50 Funky Years & Done – Batiuk Retires Winkerbean
Cartoonist Tom Batiuk has given notice that he will end the Funky Winkerbean comic strip on the last day of…
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Roundup of Editorial Cartooning Items
‘Tis the season. The Cartoonists Rights Network International is running a Holiday Pledge Drive. Free Expression doesn’t come cheap. In…
CSotD: The Fog of War and Peace
I’ve often noted that the current level of disinformation is hard on “bland restatement cartoons,” in which absurd characters say…
New Local Comic: Lauren Ipsum by C. A. Brubaker
Cartoonist Charles Brubaker has announced his comic strip Lauren Ipsum has garnered a weekly spot in The Weakley County Press….
Random Comics Items
Since we focus on hard copies in our Hey Kids! Comics! monthly list, let’s note an e-book here. Liniers,…
AAEC on Video
I usually let DD Degg handle news, but since I covered the AAEC convention last month, I’ll announce that the…
CSotD: Just When You Thought It Was Safe To Go Back In The China Shop
If I’m going to steal a headline from Dana Summers (Tribune), the least I can do is let him bat…
The First Adventure Strip – A 1,909 Year Old Comic
The story of Emperor Trajan’s victory over a mighty barbarian empire isn’t just one for the books. It’s also told…
Hey Kids! Comics! New to the Spinner Rack
Below are some comic strip and cartoon books scheduled for November 2022 release. Images and links (mostly) via Amazon, though…
CSotD: Only a Soup Can of Politics
Many years ago, my parents came across a recipe in the local paper that was intended to call for adding…
Bob the Angry Flower – New to GoComics
Stephen Notley’s Bob the Angry Flower is a weekly alternative strip about a walking talking flower who feels ALL the…
Mara LLave: Keeper of Time -New Comics Kingdom
The time stream is in a constant state of disrepair. Timelines diverge and collapse. History is altered, creating tidal…
Wayland Moore – RIP
Artist and cartoonist Wayland Moore has passed away. Wayland David Moore September 8, 1935 – November 7, 2022 From…
CSotD: This Uncanny Valley of Tears
Non Sequitur (AMS) has it right: America’s favorite sport has become bitching and moaning and insisting that the refs are…
New Jules Feiffer Interview
The above art by Jules Feiffer is from a September 2022 edition of Dan’s Papers, but the interview conducted by…