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Giving (and Getting Original Art) Tuesday
by D. D. Degg
December 3, 2024
Consider supporting a favored cartoonist and consider supporting Cartoonists Rights. Original Wallace the Brave Comic Strip Art Cartoonist Will Henry has an...
CSotD: The Pardoner’s Tale
by Mike Peterson
December 3, 2024
Tough decision where to start today, but I think Ben Jennings has the best viewpoint, which is shame on the process and...
Dante Barbetta Joins The Senior Strippers
by D. D. Degg
December 2, 2024
Animator Dante Barbetta was born December 2, 1934 and so joins the Senior Strippers roll. “Friend Bob,” who Dante addresses in those...
Peter Maddocks – RIP
by D. D. Degg
December 2, 2024
English comic strip cartoonist Peter Maddocks has passed away. Peter Maddocks April 1, 1928 – November 20, 2024 From The Telegraph: Peter...
CSotD: Monday Merriment
by Mike Peterson
December 2, 2024
There are all sorts of important political issues to address, but there are also a lot of leftover Thanksgiving political cartoons, and...
The Alphabeticomical Sunday Funnies
by D. D. Degg
December 1, 2024
Barney and Clyde I like the slow creep of the color into the Sunday Funny partnered with the script. Of course it...
Comic Strip Rarities: Garfield
by D. D. Degg
December 1, 2024
Strangely, for such a popular comic strip that appears in thousands of newspapers and has scores of book collections published, previous little-known...

D. D. Degg11 months ago11 months ago14 mins

Those fabulous floppy funny books that were everywhere in our youth began as showcases for comic strips. Now, except for…

Gannett Comic Consolidations This Weekend – Updated: Cheaper By the Dozens

D. D. Degg11 months ago11 months ago1317 mins

Original January 20 post: Another batch of Gannett newspapers announcing their adoption of The Gannett 34 comics pages. The Austin…

Mike Peterson11 months ago11 months ago711 mins

Someone emailed me to complain about Thursday’s Barney & Clyde (Counterpoint), not particularly saying it should be forbidden so much…

Fred on CSotD: The Pardoner’s TaleDecember 3, 2024
Chalk it up to the subtle British sense of humour. :-)
George Walter on CSotD: The Pardoner’s TaleDecember 3, 2024
Much ado about nothing. Nothing new for political cartoonists, I suppose.
Sue on CSotD: The Pardoner’s TaleDecember 3, 2024
Given what we're facing from this vote, even schadenfreude will get pretty hollow as we watch the Trumpistas learning that…
Mike Peterson on CSotD: The Pardoner’s TaleDecember 3, 2024
Pretty sure you (and Mike, below) are right. And Blower is sharp, so he may not have been crystal clear…
Ben R on CSotD: The Pardoner’s TaleDecember 3, 2024
And it's not like Biden pardoned a relative and then nominated him as ambassador to France.
Mike Tiefenbacher on CSotD: The Pardoner’s TaleDecember 3, 2024
Blower's cartoon is based on Trump's Truth Social post which asked exactly that--will Joe now be pardoning the January 6th…