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…
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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…
Sparky Schulz Centennial Celebration – July Notes
Later this year will be the 100th anniversary of Charles M. Schulz’s birthday. AP photo “Peanuts” was America’s favorite…
Jim Ivey – RIP
Political cartoonist and comics historian Jim Ivey has passed away. James Burnett (Jim) Ivey April 15, 1925 – July 14,…
Weekend Roundup – Late Edition
Announcing the 2022 Davenport International Cartoon Contest! A festival that honors a famous Political Cartoonist seems almost naked without some…
Hey Kids! Comics! A Summer Reading List
Below are some comic strip and cartoon books scheduled for July 2022 release. Images and links (mostly) via Amazon, though…
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…
An R. C. Harvey Project
Remembering RC Harvey Harvey, who went alternately by Bob or R.C., was a perennial presence at NCS and AAEC conventions,…
The Old Frontiers with Charles M. Russell
In the mid-1910s famed “Cowboys and Indians” artist Charles M. Russell began a new phase of his storied career –…
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…
R.C. Harvey’s Autobiographical Essay from 2005
From IJoCA: Bob Harvey, a longtime comics historian and cartoonist passed away last week, suddenly after an injury. We’ve asked…
Sandra of the Secret Service Returns as Sondra
In January of 1935 the first DC comic book was released – New Fun #1. It featured the first female…
Robert C. Harvey – RIP
Cartoonist and comics historian Bob Harvey has passed away. Robert Charles (Bob) Harvey (a.k.a. R. C. Harvey) June 22, 1937…
Robert C. Harvey Has Passed Away
Filmmaker Tom Tanquary is informing us of the sad news that cartoonist and comics historian R. C. Harvey has passed…
Cartoonists in the News
Cartoonist Pierre “Peb” Bellocq Honors The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) and the National Museum of Racing and Hall…