One Fine Day On The Comics Page…
Big Nate gets into a creative discussion with his creator. © Lincoln Peirce Guess who comes out the worse for…
December 2021
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CSotD: Fun with Self-Deception
A laugh from Mr. Boffo to start the day. Joe Martin’s sense of humor is based on the loveable loser,…
Don Asmussen Dictates His Own Obituary
From The San Francisco Chronicle: Editor’s note: Longtime Chronicle cartoonist Don Asmussen was never conventional. So it was not entirely…
Spotlight on Senior Stripper Sy Barry
At 93 Sy Barry, artist of The Phantom comic strip from 1961 to 1994 and a comic book artist for…
Comic Chronicles: All In The Family
I was recently reminded that Allan Holtz’s annotations to George McManus’s Bringing Up Father (Forever Nuts edition) was put on…
CSotD: Odds and Ends
My first impression of this Steve Breen (Creators) piece was that he obviously hadn’t read up on the particular level…
Don Asmussen – RIP
Bad Reporter cartoonist Don Asmussen has passed away. Donald Alan (Don) Asmussen October 31, 1962 – December 9, 2021…
New Adventures of Tarzan Webcomic Gets Booked
The 2012 Tarzan webcomic (retitled The New Adventures of Tarzan in 2013) by Roy Thomas, Tom Grindberg, and Benito Gallego…
CSotD: Without a Trace
(Dr. Macleod) (Jeremy Banx) Two threads in this particular Juxtaposition: The backgrounder is the current dustup in the UK about…
Betty is 30 (or maybe 45)
On December 9, 1991 Betty by Gary Delainey and Gerry Rasmussen debuted from United Feature Syndicate. Here is how The…
Dilbert Brings Socialism to The Funny Pages
To the delight of some and the dismay of others, the socialist idea continues to slowly, if very belatedly, make…
Throwin’ It At the Wall Thursday
The L. A. Times gets letters about 9 Chickweed Lane © Brooke McEldowney The Los Angeles Times received hundreds of…
CSotD: Loyal to Your Own Opinions
Pearls Before Swine (AMS) sets the mood for the day. Rat seems to have caught on to the fact that…
Cartoonists Run Amok
Yeah, I know what you’re thinking, “Cartoonists Run Amok,” is SOP. But this is an exhibit and greet & meet…
“We were Texas hippies, a proud but pitiful bunch”
Those Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers by Gilbert Shelton became famous through their underground comix books, but got their start down…