CSotD: Picking up the pieces
This is a “Where do I begin?” day, because I have a file full of worthwhile cartoons, including a new…
June 2023
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Heritage Auction 7340 – McCay, Foster, Hogarth, Herriman, Schulz, more
Continuing Heritage Auction 7340 into day two. Among those offered here was a Prince Valiant Sunday by Hal Foster (#1092,…
Spectickles a Victim of Papers’ Sameness
Spectickles by Bill Abbott is one example of many comics taking a beating due to large newspaper owners demanding all…
CSotD: A story too good to check
Patrick Blower isn’t the only one roped in by an international fraud. The notion that kids were “identifying” as animals…
Heritage Auction 7340 Calvin & Hobbes
The first stage of Heritage Auction 7340, which are lots of original comic art, has ended. The auction included a…
CSotD: Thoughts in a humorous vein
Dan Rosen echoes a gripe I’ve gone on about before: Don’t ask me to pay your staff. And, if you…
Cartoonists in the News
Jim Davis, Shena Wolf, Bob Swaim, Jamie Smith, Barbara Dale, plus awards and books. Here’s some items about cartoonists from…
Barajas Gets New Season with Gil Thorp
Henry Barajas and Tribune Content Agency have come to terms and Henry re-signs as Gil Thorp scripter. Henry Barajas has…
CSotD: Priorities and Thoughtful Insights
We’ll start our discussion of priorities here, as Steve Brodner poses the question. Others have chided people for chortling over…
Michael Ramirez Has a Wash. Post Gig?
Michael P. Ramirez, award winning editorial cartoonist for The Las Vegas Review-Journal, has quietly been contributing weekly cartoons to the…
CSotD: Welcome to My World
I wasn’t going to do politics today, but Michael Ramirez (Creators) inspires me to share a little of my process….
Did Court Sketch Artist Prettify Trump?
Three court sketch artists were present in Miami on June 13 when former President Trump sat in Federal Court to…
Moon Mullins – Friends in Low Places
After a decade as a struggling cartoonist, minus a couple years as a World War I doughboy, Frank Willard found…
CSotD: Monday Miscellany
First today, we’ll address a political/environmental crisis of great importance. First Dog on the Moon, whom I would trust with…
Prairie Mountain Unifies Sunday Funnies
Prairie Mountain Publishing, an arm of Digital First Media/Alden Global Capital, has consolidated the Sunday comics section of four of…