May 4 is Free Comic Book Day
Saturday May 4, 2024 is Free Comic Book Day. Comic books are not just for superheroes anymore, a few comic…
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CSotD: What did you learn in school today?
I’m tempted to say “So here we are,” between Swift and Moynihan, but we sure seem willing to slip even…
Meandering Through a Monday
William Hamilton and The New Yorker, the animated adventures of Prince Valiant, Bill Gallo, Romero’s Axa, Jay Stephens interview, the…
Clay Bennett Takes 2024 Headliner Award – Mike Thompson and Robert Ariail Finalists
The winners of the 90th National Headliner Awards have been announced. The annual contest honors the best print, radio, television…
CSotD: Monday Wrap-up
Peter Schrank notes the almost-too-late move by the Americans to resupply Ukraine, and it’s good to get an outside view,…
2023 NCS Divisional Award Nominees for the 78th Annual NCS Reuben Awards!
The National Cartoonists Society has announced the finalists for their 2023 Reuben Divisional Awards. The nominees in the 12 categories…
Buy Me Some Peanuts and Charlie Brown
A collection of some Peanuts/Snoopy/Charles Schulz items from April 2024. The 2024 Major League Baseball season brings with it Charlie…
CSotD: Caesar’s wife and Ginni’s husband
Kevin Necessary’s cartoon must surely seem an exaggeration to anyone who hasn’t been following the real-world case, but this argument…
Rerunning Thru This Past Week’s Comics
And we’ll start with the For Better or For Worse rerun that went through the after effects this week of…
70 Years of Texas Observer Cartoons
The Texas Observer is celebrating it 70th year and the most recent issue covers its skewering of Texas politicos by…
CSotD: The Whole World is (Still) Watching
Fiona Katauskas sets a familiar scene divided between old and young, which may be a stereotype, but putting the old…
2023 National Newspaper Award Winner for Editorial Cartooning is Bruce MacKinnon
The National Newspaper Awards are being presented at The Chelsea Hotel in Toronto tonight and the portfolio from Bruce MacKinnon…
Getting Down by Rounding Up
A hodgepodge of recent comic related items featuring Jules Feiffer, David Potter, the Rube Goldberg Machine Contest, Ed Steckley, Joel…
CSotD: Original adaptations
In case you hadn’t noticed, when I feature a syndicated cartoon here, I add the name of the syndicate with…
Real America’s Favorite Cartoonist is Safe – For Now
The satirical news website The Onion, and by extension cartoonist Stan Kelly, has been sold to Global Tetrahedron. From The…