NCS Reuben Award Playbill Art & Ad Call
The National Cartoonists Society has issued a notice for ads in their 2023 Reuben Journal and Banquet Playbill noting the…
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CSotD: Insights, Insults and Foolish Mistakes
Pros and Cons (KFS) relies on three main characters: Samuel, the incompetent attorney; Stan, the somewhat brutish but kind-hearted cop…
Fun Sundry Funnies for Sunday
We’ll start with a small bit of news: Marvel Comics and King Features Syndicate are now rerunning the reruns. Above…
News-y Stuff, Nonsense, and Whatnot
Let’s start with some nonsense. The Walt Disney Company is about to do the unthinkable: retire Mickey Mouse. Inside the…
CSotD: While Making Other Plans
As is so often the case, I find myself reluctantly agreeing with Clyde’s dubious street smarts in today’s Candorville (KFS)…
Cartoonist Helen Hokinson Inducted into 2023 Society of Illustrators Hall of Fame
The Society of Illustrators has announced the artists entering their class of 2023 Hall of Fame. Among the inductees is…
CSotD: Profile – Patrick McDonnell
I’m off getting a magical new hip that will allow me to leap tall buildings in a single bound. While…
Jim Korkis – RIP
Disney and animation historian Jim Korkis has passed away. James Patrick (Jim) Korkis August 15, 1950 – July 28, 2023…
Baseless inflammatory ad hominem attacks – RL Crabb, Clay Bennett, and Jack Ohman
Northern California freelance cartoonist R. L. Crabb notes the recent actions of McClatchy newspapers, headquartered in nearby Sacramento: The editorial…
CSotD: Profile – Johnny Hart
I’m off getting a magical new hip that will allow me to leap tall buildings in a single bound. While…
The Comic Strip Files
July 23, 2023 saw the beginning of a new story for The Sunday Phantom. (“The Commander Will See You Now”)….
10 Most Important Eisner Award Winners
Another CBR Top Ten, this one purports to list the “most important” Eisner Award-winning comic books. Since 1988, the Eisner…
CSotD: Profile – Wiley Miller
I’m off getting a magical new hip that will allow me to leap tall buildings in a single bound. While…
Foreign Not-So-Funnies: Cartoonist Apology
In April British editorial cartoonist Martin Rowson drew a cartoon that was deemed antisemitic. Since that time Rowson has not…
Foreign Funnies: Solon Razes Cartoonists
A Kenyan politician underwent surgery dealing a blow to the country’s cartoonists and caricaturists. From Nairobi Wire: Former Kenya National…