Happy Dan Spiegle’s Birthday
Dan Spiegle was born 100 years ago today (and passed on in 2017) © William Boyd Ent.(?) Dan Spiegle was…
December 2020
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CSotD: It’s not even past
Oddly enough, I had just been thinking about the term “grasping at straws” before I saw this Ed Hall (Ind)…
Misc. News Featuring Misc. Comic Strips
The Best Comics of 2020 Heart © AMS; Six Chix © KFS; Nancy © UFS Pop culture site Nerdist has…
YouTube Deletes Video from Scott Adams’ Channel
From The Federalist: Google-owned YouTube shut down Dilbert Comic strip creator Scott Adams on Friday, stripping a video off the…
CSotD: Friday Funnies, plus a Flashback
Timing Is Everything Dept. — Man, I wish I’d had today’s Non Sequitur (AMS) yesterday when I was defending Dylan’s…
Comics & Art: Cartoonists Chronicles-20201210
Some historical essays from the past week. William Gropper: Social Justice Cartoonist GROPPER, who was contributing to other…
Flash Gordon Cartoonist Jim Keefe Interviewed
Yes, Jim Keefe is the artist of the Sally Forth comic strip, but he was (1996-2003), and occasionally still is,…
Richard Corben – RIP
Comic artist and illustrator Richard Corben has passed away. Richard Vance Corben October 1, 1940 – December 2, 2020…
New Yorker Cartoonist Arrested for Child Porn
From The Daily Voice: A cartoonist famous for his work in the “New Yorker,” has been arrested in the Hudson…
Watertown Daily Times Embraces Dark Side
A Finnish horse is among the new characters residing in the comic pages of the Johnson Newspaper Corp. In October,…
CSotD: Taking our best shots
John Cole (Times-Tribune) bemoans Bob Dylan’s decision to sell his catalog to Universal Music, and his worry that meaningful songs…
Animated Mindrot*
For some reason I have a few stories relating to animation in the queue. A Charlie Brown Christmas at 55…
CSotD: Changing Times
A potpourri of cartoons today, but I’ll start with this commentary by Ann Telnaes (WashPost) on the latest, and perhaps…
Gainesville Sun Discontinues Jake Fuller Editoons
Freelance editorial cartoonist Jake Fuller has lost his spot at The Gainesville Sun due to bad timing and an inattentive…
40 Years Ago – Bloom County
There’s no comic strip that epitomized the ’80s as well as Bloom County. That is how Ultimate Classic Rock begins…