Comic Strip Centennial – Our Boarding House
Conventional wisdom is that Gene Ahern switched from his Crazy Quilt comic strip to his Our Boarding House panel on…
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741.5 Comic Chronicles
Once upon a time there was a lonely rich boy whose mother insisted on dragging him away from home to…
Hey Kids! Comics! Harvest Those Bookshelves
Below are some comic strip and cartoon books scheduled for September 2021 release.Images and links (mostly) via Amazon,though ordering through…
Cartoon Classic: One Hundred Cartoons by Cesare
Oscar Edward Cesare – Cartoonist, Advocate for Humanity. From Prabook: After moving to New York, Cesare–he pronounced his name “See-sare”–…
Cathy Guisewite and Aack Cast by Jamie Loftus
Photo: Tony Korody/Sygma (Getty Images) The AV Club has a short review of the Aack Cast by Jamie Loftus radio…
First and Last – Professor Doodles
Today saw the Doodles Sunday page go to rerun following the death of cartoonist Chris Foote. Doodles began on Sunday…
First and Last – The Lone Ranger
Westerns had always been a part of American popular culture, so when radio began turning over news and lecture…
Solved! – A Mystery of the Ages
It was a mystery on a par with The Riddle of The Sphinx or what happens when we shuffle off…
Appreciations: Harrop, Wolverton, Kirchner
© The Vancouver Sun Graham Harrop looks as whimsical as you might expect from a cartoonist known for aiming at…
Comic Chronicles – Past Tents
MAD and MAD images © EC Publications You may not immediately recognize the name John Caldwell of Ballston Lake….
The New Yorker on Food and Chicago Comics
The new New Yorker is a Food and Drink issue. One of the thrills of living in a big city,…
Comic Chronicles – Those Olde Tyme Comicks
A number of people have recently treated us to a number of old public domain comics. From the National…
First and Last – Freckles and His Friends
When the Freckles and His Friends daily strip ended in 1971 Newspaper Enterprise Association supplied the first strip from September…
Hey Kids! Comics! Free Comic Book Day is Over
Below are some comic strip and cartoon books scheduled for August 2021 release.Images and links (mostly) via Amazon,though ordering through…
Comic Chronicles and Dizzy Dramas
Dateline: Canada Dateline: Canada Steve Canyon came to a U. S. Air Force base in northern Canada last winter and…