie made a guest appearance in…
Gatehouse + Gannett – New Level of Consolidation
Two of the country’s largest newspaper companies have agreed to combine in the latest media deal driven by the industry’s…
CSotD: Friday Funnies come on a Monday this week
(I’m going to take a day to let the more serious editorial commentary catch up.) I find it most…
Special Spokane Non Sequitur on a Wiley Weekend
It’s a Wiley Miller weekend in Spokane, Washington. Yesterday the Spokane Spokesman-Review featured a couple pages touting the return…