Miss Cellany’s Beaus Take a Bow
Keith Knight! Brian Fies! Sergio Aragonés! Al Jaffee! Lalo Alcaraz! Keefer Got The Key! From Keith Knight: Holy smokes! One…
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John Adler – RIP
Harper’s Weekly compiler/indexer and Thomas Nast biographer John Adler has passed away. John Adler September 29, 1927 – June 11,…
CSotD: With the best of intentions
We’ll start with something that hardly counts in the Grand Scheme of Things, except that accuracy does matter, even when…
Wayback Whensday – The Berenstains
Stan and Jan Berenstain, the Philly natives who created [The Berenstain Bears], met as art students at the Philadelphia Museum and School…
Andy Capps Found Among 2222 Originals
A London woman rediscovered original cartoon art including seven Andy Capp strips by Reg Smythe. Andy Lines reports for The…
CSotD: Issues and Answers (Well, sort of)
There used to be a Sunday talking heads show called Issues and Answers, which was a pretty ambitious promise, though…
June 11, 1934: Enter Mandrake the Magician – A First and Last Entry
Ninety years ago Lee Falk began his 65 years in comic stripping by writing and drawing the first two weeks…
Iranian Cartoonist Sentenced to Six Years
From Iran International: The Revolutionary Court of Tehran has handed down a six-year prison sentence to Atena Farghadani, a cartoonist…
CSotD: I know you are, but what are we?
Prickly City (AMS) reiterates the high-minded, analytical approach familiar to grade-school alumni: “I know you are, but what am I?”…
The Phantom By the Numbers
The 21st Phantom Mike Manley has returned to The Daily Phantom today with a new story. And though I can…
CSotD: Monday Morning Mirth
Best way to shut me up is to draw the perfect cartoon. Too Much Coffee Man has done just that….
Miss Cellany’s Cartoonews
Highlights from the Collection of Jules Feiffer Later this month Swann Auction Galleries is presenting art for bid from cartoonists…
A Fine Spring Sunday in The Funnies
Among our pointing to comics from the past few days we will also note some news stories related to recent…
CSotD: Fake It ‘Til You Break It
Bob Englehart provides a head-scratcher. There’s nothing wrong with contrasting two presidents, or two speeches, but you have to do…
John Adcock – RIP
Comics scholar and illustrator John Adcock has passed away. John Kenneth Adcock May 1950 – June 1, 2024 From the…