Comic Chronicles: All In The Family
I was recently reminded that Allan Holtz’s annotations to George McManus’s Bringing Up Father (Forever Nuts edition) was put on…
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CSotD: Without a Trace
(Dr. Macleod) (Jeremy Banx) Two threads in this particular Juxtaposition: The backgrounder is the current dustup in the UK about…
“We were Texas hippies, a proud but pitiful bunch”
Those Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers by Gilbert Shelton became famous through their underground comix books, but got their start down…
Library of American Comics Teams w/ Clover Press
Dean Mullaney has announced that beginning in 2022 The Library of American Comics publishing imprint will primarily be in partnership…
Pearl Harbor 1941 – Cartoonists’ Take of the Time
Augustus J. Robinson, Boston Daily Globe Below are some editorial cartoons from the days following the December 7, 1941 attack…
Reviews and Remembrances
We ran an obituary for cartoonist Jerry Palen last week. But… Many people knew him as a fellow rancher,…
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…
Comics Stuff-ing
© Ward Sutton Ward Sutton and The Village Voice start us off with a Thanksgiving Day comic. Roadside America…
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…
Comic Chronicles – Recent and Distant Past
In one of his most celebrated paintings, O the Roast Beef of Old England, William Hogarth appears as himself, sketching…
It’s Peanuts Season, Charlie Brown
Seems it is the season of Peanuts. Yeah , all those TV specials – but also… Well, other special videos….
Hey Kids! Comics! Building Books Better
Tom Gauld comic Below are some comic strip and cartoon books scheduled for November 2021 release.Images and links (mostly) via…
WWII Soldier Cartoons by Soldier Cartoonists
Military publications distribute news to the soldiers and often include cartoons to ease the tension. Some by soldiers and…
Hey Kids! Comics On Sale!
The University Press of Mississippi has all their books on sale! Here are a few of them: Over 150 comics…