Tony Tallarico – RIP
Cartoonist/illustrator Tony Tallarico has passed away. Anthony F. (Tony) Tallarico September 20, 1933 – January 6, 2022 From the Berndt…
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Matt Bors on the Future of The Nib and Bors
From Multiversity Comics: For the second year, we have put together a ‘Best Small Press’ category for our Year in…
Ollie Harrington’s Dark Laughter
Dark Laughter Revisited: The Life and Times of Ollie Harrington is a retrospective presented by the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library…
Tom Gauld – Booked
I make a weekly cartoon for The Guardian newspaper about books and a weekly science cartoon for New Scientist magazine….
Local Writers Remember Cartoonist Don Asmussen
Asmussen’s “Bad Reporter” comic emerged shortly after the Examiner merged with the Chronicle in 2000. Delightfully deranged, Asmussen’s biweekly, syndicated…
Comic Books: Lists and Stuff
Up, up, and away as comic book auction results reach – biff! zow! – incredible prices. A decent grade issue…
Hey Kids! Comics! All I Want For Christmas…
Below are some comic strip and cartoon books scheduled for December 2021 release.Images and links (mostly) via Amazon,though ordering through…
New Adventures of Tarzan Webcomic Gets Booked
The 2012 Tarzan webcomic (retitled The New Adventures of Tarzan in 2013) by Roy Thomas, Tom Grindberg, and Benito Gallego…
Library of American Comics Teams w/ Clover Press
Dean Mullaney has announced that beginning in 2022 The Library of American Comics publishing imprint will primarily be in partnership…
Reviews and Remembrances
We ran an obituary for cartoonist Jerry Palen last week. But… Many people knew him as a fellow rancher,…
Jesse Springer, Freelancing Editoons in Oregon
For more than a quarter century, political cartoonist Jesse Springer has parodied and highlighted the uniqueness that is Oregon. His…
Hilary F. Campbell, Murder Book & Killer Cartoons
New Yorker cartoonist Hilary Fitgerald Campbell is far too young to have a full-blown biography, so this Press Democrat…
The Ultimate Caniff Terry and the Pirates Collection
Milton Caniff’s Terry and the Pirates comic strip has been collected in a number of formats – from Big Little…
Teaching and Learning with Calvin and Hobbes
Bill Waterson Extremely Rare Teaching With Calvin And Hobbes Book (Playground Publishing, 1993). Those hoping to find a copy of…
Profusely Illustrated: A Memoir by Edward Sorel
Usually any book missed in the monthly Hey Kids! Comics! checklist would wait to be noted in the following month’s…