Phil Bissell – RIP
Sports and editorial cartoonist Phil Bissell has passed away. Charles Phillip (Phil) Bissell February 1, 1926 – January 2024 The…
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CSotD: A mostly funny Friday
Some years ago — never mind how long precisely — having burned out on the politics of the day, and…
Cartoonists Around The World
Out and about with Posy Simmonds, Bill Griffith, Gilbert Shelton, Walt Handelsman, Willard Mullin, Sarah Anderson, Alex Segura, Michael Moreci,…
Wallace the Brave, Will Henry & The ProJo
The Jamestown Press talked to Will Henry about fans saving Wallace the Brave in The Providence Journal: A comic strip…
CSotD: After the Cold Rush
The whole world is watching, and Peter Schrank indicates what the whole world is thinking, or at least the whole…
Wayback Whensday – Tapestry to Gallery
Bayeux Tapestry as the first-ever comic strip The Bayeux Tapestry is considered one of the most famous and recognisable historical…
CSotD: Fun with the Franchises
So this happened yesterday. You might have seen something about it on TV. They don’t really ask that question, but…
Sage Stossel – On The Loose
Sage Stossel is an award winning editorial cartoonist for The Boston Globe and other publications and is an award worthy…
HBD to Senior Stripper Don Wright
Two time Pulitzer Prize Editorial Cartoonist winner (1966, 1980) and five time finalist for the Editorial Cartooning Pulitzer Prize (1982,…
CSotD: “… and be capable of reading them”
At the risk of sounding like an incompetent, unpatriotic university president, I think context matters, and Jefferson’s oft-quoted remark about…
What Might Have Been: Mickey by Wolverton
Basil Wolverton gained fame through his strange and humorous comic book art from Spacehawk to Powerhouse Pepper to Biblical Armegeddon…
CSotD: Merry Monday
The forum in Davos has just concluded, but I don’t want to talk politics today. However, here’s a cartoon from…
New Comic Strip Funny Books
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
Original January 20 post: Another batch of Gannett newspapers announcing their adoption of The Gannett 34 comics pages. The Austin…
CSotD: Rated PG-13 – Parental Caution Urged
Someone emailed me to complain about Thursday’s Barney & Clyde (Counterpoint), not particularly saying it should be forbidden so much…