Hey Kids! Comics! New Books for a New Year
Below are some comic strip and cartoon books scheduled for January 2022 release.Images and links (mostly) via Amazon,though ordering through…
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Ron Goulart – RIP
Science fiction and mystery writer and comics historian Ron Goulart has passed away. Ronald Joseph (Ron) Goulart January 13, 1933…
Lucy 2022 Research Award Winners: Resha & Exner
Lucy is, of course, Lucy Shelton Caswell, original curator of The Billy Ireland. Lucy with current curator Jenny Robb The…
Bungleton Green and the Mystic Commandos
or, Bungleton Green in the 21st Century. In 1942, almost a year after America entered the Second World War, Jay…
Washington Times Comics Poll (Comic Chronicles)
“The Washington Times is interested in ascertaining what cartoons its readers enjoy most, and which are the least popular.” That…
Multiple Mixed Mock Monikers
Sally and Tedwood, Sally Starr and Ted St. John, Hilary the Menace, The Fabulous Furry Forth Spouses. They all showed…
Ollie Harrington’s Dark Laughter
Dark Laughter Revisited: The Life and Times of Ollie Harrington is a retrospective presented by the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library…
Yellow Journalism: That Was Then, That Is Now
It is perhaps not so surprising to hear that the problem of “fake news” — media outlets adopting sensationalism to…
100 Years Ago the Monthly Comic Book Appears
Comic books had appeared long before 1922, but that was the year a comic book appeared on a regular periodic…
2021 The Dearly Departed
This is an installment of 2021 Newspaper Comics: Debuts, Departures, and the Dearly Departed.(part 1: Debuts – – part 2:…
CSotD Christmas Special: Hooray for Wally Wood!
Wally Wood was a giant in the comics business, as explained at length, with an abundance of examples, in this…
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…
Comic Chronicles: Comic Strip Stories
Comic Book Resources offers up Star Wars: 10 Things You Never Knew About The 1979-1984 Newspaper Strips. The countdown starts…
Hey Kids! Comics! All I Want For Christmas…
Below are some comic strip and cartoon books scheduled for December 2021 release.Images and links (mostly) via Amazon,though ordering through…
Spotlight on Senior Stripper Sy Barry
At 93 Sy Barry, artist of The Phantom comic strip from 1961 to 1994 and a comic book artist for…