The Day Saturday Morning Cartoons Died*
Saturday morning cartoons — like payphones, video rental stores, and TV guides — are one of those cultural touchstones that…
October 2023
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Editoonist George Danby Supports Lewiston
On Friday, as the BDN news staff paused from covering the manhunt, we started to notice something happening. “I was…
CSotD: Wicked Funny
If I’m going to use a New England-based Halloween pun in the headline, I should start with a New England-based…
The Funnies, Yesterday and Today
Can any one translate the entire message from today’s Free Range? for thing that … was … you … dying…
Cartoonists Around the World Roundup
In 1993, the New Yorker published a cartoon featuring two dogs sitting at a computer. With a paw resting on…
CSotD: Monday Mental Workout
This is going to be a grumpy day, but let’s start with Jimmy Margulies (KFS)‘s commentary on Mike Johnson’s ascension…
David Rowe Wins Record 9th Gold Stanley
The Australian Cartoonists Association celebrated their 39th Annual Stanley Awards Saturday evening. The Australian Financial Review reports on one of…
CSotD: Sunday Funnies
Arlo and Janis (AMS) make sensible preparations for Tuesday night. My apartment is at the back of the landlords’ house…
News From the World of Comic Strips
The big comic strip news is Dan Schkade‘s all-new, reinvigorated Flash Gordon. Dan sat with Zack Quaintance of The Beat…
CSotD: Always winter but never Christmas
You can tell this is an old Arlo & Janis (AMS) — it’s from 2000 — because I don’t think…
Stanley Awards Weekend
It’s Saturday in Australia. Admittedly early Saturday but the weekend has started nonetheless. And that means… The Australian Cartoonists Association…
CSotD: The War Within
Timing matters, and Lee Judge (KFS) offered this cartoon yesterday. That, plus the elephants, indicates that he meant the metaphorical…
Chuck Legge, New Gig Same As The Old Gig
For 20 years Chuck Legge drew editorial cartoons for the Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman, a liberal voice in a conservative Alaskan…
State of Syndicated Newspaper Cartoonists
It’s no laughing matter. Austerity, consolidation and platform disparity undermine cartoons and comics. “I’m expecting some problems.” Editor & Publisher…
CSotD: On a lighter note (autumn edition)
Wiley Miller lived in New England for some years, which he proves with this Non Sequitur (AMS). It’s nice to…