special post by B.B.Bunk Harold Teen, Barney Google, and the Thimble Theatre cast were all created in 1919. Those comic strip characters were joined by a couple animated characters who made their debut that same year. One was Felix the Cat who, as “Master Tom,” appeared in the Pat Sullivan Studio short Feline Follies. 1919 […]
Ernie Bushmiller was not averse to taking it easy for his Labor Day comic strips, and letting the readers know it. Even Guy Gilchrist, on occasion, did the gag. Olivia Jaimes seems to be embracing this tradition. This Labor Day, for the second year in a row, she has decided to “take it easy.” […]
As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly. — Proverbs 26:11 In the aftermath of every election, wise observers conclude that the “horse race” coverage was not only lazy but detracted from what could be, and should be, more useful and intelligent comparisons of candidates. And then, in the next […]