WPWG Comics are Slip Slidin’ Away
The Washington Post Writers Group syndicate is down to two cartoonists and three comics, none of which are widely seen…
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One Hundred Thirty Years & a Sunday Ago the First Sunday Color Comic Supplement
MIssed it last Sunday so here, a week late, is the historic anniversary of Joseph Pulitzer’s New York World printing…
Cartoon News V18#5
Steve Breen of The San Diego Union-Tribune took first, second, and third place for 2022 editorial cartoons from the California…
Tina Turner – Comic Strip Heroine
Quasi-superhuman adventurer Garth was the star of a long-running (1943-1997) British comic strip. In 1992 it was being written by…
Hey Kids! Comics! A May Supplement
Too many May releases are surfacing since the May Hey Kids! Comics! post earlier this month to wedge into the…
Bill Chapman – RIP
Wrangler/ranch hand/pilot/artist/cartoonist Bill Chapman has passed away. William Scott (Bill) Chapman December 20, 1933 – April 22, 2023 From the…
Midweek Make Up – Short Takes
Keith Knight brings his support of the WGA strike home in this week’s The K Chronicles. Bill Griffith and Zippy…
Feudin’ in the ‘Bama ‘Hood
Editorial cartoonist J. D. Crowe of AL.com (“Alabama’s largest news site, providing up-to-the minute coverage of the news from around…
Cartoonist Profiles: Marshall Ramsey
Ramsey, editor-at-large of Mississippi Today and editorial cartoonist, has been working in news for over two decades and is a…
Matt Bors Puts The Nib Into Storage
For ten years The Nib has been the epitome of combining editorial cartooning and comics journalism. Sadly that will come…
One Fine Spring Week in the Funnies
A quick look at a some comics from the past week before Mike leads us into the new week in…
Don Carlton – RIP
Longtime Doonesbury inker Don Carlton has passed away. From the obituary: Don’s early career in the publishing industry included a…
Joplin Globe Funny Pages Less Funny
“Pickles” is safe. So is “Zits.” And please, no calls about “Prince Valiant.” Our hero survives. We are making some…
Hartman In, Kelley Out at Post-Gazette
Tim Hartman has been the “new” Pittsburgh Post-Gazette editorial cartoonist for over four months now, replacing the Post-Gazette’s previous staff…
The Weird Characters of Heathcliff
Tanks. Jimmy. Meat robots. These are the weirdos that make up the only extended universe that matters: Heathcliff. If all…