Webtoons Pays Millions to Comic Creators
Webtoon, the popular mobile online comics platform owned by Korean tech giant Naver, just announced its payments to English-language comics…
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CSotD: Responsible commentary in a polarized society
Jen Sorensen explains the interplay of polarization and bothsidesism. We used to joke about the mainstream media’s obsession with presenting…
Getting Animated with Heart of the City
Vancouver’s Slap Happy Cartoons has announced a partnership with Andrews McMeel Entertainment, a division of global media company Andrews McMeel…
Call for Entries: 2022 Rex Babin Memorial Award
The Association of American Editorial Cartoonists has long championed those cartoonists who work for small and local newspapers, and once…
Funnies From a Lost Weekend
I’m a fan of the Sunday Garfield title panels going way back. Here’s a few title panels from the randomly…
Weekend Roundup – Late Edition
Announcing the 2022 Davenport International Cartoon Contest! A festival that honors a famous Political Cartoonist seems almost naked without some…
CSotD: Monday Dissensions
Starting the day with things we ought not to believe, Ann Telnaes encapsulates the conflicting stories about how the Secret…
Spark Plug, 100 Years and Still Pluggin’ On
On July 17, 1922 Barney Google saved a man’s life, sort of, and was generously rewarded with a race horse,…
CSotD: Yea Boo Sunday
Sage Stossel gets as political as I’m planning to be today, the Yea! factor here being that the minions are…
Past Participating in the Funky Present: Prince Val
It seems Gray Morrow and Wally Wood weren’t the only Silver Age comic book artists to try grab the brass…
Hey Kids! Comics! A Summer Reading List
Below are some comic strip and cartoon books scheduled for July 2022 release. Images and links (mostly) via Amazon, though…
CSotD: Great Expectations
Since I don’t follow Canadian politics closely, I’m not sure if the Fat Cat in Bruce MacKinnon’s commentary on the…
50 Years Ago – Maus Origins
50 years ago, on July 15, 1972, Apex Novelties released Funny Aminals #1, an underground comix book with work by…
Judy Dixon – RIP
Editorial cartoonist Judy Dixon has passed away. Judith Grace (Judy) Dixon (neé McCormack) January 15, 1927 – July 7, 2022…
CSotD: Which Reminds Me …
They Can Talk provides an excellent starting point for contemplating cartoons that remind me of other things, because, by playing…