Stephan Pastis Gets Out of the House
Stephan Pastis is going on a “mini-book tour,” meaning the tour is short not that his book is small (the…
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Gagwomen, Interviews, New Web Comic, Books, and Guest Stars in This Weekend Roundup
A new co-signature appeared this week in the Bliss panel. © Harry Bliss A commenter at GoComics guessed Cary Stringfield,…
David Sipress Two
Michael Maslin writes: We don’t see many memoirs from New Yorker cartoonists. Peter Arno started one, but it never went…
Women Cartoonists of The New Yorker Two
[Liza Donnelly’s] latest book, Very Funny Ladies: The New Yorker’s Women Cartoonists, publishes in March. In it, Donnelly continues telling…
The Day David Sipress Became a Cartoonist
David Sipress writes: In the fall of 1969, I made a spur-of-the-moment decision to quit graduate school at Harvard, where…
This Week’s Weekend Roundup
Following the news that The New Adventures of Tarzan will be collected between hard covers comes Dark Horse announcing they…
Hey Kids! Comics! Books for Your Valentine
Below are some comic strip and cartoon books scheduled for February 2022 release.Images and links (mostly) via Amazon,though ordering through…
Maus Returns to Best Seller Lists
The law of unintended consequences. Maus by Art Spiegelman at Amazon as of 12 noon PST: …
Tennessee School Board Bans Maus Graphic Novel
Southeast Tennessee’s McMinn County School Board has voted unanimously to ban Art Spiegelman‘s Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic novel Maus from every…
A Little of This, A Bit of That
Cartoon Exhibit [E]ditorial cartoons [will be] exhibited at the University of Tennessee’s Downtown Gallery beginning Wednesday, January 26 through…
Hey Kids! Comics! New Books for a New Year
Below are some comic strip and cartoon books scheduled for January 2022 release.Images and links (mostly) via Amazon,though ordering through…
Ron Goulart – RIP
Science fiction and mystery writer and comics historian Ron Goulart has passed away. Ronald Joseph (Ron) Goulart January 13, 1933…
Bungleton Green and the Mystic Commandos
or, Bungleton Green in the 21st Century. In 1942, almost a year after America entered the Second World War, Jay…
Dav Pilkey, Jeff Kinney Win 2021 Bestseller Sweeps
Dav Pilkey (Dog Man) and Jeff Kinney (Diary of a Wimpy Kid) were the big winners in 2021. Each of…
Judy Hansen is The Beat’s Person of the Year
Judy Hansen is an agent (her company is Hansen Literary Agency) but she’s much more than that. She is someone…