CSotD: Identity and Belonging
Two confessions from the start: First, when I agreed to review Sabba Khan’s graphic memoir, “What Is Home, Mum?” I…
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TDC Updates: Eisners and Tigers and Lee – Oh Si
Zoe Si Recognized (pronounced “see” despite the cute headline) Zoe has become the toast of Vancouver after being named a…
Hey Kids! Comics! Books Eclipse Budgets
Below are some comic strip and cartoon books scheduled for May 2022 release. Images and links (mostly) via Amazon, though…
ComicMix Mixes It Up With Seuss Enterprises (Again)
Publishers Weekly is reporting that Less than a year after settling a lawsuit with Dr. Seuss Enterprises, ComicMix is launching…
Catchin’ Up with Cartoonists in the News
It started, as most searches do, by looking toward the end. “COVID taught us all just how precious and fragile…
Book Revue – Libenson, Kobabe, Hendrix, Caniff, +
Reliving Her Childhood Terri Libenson is interviewed about her recently released Remakably Ruby book. How did you make the…
The Phantom vs. The Python – The Chatu Chapters
In a Sunday story arc running April 6 to September 28, 2003 Tony DePaul and Graham Nolan introduced Chatu, called…
University Press of Mississippi Book Sale
The University Press of Mississippi is taking 40% off ALL their books from May 2 to May 9, 2022. And…
Assorted Saturday Short Subjects
Reading The Funnies as a Family There’s a secret to the comics page, though. The secret is, you don’t need…
Friday Free-For-All
We’ve been on a bit of a book kick here lately, so let’s start with that. While every year is…
The Steenz Heart of the City Collected
Christina “Steenz” Stewart‘s Heart of the City comic strip has been collected in a book. The Riverfront Times…
Triumph and Tragedy and Things
2022 Cartoonist Studio Prize Winners The Beat and The Center for Cartoon Studies are proud to reveal the winners…
CSotD: Intruder in the Days of Dust
Derf Backderf’s short comment, as he wrapped up this year’s MOCCA Festival, was enough to send me scrambling to…
Banned in the U.S. Schools; Banned on Webtoon
PEN America has published a report on the rise of books being banned in public schools. Book bans in public…
Alison Bechdel Wins International Humanities Prize
Cartoonist Alison Bechdel, known for her groundbreaking, richly layered depictions of queer life and family relationships, will receive the 2022…