City Paper on Steve Stegelin’s Babin Award Win
As Mike Peterson reported (with photos!) Steve Stegelin won the Rex Babin Award last night. And Steve’s home The Charleston…
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A Century of Fritzi Ritz
Fritzi Ritz was introduced to comics readers of the New York World one hundred years ago – October 9, 1922…
CSotD: The AAEC/CXC gets rolling
My day yesterday began at a CXC event, with a session on James Sturm, a cartoonist of substantial background and…
The Return of Phil Bissell and His Pat Patriot
For one game only, and the first in a decade, the Patriots will revive their original Pat Patriot uniforms featuring…
Acclaimed Actors as (Un)Common Cartoonists
Actors are artists. Some even pick up brushes and put oil to canvas. And a few have been or become…
CSotD: CXC Opening Day
The first day of the AAEC Conference began with a long business meeting and ended, alas, with the discovery that…
Why a Cow? And Other Comic Animals
According to Larson, “I’ve always thought the word cow was funny, and cows are sort of tragic figures. Cows blur…
Subtlety and Mallard Fillmore Don’t Mix for Fans
Many folks may not believe a cartoon can cause angst and ire, but every now and then — and based…
CSotD: Spin Cycle
Got in later than I’d hoped yesterday, so nothing to report on the AAEC/CXC confab yet. Meanwhile, the globe apparently…
Walt Kelly’s Pogo, Levy’s Law, Bluto, Jack Davis (Comic Chronicles)
We were happy to see that Larry Doyle is a silent, dour kind of a guy–“kind of a crank” in…
Outside the AAEC Convention/CXC Festival Sphere
Yes, Columbus is the place to be, but outside Ohio there is also news. © Nidhi Chanani; Peter Conrad; MariNaomi…
CSotD: Step back while I step out
I’m on my way out to Columbus for the American Association of Editorial Cartoonists convention and CXC, so was trying…
Last Spirit Newspaper Comic Wasn’t 70 Years Ago
The Spirit by Will Eisner and assistants ran as a newspaper comic book insert from June 2, 1940 until October…
CSotD: Reading the Manual
Maria Scrivan — whom I will see in a day or two at CXC — offers a funny/not funny Half…
Popeye Variations: Not Your Pappy’s Popeye
Clover Press and Yoe! Comics have launched a Kickstarter campaign for Popeye Variations. Edited by Craig Yoe, the new hardcover anthology…