A Little Song, A Little Dance…
A Saul Steinberg drawing from 1967 graces the cover of the new New Yorker. Françoise Mouly interviews Ian Frazier, friend…
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When Overground Cartoonists Went Underground
The late 1960s to the mid 1970s was the height of the underground comix, and the creators and producers of…
Australian Cartoonists’ 2021 Stanley Awards
The Australian Cartoonists Association held their Stanley Awards brunch in February where finalists and winners were announced for various categories….
Richard Guindon – RIP
Cartoonist Dick Guindon has passed away. Richard Gordon (Dick) Guindon December 2, 1935 – February 27, 2022 The Detroit Free…
Happy Birthday Arnold Roth
Respect! Friday 25th February is Arnold Roth’s 93rd Birthday! Here’s a video from the National Cartoonists Society featuring Arnold Roth…
A Gorey Gallery
Presented on the anniversary of Edward Gorey‘s birth is a gallery of his art as selected by Richard Gagnon.
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…
Gorey’s Children, An Exhibit
The [San Francisco] Cartoon Art Museum hosts Gorey’s Children, an exhibit featuring original artwork and limited edition serigraphs by celebrated…
NCS Auction Raises $54K for St. Jude’s Children
Helping to clobber kid’s cancer the National Cartoonists Society raised $54,000 last Fall with a Heritage Auctions event selling original…
USPS Comic Stamps That Never Were
With the barren United States Postal Service stamp-scape for comics lovers in 2022, let’s take a look, with the help…
Drawing Life with George Booth
No one familiar with George Booth’s cartoons can look at an English bull terrier and not wonder whether its equine…
American Santa – From Nast to Now
From The Day: Donder and Blitzen (German for “thunder” and “lightning”) first made their appearance in 1823, springing from the…
Suppressing Comics: When They Didn’t All Go Pogo
above: Before and after syndicate mandated changes. During the 1950s, Walt Kelly created the most popular comic strip in the…
18th-Century Hogarth and The Woke Culture
Tate Britain in London has defended the approach taken in its Hogarth and Europe exhibition (until 20 March 2022) following…
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…