M. Thomas Inge – RIP
Pop Culture scholar and historian M. Thomas Inge has passed away. Milton Thomas (Tom) Inge March 18, 1936 – May…
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Hey Kids! Comics! – Send Your Soldier a Book
Below are some comic strip and cartoon books scheduled for May 2021 release. Images and links (mostly) via Amazon, though…
Senior Strippers (2021 Edition)
Happy Birthday to Lily Renée (Lily Renée Willheim Peters Phillips) born 100 years ago today. Lily joins a few…
Feminist Cartooning: Winnie Winkle, Breadwinner
Before Working Girl, 9 to 5, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, or even Our Miss Brooks, which each featured single…
Mary Worth’s Family
Five years ago this week, cartoonist June Brigman took over the iconic newspaper comic strip “Mary Worth,” continuing a popular…
CSotD: Anybody here remember print?
(Some thoughts about newspapers, while I take Mother’s Day off to go visit the Aged P.) Here’s the protagonist…
1921 Beginning of the End for Cartoons Magazine
These days we have Funny Times and Humor Times for regular magazines featuring political, social, and gag cartoons. 100 years…
A History of an Anti-Vaccinationist Cartoon
Smallpox is a now eradicated virus that caused high fevers, fatigues and a rash. It is estimated to have killed…
Cartoonews – Editorial (Now and Then)
The jury, composed of the members of World Press Freedom Canada, met on April 13 to select the winners of…
Navy May Recognize Black WWII Sailor
Military.com is reporting: A movement is gaining steam to recognize a heroic Black sailor from World War II, who towed…
Hey Kids! Comics! – Earth Day Pulp
BC © John Hart Studios; Paperback cologne from Demeter Below are some comic strip and cartoon books scheduled for…
Planet Whatnot
The Bottom Ten Warner Bros. Cartoons © Warner Bros. Instead of listing his Top Ten animation expert Jerry Beck lists…
Cartoon Carousel – Zoom! Pow! Crash!
Spring Break Cartooning with Mike Lynch ABOUT THE CLASS: Make comics with professional cartoonist Mike Lynch. In this week-long course,…
Comic Strip Rarity: The O’Kays by Jay Kay
In 1948 Jerry Keefe, an advertising and commercial artist, decided, like so many before and since, to become a world-famous…
Ladies Night at The Daily Cartoonist
© Bianca Xunise Xunise’s work is funny and thoughtful. Her linework has this playful energy, and she has a masterful…