Locher Award Deadline Extended to July 15
The July 1st deadline for the Locher Award has been changed to July 15, 2022. The AAEC’s John Locher Memorial…
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Neal Rubin on His Sporting Life with Gil Thorp
In 1996 Neal Rubin reported on the death of cartoonist Jack Berrill and the fate of Gil Thorp. Neal had…
Book Reviews and Book Revues
Despite their vast impact, the whole story of the underground comix movement has never been fully told in a coherent,…
CSotD: Ms. Conceptions
This piece by Barry Blitt has been all over social media lately, though he actually produced it May 14, after…
Comic Newspaper The Ladybroad Ledger Revived
“Vermont’s only free femme Alt Comics newspaper!” Each time Teppi Zuppo taught a workshop at the Center for Cartoon Studies…
Henry Barajas – New Gil Thorp Writer
Tribune Content Agency has announced that Henry Barajas will be the new writer for the Gil Thorp comic strip beginning…
Senior Strippers – 2022 Edition
Around mid-year we update our Senior Strippers list with a birthday of a cartoonist around this time. However there are…
CSotD: What did we know, and when did we know it?
There are a ton of ketchup cartoons this morning, but Jack Ohman gets the prize not only for having this…
Simon Deitch – RIP
Underground cartoonist Simon Deitch has passed away. Simon Deitch May 12, 1947 – June 21, 2022 From The Comics…
Jim Morin – Retired Cartoonist, Still Opinionated
Mr Morin, who lived under eight US presidents, has used his pen to observe, comment on and often ridicule…
Fitz Opines on Gannett Having No Opinion
Editorial Cartoonist David Fitzsimmons, who is no stranger to creating reader reaction (see above), has returned from vacation to learn…
CSotD: Can’t Anybody Here Play This Game?
A salute to Casey Stengel, who could pull a bird out of his hat, but, as manager of the 1962…
Meandering Thru Monday – with Updates
© Tauhid Bondia Stopped and got the local McClatchy newspaper today. Cost me $3.00 plus tax (for 16 pages!) but…
How to Make Big Money Selling Your Comic Strip
A flair for whimsical drawings and a keen sense of humor aren’t enough to cut it as a professional cartoonist….
Los Angeles Times Overhauls Comics Pages
The Los Angeles Times has revamped it daily and Sunday comics pages. We’re excited to introduce five cartoons to our…