David Mruz – RIP
Comics and animation historian David Mruz has passed away. David Richard Mruz February 11, 1951 – December 20. 2020…
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Christmas Eve Cartoonist Chronicles-20201224
Historical Comic and Cartoon articles from the past week. Starting with the man who created the modern Santa Claus seems…
Ungentlemen: Cartoonist Chronicles-20201217
Historical looks at The Ungentlemanly Art from the past week. Illustrating Propaganda During World War I If the echoes of…
Comics & Art: Cartoonists Chronicles-20201210
Some historical essays from the past week. William Gropper: Social Justice Cartoonist GROPPER, who was contributing to other…
Paul E. Fitzgerald – RIP
Journalist and civil servant Paul E. Fitzgerald has passed away. Paul Edward (Fitz) FitzgeraldNovember 26, 1926 – December 3, 2020…
Origin of a Species-Cartoonist Chronicles 20201203
Historical articles gathered from the past week. The comic strip Fluffy Ruffles debuted in the Sunday edition of the New…
Zippy Forces a Comic Strip History Lesson
Zippy © Bill Griffith; Gnome and Hitchhiker © King Features Syndicate Today’s Zippy, featuring The Pinhead visiting Paul Bunyan and…
CSotD: Holiday Extravaganza
More history (or nostalgia, depending on your age) than commentary today. These are the cartoons you’d have seen in your…
Original Art to Rare 1953 Peanuts Promotional Item
In the Spring of 1954 newspaper readers were offered, for the price of a self-addressed stamped envelope, “The Peanuts Album.”…
COVID-19 Resurgence: The Billy Ireland Closes
The Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum is closing again: Beginning Friday, November 20, the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library &…
Cartoonist Chronicles
Recent (and not-so-recent) articles on comic and cartoon history. God’s Man, A Novel in Woodcuts by Lynn Ward This is…
Cartoonists’ Profiles
© Grant Snider Grant Snider, whose newest collection “I Will Judge You By Your Bookshelf,” was nominated for a 2020…
CSotD: Challenging the Outcome, 1876 version
The classic political cartoon from the disputed election of 1876 is this Joseph Keppler piece in which NY Senator Roscoe…
Hey Kids! Comics! Autumn Almanac
Macanudo © Liniers, distributed by King Features Syndicate Below are some comic strip and cartoon books scheduled for October…
Rarities – Early Ernie Bushmiller
Famed cartoonist Ernie Bushmiller was struggling until he took over Larry Whittington’s Fritzi Ritz in 1925. That led to a…