CSotD: Jokers, Poseurs and Thieves
Frazz (AMS) starts us with a reminder that some things can’t be purchased, except of course that they can. As…
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Nancy Beiman – A New Start After 60
When Nancy Beiman was 65 and contemplating retirement from her job as a professor of animation, she had no clue…
The Sunday Color Comic Supplement
The current Mary Worth makes me wonder if June Brigman ever drew Angel and the Ape. “According to my research”…
CSotD: According to somebody else’s research …
Pickles (AMS) offers a lovely example of tightrope walking, with a gag that its audience will get, even if they…
The Readers Sent Them A Letter
G. B. Trudeau has gone too far! From The Oregonian: Another reader responds in The Oregonian letters section: A reader…
Obituary Redux
Since The Daily Cartoonist has reported the deaths of Don Wright, Bob Beerbohm, and Trina Robbins others, including The New…
CSotD: A Few Timely Passages
Kal Kallaugher could run this anytime, but it’s particularly relevant at the moment, as we face the twin factors of…
April 20 TCM Alert: Back From The Ink
A program of nine restorations, titled Back From the Ink: Restored Animated Shorts, will premiere at the 2024 TCM Classic…
CSotD: Friday Frivolities
This Far Side sure seemed funny in 1984, but that was 40 years ago and times change. Also, it’s based…
From Comic Strip Gutters To Children’s Book Awards: The Norm Fueti Interview
From Interviewer William Schwartz: From 2006 to 2020, Norm Feuti wrote and drew Retail, a syndicated strip surprisingly low on…
Paper Gets Sour Grapes from Tim Jones
Tim Jones, who lives in Smithfield with his wife, Kathy, daughters, Eily and Jillian, and large dog, Ezzy, has spent…
CSotD: Preparing the Excuses
There are enough cartoons about Trump falling asleep in court, and, while they say nothing about his guilt or innocence,…
Mini Morsels (More Midweek Miscellanea)
Signe Wilkinson, Anne Morse Hambrock, Zach Hansen, NCS Reubens, AAEC/ACC Conference, George, John, and Peter – the Gallaghers of Bergen…
Midweek Museum Miscellany
Louis M. Glackens: Pure Imagination April 14, 2024 through March 30, 2025 Louis Glackens was a trailblazing figure who became…
CSotD: West Side Stories
Cartoonists are focusing on a few major stories and therefore everything today could be a Juxtaposition. For instance, Michael Ramirez…