Being a collection of various items from a variety cartooning categories (kinda like the Reuben Awards).
The splash page from a 1962 comic book story by Steve Ditko and Stan Lee appeared on Facebook courtesy Michael Gilbert and Jim Keefe riffed on it for his own purposes.
From Mike Lynch comes a selection of Barnabas panels by Graham Jeffrey.
There were at least three Barnabas collections. What makes this clerical comic unique is that is was written and drawn by an insider. Someone who was a reverend first and a cartoonist second. The humor is gentle and funny.
From Heritage Auctions is news of their latest animation auction.
The Entire History of Animation Stole the Show in Heritage’s Spectacular $4 Million Glad Museum Collection Auction
DALLAS, Texas (Aug. 21, 2024) — Heritage now claims the six most successful animation art auctions ever held, with the addition of its latest four-day event which wrapped up on August 19: The History of Animation: The Glad Museum Collection Signature® Auction realized $4,043,971 in total sales across more than 1500 lots with every lot sold. This extraordinary collection, built by visionary animation connoisseur Mike Glad, represents the sweep of beloved artists and animation studios that have shaped the entire history of the art form, from Disney to UPA to Warner Brothers, Hanna-Barbera, Max Fleischer and many more.
A return to the Halls of Higher Education can only mean … the return of college cartoons.
Above is Joshua Masterson from College Fix; below is TJ Favela at The Collegian.
The Best Laid Plans of Paginators
The Sunday Funnies these days frequently run comic strips vertically down the side of a page, but sometimes the cartoonists mess with the normal layout.
A letter of comment to The Washington Post:
I am 14 years old and on the autism spectrum. I love having a good schedule and dislike change, and though it might seem like a little change that happens only every so often, it infuriates me when you move “Garfield” to the third-to-last page of the Sunday Comics section to put “Dennis the Menace” on the second page. I dislike the unexpected, especially when I think I am going to find a comic strip about a grumpy ginger tabby cat who loves lasagna and is too pure for this world but instead get an annoying blond 5-year-old ticking me off with his complaints and pranks…
The Washington Post responded:
You have a keen eye, Lily! The panels within a comic strip sometimes change shape to accommodate the joke or narrative — which was the case with the Aug. 11 “Garfield,” [link added] whose last panel is twice as long as the others. This means “Garfield” doesn’t always fit into the usual shape we allot for it in the paper. Swapping it with “Dennis the Menace” allows us to keep both cartoons, so readers can still enjoy them, even if they’re in a different spot. I hope understanding the reason behind this can help you feel more comfortable with the change in your routine.
More from Facebook.
Dick Tracy 1-4 (Mad Cave, 2024)
Dick Tracy is one of the youngest men to make detective in the city. The year is 1947, and World War II vet, Tracy is fighting crime. After a indiscriminate massacre in a diner, Tracy determines that two of the victims were specifically targeted, a reporter and a city official. Now he just has to find out why and who made the hit and who ordered it.
Allen Schreiber at Comic Books & Funny Papers reviews the Mad Cave Dick Tracy comic book.
Australian cartoonist Mark Knight is here to “make an observation on the phenomenon* of Raygun.”
I did not want to join the social media pile-on that started after Raygun’s performance. Some of it was very funny, some of it unfair and some of it plainly harsh.
I had watched Australia’s Chef de Mission*, the former champion Olympic cyclist Anna Meares, hold a final press conference on Australia’s performance at the Games. She was emotional as she talked about the success of the team, and being someone who knows the hard work that is involved, was brought to tears with happiness for our athletes and our best ever performance at an Olympics.
The cartoonist in me saw this teary moment could be taken a different way…
From Daily Kos – Not-cartoonist DarkSatellites tries his/her hand at illustrated commentary genre.
Fact: 3 of the Mad Cave Dick Tracy comic book variant covers were originally planned for the never made 2018 Dick Tracy comic book Archie comics was planning.