Marty Riskin – RIP
Cartoonist Marty Riskin has passed away. Martin S. (Marty) Riskin November 26, 1936 – July 9, 2020 From the…
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CSotD: Substituting Stories for Statutes, and other follies
Marty Two Bulls certainly has standing to make this observation, but I would point out that he’s saying something less…
Book Title Copyrights – Long Story Short
From Writer’s Digest: Much like names, slogans and ideas, titles are not protected by U.S. copyright laws (which is why…
Fred Purucker – RIP
Cartoonist Fred Purucker has passed away. Frederick J. (Fred) Purucker, Jr.May 28, 1931 – June 30, 2020 Malibu Times editorial…
CSotD: It’s Friday Funnies and So What?
A bit of cautionary wisdom from Arlo for anyone who hasn’t noticed that whatever crazy was out there to start…
Bottorff’s ComicBack© Checklist Updated for 2020
Last week you heard, and maybe saw, the fireworks going off, but you were probably mistaken about the cause. It…
A Hostile Life In The Boondocks
In 1999 Aaron McGruder shook up the comics pages in America’s newspapers. In 1997, not long after Aaron McGruder pulled…
Jan Eliot Interviewed as Stone Soup End Nears
With three Sunday strips left until Stone Soup ends, Jan Eliot is interviewed. … what have you learned in the…
CSotD: Bread and Stones
Which of you, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone? — Matthew, 7:9 I agree with…
Seven Days’ Cartoon Issue + Keith Knight add
From Seven Days’ introduction to The Cartoon Issue: Like every other Vermont enterprise, Seven Days has scrapped, postponed or reinvented…
Russian Caricaturist Draws Adorable Native Girls
A bit off our normal path, but too cute to let go. From Bored Panda: Our world is so beautifully…
CSotD: If you go right, you’ll be left
Today’s headline is from an old joke, one that struck me as funny at an age when I wasn’t quite…
New Far Side Stuff by Gary Larson is Here!
As promised Gary Larson has returned! And it’s annotated: … So a few years ago—finally fed up with my once-loyal…
CSotD: Fighting Hate With Homework
Here are the most recent two days at Prickly City, and whether or not this is going to be a…