CSotD: Corrections, Amplifications and Tomfoolery
It’s Girl Scout Cookie time, and John Darkow offers less of a commentary than a report: The bakeries contracted to…
February 2022
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This Week’s Weekend Roundup
Following the news that The New Adventures of Tarzan will be collected between hard covers comes Dark Horse announcing they…
CSotD: Heroes and Villains and Monkeys
We’ll lead off today’s revue with Sunday’s Candorville (WPWG), in part because I have a one-week rule for how long…
KIng Features Syndicate Revamps Website
While we were all concerned about the latest Comics Kingdom problems last week (Mike Peterson noted, “Comics Kingdom changed servers…
Bob Southee – RIP
Sports cartoonist and sports artist Bob Southee has passed away. Robert Charles (Bob) Southee April 2, 1930 – February 11,…
CSotD: The Weak in Review
Yesterday, we discussed the insanely partisan — or perhaps partisanly insane — letter from eight GOP Senators who oppose compiling…
Wendell Copeland – RIP
Cartoonist Wendell Copeland has passed away. Wendell Winthrop (Scotty) Copeland September 6, 1931 ~ February 8, 2022 From…
Lincoln Peirce Interview as Big Nate Debuts on TV
Big Nate gets involved in new shenanigans as an animated tv star today. The beloved comic strip Big Nate by…
Funny Pages Changes
In Cowley County Kansas Curtis has replaced Baby Blues. From The Courier Traveler: We need to update readers on changes…
CSotD: Caught in the Rain of Folly
A second day of foolishness, a second day of inventing headlines that satirize classic book titles. Jimmy Margulies (KFS) leads…
Wiley Interviewed on 30 Years of Non Sequitur
Happy 30 years to Non Sequitur, Wiley Miller‘s wry look at the absurdities of everyday life. Wiley Miller’s Non Sequitur debuted…
Bloom County to Return as Animated Series
Berkeley Breathed’s Bloom County comic strip is in development as an animated television series with the creator as co-writer and…
CSotD: Popular Delusions and the Madness of Clods
Clay Bennett (CTFP) starts off today’s tour of bathos and foolishness with this commentary on the news that Trump’s accounting…
Mel Keefer – RIP
Comic strip artist Mel Keefer has passed away. Melvin James (Mel) Keefer July 2, 1926 – February 11, 2022 …
Matt Bors Returns to Cartooning
Matt Bors is returning to comics, not political cartooning, rather comic books. When Matt announced last year his stepping back…