25 Years of National Cartoonists Days
It’s the Silver Anniversary of National Cartoonists Day! As News18 tells it: During World War II in 1943, cartoonists including…
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Books, Comic and Otherwise – Mostly Comic
Mad Cave has signed a deal with King Features to publish new comic book stories starring Flash Gordon. The partnership…
Broom-Hilda, Dick Tracy, and Pluggers Now at Comics Kingdom; New Mutts Coming Up
Comics Kingdom is now running three Tribune Content Agency (TCA) comics on its website. From the Comics Kingdom blog: We’re…
Rachita Taneja and Zunzi Winners: the 2024 Kofi Annan Courage in Cartooning Award
From the Freedom Cartoonists Foundation: The Freedom Cartoonists Foundation and the City of Geneva announce the winners of the 2024…
Miss Cellany Visits Some Friends
Charles Brubaker, Mike Thompson, Jackie Ormes, Farrah Rodriguez, Liana Finck, Olly Duke, Walt Handelsman, and John Reiner. Charles Brubaker got…
Dan Schkade Discusses Flash Gordon
Pencil to Pencil hosted a set with new Flash Gordon comic strip cartoonist Dan Schkade. As seen on the screen…
Alexandra Bowman Recipient of Inaugural John Locher Memorial Fellowship
The John Locher Memorial Award has evolved into the John Locher Memorial Fellowship and the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists…
Wayback Whensday: Steve Canyon Extras
To paraphrase Eric Burdon: When I was young it was more important to get my comics as a half page….
May 4 is Free Comic Book Day
Saturday May 4, 2024 is Free Comic Book Day. Comic books are not just for superheroes anymore, a few comic…
Meandering Through a Monday
William Hamilton and The New Yorker, the animated adventures of Prince Valiant, Bill Gallo, Romero’s Axa, Jay Stephens interview, the…
Clay Bennett Takes 2024 Headliner Award – Mike Thompson and Robert Ariail Finalists
The winners of the 90th National Headliner Awards have been announced. The annual contest honors the best print, radio, television…
2023 NCS Divisional Award Nominees for the 78th Annual NCS Reuben Awards!
The National Cartoonists Society has announced the finalists for their 2023 Reuben Divisional Awards. The nominees in the 12 categories…
Buy Me Some Peanuts and Charlie Brown
A collection of some Peanuts/Snoopy/Charles Schulz items from April 2024. The 2024 Major League Baseball season brings with it Charlie…
Rerunning Thru This Past Week’s Comics
And we’ll start with the For Better or For Worse rerun that went through the after effects this week of…
70 Years of Texas Observer Cartoons
The Texas Observer is celebrating it 70th year and the most recent issue covers its skewering of Texas politicos by…