Comic Strips: Recent News and Revues
November 7 Cartooning Workshop for Beginners with Rick Stromoski art © Rick Stromoski Learn how to draw cartoon characters and…
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The Sunday Social Session
Art Spiegelman artwork © Art Spiegelman In the age-old discussion about when comics finally “grew up” Maus is often exhibit…
Paul F. Gray Joins the Senior Strippers Club
A(nother) belated notice that Paul Frank Gray is now a dues-paying member of the Senior Strippers club. We wish the…
More Honors for Lynda Barry
The Corvallis Gazette-Times reports: Cartoonist, writer and teacher Lynda Barry has been honored with Oregon State University’s Stone Award for…
In Other Cartooning News…
UW–Madison’s Lynda Barry is the recipient of the Reuben Award for Outstanding Cartoonist of the Year, which is chosen by…
Inktober Starts Today
Every October there is a celebration of ink drawing with the surprising codification of Inktober. Many artists go freelance while…
CXC Weekend, October 1 – 4, 2020
The 2020 Cartoon Crossroads Columbus, like other events and gatherings this year, is online. The CXC is “an international showcase…
Happy Birthday to Senior Stripper Wayne Horne
We wish a very Happy Birthday to Wayne Horne, a new name on our Senior Strippers list. Wayne was…
Comic Tidbits
Pluggers header from 2015 (above) and 2020(below) © Tribune Content Agency Just saying – I would like to see a…
The End of an Error, uh, Era
It’s the end of an era, marking an error of MADdening proportions. MAD covers and material is © E.C….
2020 Hindsites – Late on the Breaking News
Clearing out some bookmarked items. The Blount County Daily Times has a nice write-up about Dave and Doreen Dotson and…
74th Annual Reuben Awards/2020 NCSFest Lineup
The National Cartoonist Society has released its schedule for the September 12, 2020 NCSFest and Reuben Awards. Streaming broadcast…
Weekend Wrap – Gettin’ Around
September celebrates Beetle Bailey at 70, then October will see Charlie Brown celebrating his 70th. Charlie (and his dog) gets…
Jason Chatfield: International Cartooning Socialite
President of National Cartoonists Society, New Yorker and Ginger Meggs cartoonist, stand-up comedian, former president of the Australian Cartoonists Association,…
How About Never- Revised(Adam) & Revisited(Bob)
Editorial cartoonists often take universally recognizable images and twist them into a useful satirical drawing for sarcastic and humorous purposes….