Not to Bury Garfield, But to Praise Him
For well over 40 years, a fat orange cat has been a linchpin of American culture. It’s time to accept…
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Super Hero’s Journey by Patrick McDonnell – A Hey Kids! Comics! Preview
Mutts cartoonist Patrick McDonnell has written and illustrated a love letter to the comic books of his youth. “The Super…
CSotD: Friday Funnies on a Thursday
If I were doing politics today, I’d want to swap out the parents with Uncle Sam and the Statue of…
The Debut of Politico’s California Playbook Opens With Jack Ohman Caricatures
Jack Ohman helped Politico kick off their new California Playbook page. THE BUZZ — Covering California’s mercurial political figures is…
Wayback Whensday – MADly Listed
Spy vs. Spy, Brother Jonathan, and 20 Trailblazing Comic Strips That Changed the Game Spy vs. Spy and Antonio Prohías…
CSotD: Tested on the unstudied chapter
Poor Edison Lee (KFS) finds himself in what seems likely to be a disaster: He misunderstood the teacher’s previous announcement…
Reubens on Wry – An NCS Awards Roundup
Cartoonists aplenty in Jersey City last week for the National Cartoonists Society (NCS) annual Reuben Awards. For those of us…
CSotD: Variety Pak Views
Sometimes even a good cartoon becomes obsolete before it sees print. Mike Luckovich seems caught between Walter Isaacson’s book extract…
Still Catching Up – Comic Strip Edition
The Complete “Asterix: The Chief’s Fight” by Fabcaro and Didier Conrad On October 26, 2023, Papercutz will release the 40th…
While Preoccupied, This Happened
Had a hectic last week, without even making it to The Reubens, so let’s catch up. The Society of Illustrators…
CSotD: Judge mental
Political cartoons are supposed to offer political opinions, and Steve Kelley (Creators) is seldom shy about taking a partisan view….
Cathy the Cartoonist, Cathy the Comic Strip
The Dayton Daily News a couple days ago: For more than three decades beginning in the mid-1970s, Dayton-born cartoonist Cathy…
Some Comments on Last Week’s Funnies
Reubens’ week for cartoonists started with Labor Day and Baldo showcased both. While Brewster Rockit started the week off with…
CSotD: Too Much Monkey Business
Edison Lee (KFS) asks and answers the intriguing question, Why do they give rebates instead of discounts? The answer being…
Here Come the Judge (The Return of Lee)
A week ago The Daily Cartoonist bemoaned missing new cartoons by Lee Judge on our Comics Kingdom feed. So it…