Saturday Briefing
Morten Morland, a frequent Mike Peterson choice, has been named The Press Awards’ Cartoonist of the Year. Hat tip to…
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Ian Falconer – RIP
New Yorker cover artist Ian Falconer has passed away. Ian Woodward Falconer August 25, 1959 – March 7, 2023 From…
Calvin and Hobbes Portable Compendium
More information about the new editions of the collected Calvin and Hobbes books has been released. The first set of…
Jules Feiffer Beset w/ Macular Degeneration
Roger Rosenblatt, writing for The New York Times about the genesis of his and Jules Feiffer‘s new book Cataract Blues,…
New Bill Watterson Book – Fall ’23
News is breaking of a new book by Bill Watterson and John Kascht scheduled for release on October 10, 2023….
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…
Hey Kids! Comics! Classics and Neo-Classics
Below are some comic strip and cartoon books scheduled for January 2023 release. Images and links (mostly) via Amazon, though…
Refreshing the Reports (Updates)
Bessie Mae Kelley, Kieran Castaño, Robert Ripley, Harry Bliss, Hergé Alex Jay took note of the Bessie Mae Kelley stories…
Hey Kids! Comics! Books From Last Month and This
Below are some comic strip and cartoon books scheduled for December 2022 release. Images and links (mostly) via Amazon, though…
Wildly Random Weekend Roundup
Award Winning Cartoonists Kevin Necessary (1st Place) and Rich Williams (2nd Place) win 2022 cartooning awards…
Dick Tracy Comic Character Tom De Haven Profiled
From the VCU News: Tom De Haven, a retired Virginia Commonwealth University professor and author of a series of novels…
Clearing the Queue – Tales From Hither and Thither
The Evolving Art of Ruffling Feathers © Steve Nease Most newspapers had a full-time cartoonist on staff. Now, the juice…
Mud and Mirth: Marine Cartoonists in World War I
From The Minot Daily News: Minot native Cord Scott’s latest book is titled “The Mud and the Mirth: Marine Cartoonists…
First Wednesday After the First Tuesday After the First Monday of November (A Cartoonist Roundup)
The other day Mike Peterson featured “a well-crafted homage” cartoon by Daniel Boris in his column. An unfamiliar name to…