Charlie Brown and Pogo Possum Correspondence
Charles Schulz writing to Walt Kelly (late 1954): My book is filled with so much bad work, that I would…
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CSotD: We need some closers
Scott Stantis unintentionally wraps up how I’m feeling about social media specifically and the body politic generally. His intention is…
Art Lozzi – RIP
Animation background artist Art Lozzi has passed away. Arminio Guido (Art) Lozzi October 22, 1929 – November 4, 2019 A…
Tauhid Bondia Interview
Webcomics. Far too many webcomics for me to follow, but there are a few I really enjoy. Among the webcomic…
Edgar Rice Burroughs Authorized Library – Tarzan
As long as I’m going off-topic of my self-imposed rules… The Edgar Rice Burroughs Authorized Library For the first time,…
The Future Is … Deference to Mainland China
A bit out of my wheelhouse, but… Though there was no intention to offend, DC Comics has decided that the…
CSotD: Friday Funnies
I understand there’s an ingredient in jellyfish that improves your memory, which is why I can look at this Reality…
Thanksgiving – That Was Then, This Is Now
I am thankful to Bruce Rosenberger for the 1953 black and white comic strips, and to Comics Kingdom and GoComics…
CSotD: Somethingsomethingturkey
Today’s Moderately Confused is only confused about what the drama will be, not whether there will be some. A lot…
A Cumulative Remembrance – Gahan Wilson
A collection of news stories and tributes on the death of Gahan Wilson. above: Michael Cavna-Warped News The Washington Post…
new comic: Liz at Large by Elizabeth Montague
The Washington City Paper has a new panel cartoon. Welcome a new cartoon series—here for the next eight weeks. Liz…
Jimmy Margulies Loses Gig
The American Association of Editorial Cartoonists notes: We got an email the other day from cartoonist Jimmy Margulies, who wanted…
Talking Funny and Comic Looking
Lectures, Conversations, and Exhibits. Mark Dery on Nursery Crimes: Edward Gorey’s Morbid Nonsense. In [an] illustrated lecture, cultural critic…
CSotD: Baalderdash
Paul Fell speaks to a specific blasphemy, but his cartoon has wider and deeper significance. The notion of Trump as…
Howard Cruse – RIP
Cartoonist Howard Cruse has passed away. Howard Russell Cruse May 2, 1944 – November 26, 2019 Howard’s daughter shared…