SDCC 2022 Eisner Award Winners
The Eisner Awards were handed out Friday night at the San Diego Comic Con. Below are a select few with…
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CSotD: Matters of Clarity (Clarity Matters)
So everyone has had fun now, making Josh Hawley jokes, and the Senator has, predictably, offered the PeeWee Herman “I…
Specific Gripe: M Fry & T Lewis “Political Agenda”
A letter to the editor of The Cadillac (Michigan) News: I take exception with your weekend comic strip “Over the…
Gripe: Too Many Comics in My Newspaper
above: Florence W. Taylor from The Intelligencer of 1926 The Lancaster Pennsylvania newspaper, LNP, received a letter to the editor:…
CSotD: Waiting for a response
The advantage of the Jan 6 Committee holding a hearing in prime time rather than in midafternoon was that more…
NCS at SDCC
The San Diego Comic Con (SDCC) started in earnest Thursday (July 21) and The National Cartoonists Society (NCS) counts among…
Sean Kelly – RIP
Humorist, satirist, and comic writer Sean Kelly has passed away. Sean Charles Kelly July 22, 1940 – July 11, 2022…
Penmen of the Past (a Comic Chronicles issue)
Mike Rhode reports on Sara Duke revealing that The Library of Congress has received a new addition from 1918 to…
CSotD: Ceci n’est pas politique
I’m not in a political mood today, but I’ll feature this Carpe Diem (KFS) because I’m pretty sure that, since…
Joe Wos Needs Our Help
A message from Joe Wos: Hi. It’s me Joe! Your friendly neighborhood cartoonist. Recently while I was on tour I…
Funnies and Funerals
Slate: Andy declares himself not ready to die until he hears Pet Sounds on CD. It’s a really specific choice…
CSotD: Guns and (melting) butter
In posting this cartoon to his Twitter page, Pat Byrnes admitted that he’d likely undercounted the number of gun deaths…
Paul Anderson Follows in Big Pawprints
Paul Anderson was 6 years old when his teacher bragged to the entire class one day that Paul’s dad, Brad…
Sparky Schulz Centennial Celebration – July Notes
Later this year will be the 100th anniversary of Charles M. Schulz’s birthday. AP photo “Peanuts” was America’s favorite…
Jim Ivey – RIP
Political cartoonist and comics historian Jim Ivey has passed away. James Burnett (Jim) Ivey April 15, 1925 – July 14,…