When Overground Cartoonists Went Underground
The late 1960s to the mid 1970s was the height of the underground comix, and the creators and producers of…
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Tony Saltzman – RIP
Cartoonist Tony Saltzman has passed away. Anthony Zola (Tony) Saltzman March 27, 1938 – March 24, 2022 From the obituary:…
CSotD: Two Score and 14 Years Ago … (YMMV)
The tradition is to mark history in round numbers, and 54 years ago is hardly that, but March 31, 1968…
Dana Summers – Bound & Gagged for 30 Years
As the introduction said, thirty years ago Dana Summers was already an editorial cartoonist and comic strip cartoonist when he…
CSotD: The United States of Hooterville
RJ Matson keeps the matter of Clarence Thomas’s ethical failures before the public, which I think is important, given the…
Mr. Fitz Ends (or maybe it’s just a sabbatical)
Yesterday was 22 years since a comic strip debuted, tomorrow will be its last day. Mr. Fitz by David Lee…
CSotD: Priorities
Deb Milbrath saved me from running a blank panel by offering not only a comment that jibes with my own…
A Belated Weekend Roundup
Right-wing forces are still ignoring facts and promoting divisiveness. Liberals are still gutless. Religion is still the greatest threat…
CSotD: Awards Night on the Titanic
Jeff Stahler (AMS) raises a question that Hollywood has got to be pondering, because it’s not just about being old….
“Hubert” and World War Two
Hubert by Dick Wingert was a comic panel that began in the revitalized Stars and Stripes in Britain during World…
CSotD: The Art of War
My blogging partner, DD Degg, forwarded an article from the Spectator on war and cartooning, in which the above WWII…
Australian Cartoonists’ 2021 Stanley Awards
The Australian Cartoonists Association held their Stanley Awards brunch in February where finalists and winners were announced for various categories….
Fifty Funky Years
March 26, 1972 saw a new comic strip appear about a group of high school students created by school teacher…
CSotD: Truth, Justice or the American Way
Mike Lester (AMS) sums up Ketanji Brown Jackson’s confirmation hearings, in which she was asked a barrage of asinine questions…
Is Paper a Part of Comics’ Future
With newspapers increasingly NOT publishing on a daily schedule and subscribers being referred to websites to read their favorite comic…