above: Seth Boyes, Dickinson County News From NationalNewspaperWeek.com: This year’s observance will be held Oct. 4-10. This 80th annual National Newspaper Week is a recognition of the service of newspapers and their employees across North America and is sponsored by Newspaper Association Managers. Among the editorial and graphic material available to newspapers are cartoons. The […]
Thatababy © Paul Trap Congratulations to Paul Trap on ten years of Thatababy.The entire 10 year archive is available at GoComics. Bringing Up Father © King Features Syndicate In the vintage section of Comics Kingdom Jiggs is running for mayor. Two days after our September 29 Presidential Debate the 1946 vintage rerun seemed as […]
Garfield © Paws, Inc and distributed by Andrews McMeel Syndication If you think Garfield is just a gag-a-day comic strip you don’t know Garfield. The Garfield comics reek of a dogmatic ideology. They formulate and endorse a brand of lazy cynicism that not only encourages readers to accept the status quo, but also frames the […]
Leading off with John Deering (Creators) today, not because it’s a brilliant cartoon but because it isn’t. While others are either showing an unbecoming wish for revenge or a distinctly unflattering hint of hypocrisy, Deering simply depicts the country waiting for news, with the only moral value attached being a somewhat understated element of sorrow, […]