CSotD: Deniable Sources
Steve Breen ties in two related stories with a good news/bad news gag. The good news is that Dear Leader…
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Comic Strips From the Week That Was
Looking back at some comic strips from this past week. But first, since both Beetle Bailey and Stars and Stripes…
CSotD: Source for the goose is source for the gander
Pat Bagley sets the tone for today, or, more accurately, he comments on the tone set by the White House…
Kevin and Kell – A Silver Anniversary
Kevin and Kell began 25 years ago as a five day a week online comic strip. The first daily was…
CSotD: Friday Funnies con brio
Alex notes the slight easing of quarantine and, one hopes, the slight easing of tensions caused thereby. The element of…
Another Police Organization Rebukes Another Editorial Cartoonist (Pat Bagley Edition)
The Salt Lake Tribune cartoonist Pat Bagley is the latest to come under attack for exercising First Amendment rights. The…
Three Word Answer: ‘Tom the Dancing Bug’s’ Ruben Bolling (Part II)
On today’s “Three-Word Answer” it’s Part 2 of our chat talking with social/political/pop-culture/jack-of-all-genres Ruben Bolling. Ruben is the cartoonist behind…
CSotD: The Roots of All Evil
Apparently, while my somewhat well-curated feed was telling me about other, less important things going on in the world, all…
Peyote Cowboy: In The Old (Bizarro) West
So you’ve been wondering what Dan Piraro has been up to since giving up Bizarro dailies to Wayno? Apparently he’s…
The Comics Page: Living on a Thin Line
Jan Bosman in the Northwest Herald: The last several months, I have noticed obvious differences among [the Herald’s comic] strips….
CSotD: Believe you me
I tend to avoid cartoons that simply mock someone without making a salient point, but Clay Bennett is spot-on in…
74th Annual Reuben Awards/2020 NCSFest Lineup
The National Cartoonist Society has released its schedule for the September 12, 2020 NCSFest and Reuben Awards. Streaming broadcast…
First and Last – Patty-Jo ‘n’ Ginger
Most comics historians, in writing about Jackie Ormes, note her Torchy Brown comic strip for which she is justly famous….
Carl Skanberg’s No-Hitter Scorecard Featured on MLB.com
“That New Carl Smell” cartoonist Carl Skanberg was profiled in a feature story on MLB.com. From the Michael Clair piece:…
Jackie Ormes Honored with Google Doodle
Today (September 1) cartoonist Jackie Ormes is being honored with a Google Doodle slideshow. Jackie Ormes was born Zelda Mavin…