Comics Corona Conundrum – updated
When is too late? What is proper? Syndicated comic strips are created weeks in advance, and Sunday editions are set…
March 2020
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CSotD: Exeunt, laughing
Starting off today with John Aucther, both to pursue his point and to express how tiring it is to monitor…
Chinese American Cartoonist Takes on Covid-19
Chen Weng knows from coronavirus hot spots. The artist was born in Wuhan and now lives in Seattle, so it…
CSotD: Morbid-19
We’ll start the day with Steve Sack‘s commentary on working at home, because he acknowledges the challenge without going overboard….
Román Arámbula – RIP
Comic strip artist and animator Román Arámbula has passed away. Román V. Arámbula September 18, 1936 (?1935?) – March 19,…
74th Reubens – Divisional Nominees Announced
The National Cartoonists Society has revealed the 2019 NCS Divisional Award nominees for the 74th Annual NCS Reuben Awards. All…
Women Cartoonists International Award Winners
The “Women Cartoonists International Award“ announced Doaa Eladl from Egypt as the winner of the first grand prize… while…
National Newspaper Award Finalists
Finalists for the have been announced. This is the 71st year for the awards program, and the 31st under the…
CSotD: Friday Funnies Despite It All
Alex has been at the top of his game this past week, and here’s one that evokes the unlikely phrase,…
Comic Strips and Cartooning in News and History
Archie and Flash Gordon Together Again for the First Time The Hollywood Reporter reports that Flash Gordon will appear in…
Playboy Ends Print Edition
After its Spring 2020 issue Playboy magazine will stop printing regular editions in the U.S. “We have decided that our…
CSotD: Alone (and yet alive)
J.D. Crowe extends the invitation and we should all accept it and gather together, separately. I’m good with that. I’ve worked…
Comics Community Comity Amid Covid Concerns
above: Clay Bennett of the Chattanooga Times Free Press With all the important places closing, some comics people are…
2020 Herblock Prize/Lecture Ceremony Cancelled
The Herb Block Foundation has announced that the ceremony honoring the 2020 Herblock Prize winners has, for now, been cancelled:
CSotD: The New Normal
Peter Brookes joins the ranks of cartoonists who are posting what you might call “stiff upper lip” cartoons, which are…