CSotD: Friday Follies
Tank McNamara (AMS) is willing to keep the Saudi sportswashing effort in front of the public, though I get a…
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Gannett’s Very Bad Second Quarter
Gannett recorded a dismal second quarter financially, the company reported Thursday – important revenues sources down, costs up and a…
Assorted Accounts of Informed Items
Cartoons Have been Grooming Kids for Decades The last 12 months has witnessed a bit of a frenzy surrounding kids’…
Schulz Centennial – August Report
As the 100th anniversary of Charles Schulz‘s birth nears (November 26, 1922) salutes continue. 2022 also marks the 20th anniversary…
CSotD: Gender Politics
Given that Kansas promotes itself as the “Land of Ahs” — with or without that apostrophe — it’s hardly surprising…
Randy Farb – RIP
Librarian and comic strip author Randy Farb has passed away. Randy Hugh Farb August 27, 1960 – July 24, 2022…
CSotD: Headline Hijinx
Lee Judge (KFS) is right, largely because the covid virus isn’t influenced by what all the other viruses are doing,…
Pat Cross Forsakes Cartoons For Higher Calling
Cartoonist Pat Cross wrote to his followers: After much discernment and prayer, I have decided to enter St. Michael’s Abbey…
Joel Pett: No Disrespect Intended in Cartoon
Such a large contingent of Kentucky readers misinterpreted an editorial cartoon in The Lexington Herald Leader that cartoonist Joel Pett…
Trump and Trudeau (Donald and Doonesbury)
Peter Parisi: Though former President Donald Trump has been out of the White House now for more than 18 months,…
CSotD: First the sports, then the news
Juxtaposition of the Day (Andy Marlette) (Drew Litton – AMS) The deaths of Nichelle Nichols and Bill Russell may…
Appreciating the Superpen of Edward Sorel
Rob Stolzer shares some thoughts about, and art from, Edward Sorel. The Babe Ruth portrait below appeared in…
Gloria Stoll Karn – RIP
Pulp cover artist and illustrator Gloria Stoll Karn has passed away. Gloria Marie Stoll Karn November 13, 1923 –…
The Way They Were (Comic Chronicles)
Al Williamson The auction last month of some of Al Williamson’s pre-Manning Star Wars comic strip proposal (we featured them…
CSotD: Rainy Days and Mondays
Let’s start with something that needs to be top-of-mind this week, and after: Joel Pett makes the excellent point that…