In the beginning the “Outstanding Cartoonist of the Year” was presented not with “The Reuben”, but with “The Barney.” When the National Cartoonist Society formed after World War II, one item on their agenda was an awards dinner to publicize the members and their craft. In 1947 the biggest Big Name among comic strip cartoonists […]
Below are some comic strip and cartoon books scheduled for April 2020 release. Images and links (mostly) via Amazon, though ordering through your local comic or independent book store is a good idea. Addams’ Apple: The New York Cartoons of Charles Addams Ed Leffingwell’s Little Joe by Harold Gray Nat Enough […]
I’ll start with the above Dunkin’ Donuts commercial for the benefit of readers either too young or living too distant from these shores to catch the reference. Today’s headline is a portmanteau of that commercial along with the well-known wisecrack that one should not watch the making of laws or the making of sausage. I […]