CSotD: While Democracy Slept (Part Two)
Marc Murphy gets the lead-off position today because we are both Domers, graduates of the University of Notre Dame. As…
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Comic Chronicles – This Was Then
Not forgetting comics’ past. McDougall’s Monsters When a child picks up a newspaper, it is often to see the wacky…
Ripley Cartoonist Kieran Castaño Interviewed
The “Ripley’s Believe It or Not!” comic strip has been a beloved staple of newspaper funny pages across the country…
CSotD: While Democracy Slept (Part One)
Marc Murphy sums up the impending overturn of Roe v Wade, at least in its immediate significance. We’ll get into…
GoComics Talks to Jim (Sherman’s Lagoon) Toomey
GoComics welcomes cartoonist Jim Toomey and his Sherman’s Lagoon comic strip to the Andrews McMeel fold with an interview. One…
USPS Reveals Charles Schulz Centennial Stamps
The United States Postal Service announced some new editions to their 2022 stamp program. WASHINGTON — The U.S. Postal Service…
The Phantom vs. The Python – The Chatu Chapters
In a Sunday story arc running April 6 to September 28, 2003 Tony DePaul and Graham Nolan introduced Chatu, called…
Dilbert Presents Black Character, Gets Dragged
This week Scott Adams introduced the first Black character in his Dilbert comic strip. Scott noted the new cast member…
CSotD: Waiting While the Waters Rise
I’ve often criticized cartoonists for failing to defy their schedules when breaking news demands commentary, but this won’t be one…
Elon Musk Tweeted Cartoon Now For Sale as NFT
Colin Wright, evolutionary biologist, is the man who created the now famous cartoon Elon Musk tweeted last week. Colin has…
Free Comic Book Day is May 7
As long as we’re talking bargain books … how about FREE? Free Comic Book Day is Saturday May 7, 2022….
University Press of Mississippi Book Sale
The University Press of Mississippi is taking 40% off ALL their books from May 2 to May 9, 2022. And…
CSotD: Freedom, Responsibility and Rent
Tomorrow is World Press Freedom Day, and, as Ann Telnaes notes, it couldn’t come a moment too soon, a point…
Edward Gorey Philately
The “Doubtful Guest” peeking out from your letters? Maybe a mysterious black-cloaked “Mystery!” figure standing watch over the address? Or…
Justin Green, Gentleman Cartoonist
Green became known for a personal warmth that seemed at odds with the angst he would spill across a page….