Doonesbury ‘Masquerade’ Winter Carnival Poster
The 2021 Garry B. Trudeau poster for the Saranac Lake Winter Carnival has been released. © Garry B. Trudeau From…
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CSotD: Cultural cancellations
Loretta Lockhorn (KFS) offers an apolitical commentary on the cancel culture, which lets us open the topic gently before diving…
Doonesbury – Past, Present, and Future
NPR talked to Garry Trudeau and a couple others about Doonesbury. It all began as an irreverent strip called Bull…
Walt Kelly’s Pogo is New Billy Ireland Exhibit
Into the Swamp: The Social and Political Satire of Walt Kelly’s Pogo, an exhibition curated from the Billy Ireland Cartoon…
Syndicate Pulls Pastis Military Coup Strips
Last week Stephan Pastis warned that his upcoming Pearls Before Swine comic strip featured a military coup story line. Now…
CSotD: The Nation That Walked Into Doors
We’ll let Jen Sorensen (Ind) set the stage for what is going to be an extensive and incomplete look at…
Hey Kids! Comics! – Winter Reading
© Tom Gauld Below are some comic strip and cartoon books scheduled for January 2021 release. Images and links (mostly)…
CSotD: No dogs were humiliated in the making of this post
Existential Comics gave me a laugh this morning when most quasi-political attempts at humor have failed, and I suspect this…
Maria Scrivan’s Half Full Switches Syndicates
Today is the last Half Full panel to be distributed by Tribune Content Agency, tomorrow, January 12, 2021, Maria Scrivan‘s…
CSotD: Rushing to Judgment
Mike Marland (Ind) asks the questions I’d also like an answer to. The least of them, I would say, is…
First and Last – Smokey the Bear
Smokey Bear, the anthropomorphic symbol of the United States Forest Service, was created during World War Two. Not long after…
CSotD: Two Legs Better
Leading off with a graphic summary by Graeme Bandeira (Yorkshire Post). A slight criticism: I think the caption detracts from…
Wenatchee World Cuts Comics Content by Half
The Wenatchee (Wash.) World has slashed their comic strip content by half. Publisher Sean Flaherty is “excited” about the “improvements”:…
Twitter and Facebook Suspend Ben Garrison
Twitter and Facebook has taken down one of the most voracious supporters of President Trump – cartoonist Ben Garrison. And…
CSotD: Comic Relief
I’ll admit to spending a fair amount of time going through my memories, which is okay because I’ve got a…