David Fitzsimmons semi-retired at the start of 2023. The joy of being retired is no longer having to rush to meet a deadline. I can draw for pleasure at a leisurely pace. David has taken to writing his Substack columns: David takes us through the unrushed steps of a recent cartoon. In this instance I […]
Ernest Lawrence Thayer with Brian Nelson and Harvey Kurtzman and Jack Davis, Garfield, Steve Brodner and The Herblock Prize, Jay Stephens’ homage to EC, AI gag writing, a centennial Annie-versary, and Dan Piraro and Wayno and Bizarro. Batter up! Brian Nelson, at The Worcester Telegram, offers a brief history of Casey at the Bat in […]
I wish I thought Tank McNamara (AMS) was making an off-the-wall joke here, but it seems perfectly on-the-wall to me. My introduction to sports gambling was also my introduction to local mafia, because when I was in college, I knew a high school kid who sold betting slips and his uncle, who was connected but […]