Wallace the Brave Scavenger Hunt
Andrews McMeel and Will Henry have devised a contest with the reward being a print of the very first Wallace…
D. D. Degg
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Yesterday, When I Was Young
Okay, it was only a day ago but I was younger. And some cartoonist were also younger, or their surrogates…
Mark Schultz in the Comics of Hal Foster
The Scranton Sunday Times features a profile of current Prince Valiant writer Mark Schultz on the front page (but below…
Paper Reduces Sunday Funnies to Four Color Comics
That’s four color comics, not four-color comics. The Prescott Daily Courier will shrink its Sunday Color Comics print section to…
Saturday Smorgasbord
The Return of Philbert Phountain Phil Fountain is a pseudonym for ANC’s prodigal cartoonist, Philbert Phountain, who has recently returned…
Comic Criticism is Friday’s Filing
I wonder how he did it. How did Brian Crane, creator of the comic strip “Pickles,” sneak into our house…
First and Last: Rusty Riley
By 1948 Frank Godwin (b. 1889) had spent a good 40 years as a respected and requested illustrator for newspapers,…
Reelin’ and a Rockin’, Rantin’ and A Raven
I got my rant on yesterday, but The Brilliant Mind of Edison Lee has me thiiiis close to going off…
Comics Page Returns to Daily News
The comics page has returned to The Washington County (Wis.) Daily News and The Waukesha Freeman. A while back a…
The Comics Page in Color and B&W
…And maybe some grayscale. Reading a daily comics page in black and white I was struck by gray toning in…
Phil Witte, Magazine Cartoonist and Cartoon Critic
You may have read some Phil Witte cartoons… Phil’s cartoons have appeared in The Wall Street Journal, Barron’s, San Francisco…
Picto-Fiction* From the Past
Swiping a cartoonist’s style is not new to Artificial Intelligence. Here, from 1973, is an RCA Records advertisement for a…
Gary Brookins Retires – This Time F’Sure
Today’s Shoe saw Ben Lansing take over the Sunday cartooning chores. Gary Brookins turned the daily Shoe over to Ben…
The Late, Late News
A Modern Day Battle Over Prince Valiant Brian Kane, the preeminent Prince Valiant scholar, and Gary Groth, the preeminent Prince…
Heart to Heart by Dalai Lama & McDonnell – A Special Edition of Hey Kids! Comics!
Heart to Heart A Conversation on Love and Hope for Our Precious Planet By the Dalai Lama, illustrated by Patrick…