Posted on: March 6, 2020

A look at a few comics pages from 66 years ago.   Thanks and a tip of the Hatlo hat to Bruce Rosenberger! More of this sort of classic comic curios can be found at the DailyDoseComics group and at the ILoveComicsArchive.  

Gannett newspaper The Tallahassee Democrat was forced by Corporate to realign its comics page. The result of cutting Pickles, since the majority of newspaper subscribers are the among the elder generations, was predictable. “My heart hurt so much when I read about the loss of my beloved ‘Pickles’ comic every morning from now on… I want […]

Hy Eisman began his cartooning career in 1950, and 70 years later he’s still at it. The National Cartoonists Society has announced that Hy will receive the Milton Caniff Award: We are in awe that at the age of 92 Hy is currently drawing and writing the gags for the Popeye Sunday strip. We also […]

  Clay Jones backs up his cartoon with a furious screed about conspiracy theories and sore losers, worth reading for the anger as well as the message: Congratulations, Democratic conspiracy theorists. You’re on the same level of thinking and paranoia as Donald Trump. Voting or endorsing is not a coup. It’s democratic. It’s politics. And […]