Keith Knight, Tove Jansson, Charles Addams, Matt Groening, Aaron MacGruder, Edward Gorey, E. H. Shepard, Liz Montague, and others. Finnish illustrator Tove Jansson spent many summers at a remote mökki (cottage), enjoying idyllic moments that would later make their way into the stories of her famous comic strip, The Moomins. Cartoonist Keith Knight’s The K […]
The end of the year brings out the “Best of” lists.Some of which contains items that we have mentioned here. The Beat‘s list of the 50 best comics of 2020 includes titles by seasoned creators and up-and-coming talents. Forbes has put out their list of The Best Graphic Novels of 2020. Polygon has […]
Harry Bliss, who lives about 20 miles south of here, cites 40 inches of snow from yesterday’s morning dump, and I got a laff over his having bought JD Salinger’s home and then joking about having to dig himself out. Salinger wasn’t a hermit — he came into town and was sociable enough — but […]