Free Comic Book Day is May 7
As long as we’re talking bargain books … how about FREE? Free Comic Book Day is Saturday May 7, 2022….
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University Press of Mississippi Book Sale
The University Press of Mississippi is taking 40% off ALL their books from May 2 to May 9, 2022. And…
CSotD: Freedom, Responsibility and Rent
Tomorrow is World Press Freedom Day, and, as Ann Telnaes notes, it couldn’t come a moment too soon, a point…
Edward Gorey Philately
The “Doubtful Guest” peeking out from your letters? Maybe a mysterious black-cloaked “Mystery!” figure standing watch over the address? Or…
Justin Green, Gentleman Cartoonist
Green became known for a personal warmth that seemed at odds with the angst he would spill across a page….
May Day Sunday Funnies
© Jim Toomey May 1st 2022 brings Sherman’s Lagoon to Andrews McMeel Syndication(AMS) and GoComics. Jim Toomey‘s comic strip is…
CSotD: M’aidez? Non, Sauve Qui Peut!*
Rabbits Against Magic (AMS) offers an all-too-realistic view of the non-floral May Day in our current days of stubborn selfishness,…
Assorted Saturday Short Subjects
Reading The Funnies as a Family There’s a secret to the comics page, though. The secret is, you don’t need…
CSotD: On Further Review
We’ll start a day of second-thoughts with Gary Markstein (Creators)’s accurate assessment of the difference between “the end of the…
Neal Adams – RIP
Comic book and comic strip artist Neal Adams has passed away. Neal Adams June 15, 1941 – April 28, 2022…
SCOTUS Sketch Artist Art Lien Retires
Respected and long time U. S. Supreme Court sketch artist Art Lien is retiring. From SCOTUSblog: Yesterday was the last…
CSotD: Lemme Give You A Tip
We’re avoiding politics today, but that doesn’t mean unbridled frivolity. Betty (AMS) brings up a thorny question, which is how…
Stilson Greene Retires His Political Pen
Stilson Greene, longtime local editorial cartoonist for Loudoun County, is retiring his political pen. For 38 years I have written…
Updates: Alcaraz, Green, Knight, Sack
Lalo Alcaraz – First Latino to Win Editorial Cartooning Herblock Prize Los Angeles-based political cartoonist Lalo Alcaraz is the…
Matt Davies Wins 2022 National Headliner Award
From yesterday: The 88th National Headliner Award winners honoring the best journalism in the United States in 2021 were announced…