Through the Past Cartoonly
Harold and the Purple Crayon, 1960s Popeye cartoons, 1972 Sergio Aragonés poster, Little Orphan Annie and Harold Gray, 2024 San…
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Whatnot Wednesday Weirdness
Newspapers From this past weekend’s Albany Times-Union: On April 4, 1924, the Times Union told its readers it had officially…
Garfield Evolves Again
Boom Studios released the “first look” at their forthcoming Garfield comic book series: BOOM! Studios today revealed a first look…
Howard Beckerman – RIP
Animator and animation teacher Howard Beckerman has passed away. Howard Roy Beckerman December 25, 1930 – June 29, 2024 J.J….
A Brief History of Animating Comic Strips
The Garfield Movie, currently running on movie theaters (Rotten Tomatoes scoring much better by audiences than critics) prompted Cartoon Brew…
Dana, Phoebe, Her Unicorn and Nickelodeon – Old News with an Old News Update
Deadline reports: EXCLUSIVE: We hear that Nickelodeon has won the rights in a competitive situation to Dana Simpson’s comic strip…
Saturday with Miss Cellany
I am deeply honored and thrilled to share that I am the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists‘ (AAEC) inaugural 2024…
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…
Nancy Beiman – A New Start After 60
When Nancy Beiman was 65 and contemplating retirement from her job as a professor of animation, she had no clue…
April 20 TCM Alert: Back From The Ink
A program of nine restorations, titled Back From the Ink: Restored Animated Shorts, will premiere at the 2024 TCM Classic…
Sunday Survey of Sundry Subjects
Heathcliff, J. D. Crowe and Mardi Gras, Vintage Comic Strip Preservation and sharing, Robb Armstrong and Franklin Armstrong, Brad Guigar…
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…
Public Domain: Mickey and More in ’24
The big news in Public Domain 2024 is selected Mickey Mouse copyrights, whose animated shorts Steamboat Willie and The Gallopin’…
Once Upon a Whatnot Wednesday
‘Tis the season. ‘Tis the season to be jolly, and Comics Kingdom is decking the halls with a special Holiday…
Monday with Miss Cellany
What better way to start Monday than with Garfield. He’s got a new movie coming out next year. Variety has…