Luann: 35 Years of 13 Going On 18
On March 17, 1985 we met a 13-year-old ( a pre-teen?) Luann. above: the first daily Luann – March 18,…
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CSotD: Sanity retention
Nick Anderson captures the moment, and I would add that not only has Facebook (and Twitter, for that matter) become…
Diddling with Doodling
Kids’ author Mo Willems is here to make Mondays a little better for a while: Starting today, he’ll release a new…
Never Was Comic Strips – Lassie & Chuck Rawjors
Cartoonist Basil Wolverton made a name for himself as a comic book artist, with weird humor and art. Like most…
74th Reubens – 50 Years of Andrews McMeel
The 2020 Reuben Awards Weekend and Dinner is being held in Kansas City, Missouri. The choice of Kansas City has…
CSotD: Good timing, bad timing, you know we’ve had our share
Ben Jennings scores. This is one of those pieces where the only real response is, “Good for you,” because there…
The Adventurous Sunday Funnies
Six weeks ago Little Oop, the Sunday Alley Oop, began a time travel story. Three weeks later (a week earlier…
Hey Kids! Comics! Stay Home with a Good Book
In 2019, more Americans went to the library than to the movies. A Coronavirus Library Update from Publishers Marketplace: Overdrive…
CSotD: Sunday Morning and we’re all coming down
Kal Kallaugher gets away with the tired iceberg metaphor for two reasons: One is his art, through which he can…
CSotD: Home-Thoughts, from Home
I’m going to try to be mostly critical in a literary rather than a social sense today, starting with Steve…
King Features Editorial Director TEA is Interviewed
Tea Fougner is the Editorial Director for Comics at King Features Syndicate and joins [Graphic Policy] to talk about comics…
Comic Strip News
REMINDER: Only two days left for NCS members to vote for the Reuben Divisional awards. As conventions are being cancelled…
CSotD: Friday the 13th come on a … never mind
Pros and Cons offers some math problems as well as questions of age. Samuel wants to be a kid, but…
Al Jaffee’s 99th Birthday on Friday the 13th
Al Jaffee, the cartoonist responsible for you not being able to find a mint condition copy of MAD Magazine, celebrates…
Cartoonews
REMINDER: Four weeks to deadline for the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists’ The Rex Babin Memorial Award for Excellence in…