Children’s author-illustrator Mike Thaler has passed away. Michael Charles (Mike) Thaler October 8, 1936 – March 23, 2024 From the obituary: Mike Thaler’s creative genius captured the imaginations of millions of children with a story called The Teacher From the Black Lagoon. It blossomed into a favorite Scholastic series consisting of 66 titles and selling […]
Alley Oop and Ooola transport through time to the present … exactly eighty-five years after they first did it. United Feature Syndicate-United Media/Washington Post Writers Group/Counterpoint Syndication editor Amy Lago gets a shout out from Barney & Clyde – a thank you for grabbing them after their WPWG contract ended? Or maybe she rejected a […]
Start with an explainer from Brewster Rockit (Tribune). The strip is usually an absurdist laff-fest, but it breaks from time to time for an explanation, which goes to show that humor is funnier when the joker understands the topic. And, boy, would I like to carve that in stone. The cartoons that work are the […]