A Syndicated Newspaper Comic Strip First?
Yesterday there was, I think, a first for mainstream newspapers around the United States when a same sex marriage occurred…
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Norm Rockwell – RIP
Cartoonist Norm Rockwell has passed away. From the obituary: After his time in the army, Norm went on to earn…
Talk Shows
When most comic strip animals talk, they don’t exactly scream “realism.” But the animals that populate “They Can Talk,” the…
Foolin’ with Space and Time
Sunday Synchronicity Mutts and Mary Worth panels play well off each other. I imagine I am far from the only…
First and Last: Smilin’ Jack
It wasn’t the first aviation comic strip – Tailspin Tommy (1928), Skyroads (1929, which had Zack Mosley art assist), Scorchy…
Jules Feiffer – Living It Up(state)
“I don’t like the area, I love the area. I find it magical,” he said. Jules Feiffer moved not too…
The Great Replacement II
The Bay Area News Group posted a brief notice that Loose Parts by Dave Blazek was the overwhelming choice to…
Women Cartoonists in the News
Sasha Wooten, Trina Robbins, Roz Chast, Barbara Brandon-Croft, Alice Harvey and Liza Donnelly. Sasha Wootten is named 2023 Jay Kennedy…
Great Moments in Baseball
Thirty years ago: Two out, bottom of the ninth. The eternal goat (not G.O.A.T.) Charlie Brown steps up to the…
When What You Love is Self-Destructing
Kevin Necessary got a letter asking why he is no longer drawing editorial cartoons. He tore up the first draft…
The March of Time (Wayback Wednesday)
Ten years ago erstwhile Flash Gordon cartoonist Jim Keefe begins drawing Sally Forth. Okay so we’re a couple weeks late…
Tuesday Edition of Sunday Go to Meeting
The MoCCA Fest is this coming weekend to NYC and the National Cartoonists Society will be represented. Saturday April 1…
The King Kong Comic Strip is 90
The public birth of King Kong, the movie monster, was 90 years ago. The movie debuted in New York City…
The Tinkersons Tenth
Take It From the Tinkersons by Bill Bettwy is nearing its tenth anniversary. The comic strip began April 1, 2013…
Weekend Funnies Wrap-up
Gaming the Funny Pages – part two Last weekend we noted Joe Wos playing games. This weekend it was Jef…