UK Cartoonists on Losing Boris Johnson
Similar to U.S. editorial cartoonists when Trump was forced out of the spotlight, United Kingdom cartoonists have mixed feelings as…
July 2022
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Weekend Whatnots on a Sunday Afternoon
Anything you can think of is controlled by a handful of companies After a flurry of last-minute filings and orders,…
The Artistic and Linguistic Acrobatics of Krazy Kat
E. E. Cummings was one of the Kat’s biggest fans. In 1922, he wrote from Paris to request clippings from…
Marvin – Still Going (Arm)Strong at 40
On a Sunday forty years ago cartoonist Tom Armstrong introduced the world to a young couple who had just become…
CSotD: Sunday Morning Up and Down
It’s come to that, as Non Sequitur (AMS) reminds us. It’s no longer even a case of good ol’ Proverbs…
It’s Just a Cartoon F’Gawd’s Ache
So much outrage. We published a political cartoon last week showing President Joe Biden looking at his Covid test and…
Flash Gordon by Alex Raymond … or Jim Keefe
Last Sunday’s (July 24, 2022) chapter of Flash Gordon in The Tournament of Death featured Alex Raymond art from the…
CSotD: Weekend Addition (mostly Division)
It’s always good to start with a joke, and today’s In the Bleachers (AMS) made me redouble my search for…
Mike Lester Moves Mike du Jour to Andrews McMeel
As the Washington Post Writers Group (WPWG) continues to dismantle their comics syndication service, the Mike du Jour comic strip…
Paul Coker, Jr. – RIP
Cartoonist and character designer Paul Coker, Jr. has passed away. Paul Allan Coker, Jr. March 5, 1929 – July 23,…
CSotD: Bathroom Humor
Bob Eckstein starts us off today with a cartoon that is only “bathroom humor” by implication, but, then, if you…
Dave Elston: Canadian Sports Cartoonist Profile
For most of his career, Elston was commonly known as the only full-time editorial sports cartoonist in Canada, and he…
Brian Basset Health Update
Last month Brian Basset reported he had cancer surgery forcing Red and Rover into rerun status. In late June Red…
Mr. Fitz and Mr. Finkle Return to the Classroom
When David Lee Finkle stopped creating new Mr. Fitz comic strips earlier this year he mentioned that he might return…
CSotD: In which I dissent
Tony Dow’s death inspired Ruben Bolling to repost this Tom the Dancing Bug from 2012, which I liked then and…