Cartoonist Chronicles
Recent (and not-so-recent) articles on comic and cartoon history. God’s Man, A Novel in Woodcuts by Lynn Ward This is…
November 2020
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CSotD: Servants of Two Masters
Carlo Goldoni found the prospect of a fool serving two masters hilarious; Matthew was less impressed with the notion. And…
When Steve Martin was a Ghost Gag Writer
It seems that before famed comedian Steve Martin teamed up with famed cartoonist Harry Bliss last year, Steve had earlier…
Steve Martin and Harry Bliss – A Collaborative Story
words & pictures © Steve Martin & Harry Bliss The New Yorker presents The Origin of Team Steve Martin and…
Attababy! Thatababy is 10!
A month late but GoComics is interviewing cartoonist Paul Trap as his Thatababy comic strip reaches its 10th year of…
CSotD: Veteran’s Day, if you can keep it
It’s Veteran’s Day, as Michael Ramirez (Creators) points out. Most years on November 11, the comics pages are flooded with…
Comic and Cartooning News Items
© King Features Syndicate Hägar the Horrible is slated for prime time animation. From Deadline: Hägar the Horrible is set…
Krazy Kat by … Not-Herriman
The responses to the King Features survey for suggestions to a comic revival brought varying responses as to which character…
CSotD: Thoughtful Funnies
(Non Sequitur — AMS) (Prickly City — AMS) The most unpleasant part of our current situation is that a pair…
Vote For a Classic King Features’ Comic Revival
King Features Syndicate is running a short survey to find which Classic KFS comic strip fans would like to see…
CSotD: What do we do now?
Morten Morland (London Times) provides a pretty good picture of what Joe Biden is facing. Between things that never happened…
Polling Sunday Funnies (may not reflect reality)
Over the Hedge gives us their Sunday lead time (six weeks). © M Fry & T Lewis Are there…
Janet Salter – RIP
Bon vivant and cartoonist Janet Salter has passed away. Janet S. (Lipsky) SalterDecember 10, 1922 – October 31, 2020 From…
Happy Birthday Rupert Bear, a Comic Centennial
Rupert characters are © & ™ Express Newspapers & DreamWorks Newspaper comic features that are still appearing in newly produced…
The Conciseness of the One Panel Cartoon
“A Wealth of Pigeons” by Harry Bliss and Steve Martin will soon be released. [Steve] Martin, who collaborate[s] with New…