Robert Stringer – RIP
Architect and cartoonist Robert Stringer has passed away. Robert Preston Stringer, III April 28, 1948 – July 24, 2023 From…
September 2023
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The Long Lost Weekend
While distracted for a large part of the weekend, the comic strips weren’t completely ignored. Will it go or will…
CSotD: Candor and quibbling
I guess they call it “Candorville” (KFS) for a reason. I don’t know that I’ve ever seen a cartoonist run…
The Gannett History of Comic Strips
“In the first half of the 19th century, newspapers had been around for centuries but had very few images because…
The Gannett 34
The USA TODAY Network/Gannett group has released a list of the selected 34 comic strips and panels that local editors…
CSotD: Sunday Potpourri
We’ll start with a non-political one. I’m disappointed in the new Sunday Ben Bolt (KFS-Vintage) story arc. Ben Bolt is…
The Last Award Deadline of 2023
The National Press Foundation is reminding journalists that the deadline for applications for NPF’s 2023 annual awards is Oct. 2,…
An Autumn Almanac, 2023
It’s all happening at the CXC on September 27 through October 1, 2023. Comic book writers and artists, editorial cartoonists,…
CSotD: The Company We Choose
It was the Pig Fair last SeptemberA day I well rememberI was walking up and down in drunken prideWhen my…
More Gannett Papers Announce Changes – updated with even more announcements
Joining The Memphis Commercial Appeal’s announcement of comics page changes yesterday are dozens more Gannett newspapers letting their readers know…
Gannett Corrects The Daily Cartoonist
In response to The Daily Cartoonist story about Gannett unifying their comics pages, the newspaper group has sent a correction:…
CSotD: Frivolous Friday
No, no, no politics today, despite Pearls Before Swine (AMS) sneaking a good one in. DD Degg’s news of another…
Dr. Seuss Comics Coming
Dr. Seuss is returning to comics. Well, comic books. Oh, and they aren’t really done by Theodor Seuss Geisel. By…
The New Gannett Unified Comics Pages – Update: Gannett Issues a Correction
Gannett’s USA TODAY Network of newspapers will all carry the exact same comics from a seemingly select list on their…
CSotD: Stepping on rakes
Offer to make dinner. Offer to rub her shoulders. Just don’t offer advice. You’re stepping on a rake. Daddy’s Home…