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…
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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…
Variations on a Comics Theme
Dave Blazek is now doing double duty as Andrews McMeel Syndication is offering both the usual horizontal and a new…
CSotD: Disaster Relief Disaster
Let’s get the thing with the boots over first: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis showed up for a photo-op in white…
Axios Snapshot of Hearst Communications
Hearst expects revenues to grow close to $12 billion this year, up slightly from the record $11.9 billion it earned…
Technical Difficulties – Please Stand By – Its Fixed!
Update: Comics Kingdom has Monday’s comics up. original post: It looks like that Dennis the Menace has gotten into…
CSotD: Pending perils
This will be a relatively short CSotD, but don’t be fooled, because the links truly matter and you’ll have plenty…
Short Stack of Sunday Funnies News and Hues
© King Features Syndicate Ted Forth’s fight against The Fall Today is the latest Sally Forth to feature…
Sergio Aragonés: MAD’s Oldest Active Idiot
… Aragonés contributed to a special edition of MAD, publishing Tuesday, that marks the magazine’s 70th anniversary. The special edition…
Screening Cartoonists
Tom Toles is the most decorated journalist in the history of Buffalo news media. He cut his teeth as an…