Concerning Recent Newspaper Cartoons
Big Nate began the new year by spending an enjoyable (for readers) week with his grandparents at an old folks…
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Miss Cellany Visits Jan U. Airy and Meets…
Michael Maslin, Sandra Boynton, Dishonest John, and others. Michael Maslin has a fun, short essay about Fridays for New Yorker…
Gannett’s Clarion Ledger Changes Comics – Updated with Indianapolis Star Changes
Under the headline “Clarion Ledger refreshes comic lineup based on reader input, changing tastes” the Mississippi newspaper informed readers that…
Jim Keefe Gets Added to Our Patreon List. You There?
Support Your Local (or Distant) Cartoonist Mike set it up last year and we occasionally add to it and post…
The Als of AI (Midjourney, AI Generator)
Continuing with Mike’s plagiarism theme of this morning we come to MalMidjourney. During the New Year’s weekend, artists linked to…
Comic Strip & Comic Strip Adjacent News
The Monster and Mike Doonesbury, Milholland and The Mouse, Hugs and Kisses from Peanuts, Bret Blevins and Judge Alan Parker,…
Wayback Whensday: 1837, 1906, 1998, +
Jeffrey Lindenblatt’s Paper Trends: The 300 for 1998 Scroll down for more of Jeffrey’s 1998 survey entries at the Stripper’s…
John M. Burns – RIP
British comic artist John M. Burns has passed away. John Michael Burns 1938 – December 29, 2023 From John Freeman:…
Tribune Content Freeze at GoComics
The New Year brought in a lack of updating of many Tribune Content Agency (TCA) strips at GoComics. Animal Crackers,…
Patrick McDonnell’s Pseudo-Sabbatical
The Mutts comic strip will go into rerun status for six months as Patrick McDonnell gets busy with some special…
2023 Debuts, Departures, and the Dearly Departed – Part Three: The Dearly Departed
This is an installment of 2023 U.S. Newspaper Comics: Debuts, Departures, and the Dearly Departed.(part 1: Debuts and Departures –…
2023 Debuts, Departures, and the Dearly Departed – Part Two: Detours and Deviations
This is an installment of 2023 U.S. Newspaper Comics: Debuts, Departures, and the Dearly Departed.(part 1: Debuts and Departures– –…
2023 Debuts, Departures, and the Dearly Departed – Part One: Debuts and Departures
This is an installment of 2023 U.S. Newspaper Comics: Debuts, Departures, and the Dearly Departed.(part 1: Debuts and Departures –…
Reminder – Find The Lockhorns at GoComics
Beginning January 1, 2024, The Lockhorns will be found on GoComics, not Comics Kingdom. As we reported Bunny has switched…
Editorial Cartoons of 2023 Roundups Two
More best/favorite cartoons from U. S. editorial cartoonists and their newspapers. The New York Daily News has picked 20 of…