Most Banned Comics of the 21st Century
New Kid by Jerry Craft, Maus by Art Spiegelman, American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang, Fun Home: A Family…
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Book Publishers Antitrust Trial: PRH/S&S v. DOJ
Book publishers just spent 3 weeks in court arguing they have no idea what they’re doing On August 22, oral…
Throw-Stuff-At-The-Wall Thursday
As we jump all over the place let’s start with – The Are You Calvin or Are You Hobbes Quiz….
Hey Kids! Comics! Hot August Books
Below are some comic strip and cartoon books scheduled for August 2022 release. Images and links (mostly) via Amazon, though…
Kevin Kallaugher & the Art of Editorial Cartooning
Grotesquerie is Kevin “Kal” Kallaugher’s bread and butter. For fifty years the cartoonist has rendered newsmakers in a fleshy museum…
New Book – America’s Most Influential Journalist: The Life, Times and Legacy of Thomas Nast
This 830-page biography contains 1,000 Nast cartoons, illustrations, sketches, and paintings. 800 from Harper’s Weekly, the balance from other rare…
Raymond Briggs – RIP
Author-illustrator-cartoonist Raymond Briggs has passed away. Raymond Redvers Briggs January 18, 1934 – August 9, 2022 “iconoclastic national treasure” From…
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Wednesday August 10, 2022 Memes, Editorial Cartoons, and Visual Journalism: Lessons for Your Classroom Wednesday, August 10, 2022 @ 5:00…
Weekend Whatnots on a Sunday Afternoon
Anything you can think of is controlled by a handful of companies After a flurry of last-minute filings and orders,…
2022 San Diego Comic Con Souvenir Bookazine
The 2022 Comic Con International: San Diego ends today, but the memories can last a lifetime with the 2022 Souvenir…
SDCC 2022 Eisner Award Winners
The Eisner Awards were handed out Friday night at the San Diego Comic Con. Below are a select few with…
Penmen of the Past (a Comic Chronicles issue)
Mike Rhode reports on Sara Duke revealing that The Library of Congress has received a new addition from 1918 to…
Weekend Roundup – Late Edition
Announcing the 2022 Davenport International Cartoon Contest! A festival that honors a famous Political Cartoonist seems almost naked without some…
50 Years Ago – Maus Origins
50 years ago, on July 15, 1972, Apex Novelties released Funny Aminals #1, an underground comix book with work by…
Miscellaneous Monday – We’re All Over the Place
A reminder that if you are, or know, a young cartoonist doing political cartoons or comics journalism, you have until…