Last year we reported the findings of Eddie Campbell and Barnacle Press’s Holmes and Thrillmer on the identity of the cartoonist behind the 1905 comic strip Lucy and Sophie Say Goodbye. They determined that Robert J. Campbell was the creator of what some consider the first queer comic strip. Now Kevin Cooley has posted his […]
The Day of the Dead is a misnomer. It doesn’t last just a day, but three. November 2 is the main celebration, but the day before is known as Children’s Day or Day of the Little Angels (Día de los Angelitos). Día de los Angelitos happens the day before the big events of November 2 […]
One of my first memes, from back when a man with a hammer declared “Mission Accomplished” before several thousand American kids, and several hundred thousand Iraqis, died to prove him wrong. This morning, we are beleaguered with cartoons featuring bloody hammers, and I’d have had a tough time sorting through them if more of them […]