Newspaper Delivery & Publication Changes
The time honored tradition of the newsboy delivering the daily newspaper is no more. Begun long ago with boys hawking…
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CSotD: Swift Bowl is over but Swift Boats are back
One of the recurring gags in Candorville (KFS) is Clyde’s continuing, deliberate ignorance. When the news comes on, he switches…
The Other Sunday Funnies
Got a bit of a whiplash reading the Sunday Funnies today what with cartoonists using their Sunday comics to switch…
Sham Schulz Original Peanuts Art Auction
Original Peanuts comic strip artwork by Charles M. Schulz are highly prized by collectors. So naturally some try to profit…
CSotD: Random Acts of Humor
Ralph Hagen comes up with a brilliant observation in this morning’s The Barn (Creators), though I guess if you enjoy…
Saturday Night at the Library With…
Rick Stromoski, Lynn Johnston, Raina Telgemeier, and Bob Fingerman. Rick Stromoski, the cartoonist of Soup to Nuts and Andrew’s Journal…
Alfredo Castelli – RIP
Comics writer and editor and comic strip historian Alfredo Castelli has passed away. Alfredo Castelli June 26, 1947 – February…
CSotD: Senior Moments, Sophomoric Coverage
Jeff Danziger (Counterpoint) says that we’ve suddenly turned into a nation of legal experts, though, to be fair, he didn’t…
Thank Gallimaufry It’s Friday
Presenting a duke’s mixture of cartoonist and comics related news items. With Lent and a period of self-sacrifice quickly approaching…
CSotD: Forked Tongues and Empty Chatter
The big news this morning is about Tucker Carlson’s interview with Vladimir Putin last night. It was so predictable that…
This Month’s Calvin and Hobbes Post
Although the entire run of Calvin and Hobbes is available both online and in print, many fans are interested in…
Frank Renlie – RIP
Cartoonist, illustrator, and painter Frank Renlie has passed away. Frank Hanson Renlie April 17, 1936 – September 10, 2023 From…
CSotD: Kerb Your Enthusiasm
A local cartoon, certainly, but one that will amuse people far from Glasgow. Steven Camley notes that police there are…
de Adder and WaPo Part Ways? – update
It has been nearly a month since Michael de Adder‘s last weekly cartoon for The Washington Post. Three years ago…
Wayback Whensday – A Comics Tutorial
Capp, Kitchen, and Comix; Hal Foster’s medieval masterpiece; The making of Wednesday Comics, DC’s weekly broadsheet comic book; Charles Dana…