CSotD: Homework is 90% of your grade
I’m not necessarily standing behind anything today, but I’m promoting the idea of doing your damn homework, so I…
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Wolfgang Fuchs – RIP
Comics author, historian, and translator Wolfgang J. Fuchs has passed away. Wolfgang J. Fuchs September 16, 1945 – January 20,…
A Winter Wonderland of Famous Funnies
Crime SuspenStories “Jolting (or Joking) Tales of Tension” – I’ve been enjoying Dan Thompson‘s detective noir parody. This particular Crime…
CSotD: Decisions and opinions, mostly bad
Pat Bagley takes on the new guidance from the Trump administration that it is no longer required for schools to…
“Feiffer On Nixon” in the Trump Era
“It’s déjà vu all over again.” – Yogi Berra So Michael Tisserand took 1974’s Feiffer On Nixon down from…
CSotD: The Book Nook
Patrick Chappatte’s summary expulsion from the NYTimes’ International Edition drew a lot of attention last June. For those who missed…
First and Last – Friday Foster and Torchy Brown
January 18, 1970, fifty years ago today, heralded the debut of the first “mainstream” comic strip starring an African American…
Marshall Ramsey, Drawing His Own Conclusions
Marshall Ramsey gets a nice two and a half minute segment on WJTV. Marshall Ramsey creates not only words but…
CSotD: I slalomly swear
I’m generally inclined to snicker derisively when a whole bunch of cartoonists go tearing off on the same topic, but…
Rachel Lindsay Returns to Seven Days
Cartoonist Rachel Lindsay has returned to Vermont’s alternative weekly Seven Days with a new strip. Last summer, with the July…
Hey Kids! Comics! Read Comics, Get Smarter
Language experts have been studying the act of reading comics and its effect on the brain, and they have arrived…
Ron Rogers – RIP
Editorial cartoonist Ron Rogers has passed away. Ronald L. (Ron) Rogers May 13, 1954 – January 7, 2020 Editorial…
CSotD: Friday Funnies Droning On About the Past
I know I was supposed to laugh at today’s Arctic Circle, but my response was “That would have been so…
Andertoons Professional Cartooning Workshop
Famed cartoonist Mark Anderson is holding a cartooning workshop in May. I’m pleased to announce the very first Andertoons Professional…
Brother Rock Comic Strip Gets into Print Paper
Randy Gabbard has been in the rock and roll music scape for decades … now he’s turned all those experiences…