CSotD: Rudy Giuliani do ya love me? Rudy Giuliani do ya care?
Mike Luckovich sums up the big news of the past 24, and I appreciate his accuracy: Rudy Giuliani has not…
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Gary and Mike are Paid Their Dues
Excerpts of remarks of Saul Schniderman, Chair, Labor Heritage Foundation upon the presentation of The Joe Hill Award to cartoonists…
Ed-Op Cartoonist Judy Dixon Retires at 94
Jefferson County Leader editorial cartoonist Judy Dixon has retired from the paper to move closer to her family. Today, the…
CSotD: Reasons to believe
Once again this week, sports takes the lead, as Adam Zyglis (Cagle) spotlights a hero and a zero. Carl Nassib,…
Post-Dispatch Comic Artists Profiles 1951/52
Beginning in the Fall of 1951 until the Spring of 1952 The St. Louis Post-Dispatch ran a series of profiles…
CSotD: Weaponizing Fear Itself
(F)irst of all, let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear…
Chicago Celebrates Its Classic Comics Culture
Who would have guessed that Chicago was the birthplace of comics? The exhibition focuses on the origins of the comics…
Will McPhail Answers Questions
Magazine cartoonist Will McPhail has a new book out and is making the rounds. Which was scarier? Sending your first…
CSotD: Potpourri, with only a little Popery
You’re not supposed to lead off with the sports, but, when the Supreme Court goes 9-0 on anything, that qualifies…
Charles Schulz and Charlie Brown in the News
Sparky and Peanuts seems to be in the news a lot these days. Most of it is because of the…
CSotD: Willful Ignorance
Paresh Nath (Cartoon Arts Int’l) posted this cartoon before the elections in Iran, but that’s an irrelevant detail, since everyone…
Comic Strip Not Representative of The Tribune
A couple Warren, Ohio newspapers felt the need to let their readers know that the Crankshaft story line last week…
Dadgummit
First: this is not about Father’s Day. Second: apologies for the profanity in the hed. Though comic fans should be…
CSotD: Abba
Sorry for anyone who came here expecting a Swedish pop group. “Abba” is Aramaic for father, with a touch of…
Ron Rice – RIP
Newspaper cartoonist and illustrator Ron Rice has passed away. Ronald Maburn (Ron) Rice January 31, 1933 – March…