The Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum (BICLM) is pleased to announce the winners of the annual Lucy Shelton Caswell Research Award for 2024 … the recipients for 2024 are Dr. Safiyya Hosein and Dr. Jonathan Najarian. Dr. Safiyya Hosein is a lecturer at Toronto Metropolitan University and holds a PhD in Communication and Culture. Her research focuses on […]
Dick Tracy, Rubes, Blondie, James Bond, Gil Thorp, Tarzan, plus Tom Toro, Laura Eggleston retires, and more. Dick Tracy begins a new story with Eric Costello continuing as “guest writer.” (Some commenters have suggested that Uncle Duke from Doonesbury is showing up here.) I know Mike Curtis has had some health problems over the years […]
Nick Anderson (Tribune) gently transitions us from two days of comedy to a day of politics. It’s appropriate, because RFK Jr, as it happens, seems to be a 2:1 mix of comedy and politics, in the same way that a (real) martini is a 2:1 mix of gin and vermouth, except that a lot of […]