Comic Strip Stuff – More or Less
The San Diego Comic Con has announced the nominees for its 2024 Russ Manning Promising Newcomer Award which is usually…
June 2024
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CSotD: Teach Your Children Well
Peter Steiner sums it all up. Thank you for coming and don’t forget to tip your waitress. But, no, I’ve…
NCS and AAEC Convention Updates
Both the National Cartoonists Society (NCS) and the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists (AAEC) have posted updates concerning their upcoming…
Luann Guest Artist: Jay Fosgitt
Who better to draw an imaginary tale of Shannon being a “good little girl” than a guy who makes a…
CSotD: The difference between ignorance & apathy
An obvious but timely meme, to which I’ll add an old but timely joke: “What is the difference between ignorance…
Lazin’ On A Sunny Sunday Afternoon
Patrick McDonnell returns to Mutts with a new Sunday page today, and tomorrow new dailies begin anew after mostly reruns…
So Nancy’s Summer Substitution Begins
After warning her fans that she would be taking a Summer sabbatical Olivia Jaimes has gone on vacation. Today’s Sunday…
CSotD: Funday Will Sometimes Be The Same
It seems appropriate that Madam & Eve, which has of late dwelt entirely on South Africa’s corrupt and discouraging political…
Update to the Feiffer Collection Auction
Earlier this month we mentioned the Jules Feiffer collection of original art up for bid at Swann Auction Galleries. Swann…
Play Ball! with Jim Borgman
Former Cincinnati Enquirer editorial cartoonist (and de facto sports cartoonist) and current Zits comic strip artist Jim Borgman returns to…
CSotD: Seeing Them Damned Pictures
I don’t care a straw for your newspaper articles; my constituents don’t know how to read, but they can’t help…
Noted Cartoonists, Past and Present, Noted
Stan Mack, Darrin Bell, Bil Keane, Clare Victor Dwiggens, Garry B. Trudeau, Asher Perlman, and Justin Green. Voices in The…
CSotD: And you thought Taylor Swift was everywhere
Yesterday, Tom Heintjes, known to comics historians for the magazine Hogan’s Alley, posted on Blue Sky that it was the…
Will They Yahtzee Willie’s “The Catch”
A “cartoon yahtzee” is when five or more editorial cartoonists draw a similar approach to a news story. “The Catch”…
CSotD: Good guy, Bad guys
I’m going to let Bill Bramhall’s tribute stand for all the Willie Mays cartoons, most of which took advantage of…