A Hostile Life In The Boondocks
In 1999 Aaron McGruder shook up the comics pages in America’s newspapers. In 1997, not long after Aaron McGruder pulled…
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Al Jaffee, at 99, is Interviewed
When you worked for Eisner and then when you got out of the service and worked for Stan Lee, were…
Newly Discovered – Davis’ Pre-Garfield Garfield *updated
Last year Quinton Reviews gave us an introduction to pre-Garfield Jim Davis. Earlier this year he spent some vacation time…
The Mystery of the Missing Vintage Strips
Comics Kingdom has lost some of Zane Grey’s “King of the Royal Mounted” Vintage strips. We found’em. Comics Kingdom will…
Al Jaffee Retires at 99
After putting in a mere 79 years as a professional cartoonist Al Jaffee is retiring. From Michael Cavna: Al Jaffee,…
Mad Medieval Marginalia
All of us, at one time or another, have written in the margins of our books. I continue to do…
Trina Robbins: A Life Fighting Sexism; Now Ageism
Robbins, who grew up in Queens, N.Y., recalls taking her weekly, 10-cent allowance to the neighborhood candy store and after…
CSotD: Provocative Women
We’ll take a break for a review of what I’m going to call a “provocative book,” a graphic history of…
A History of Pandemics on the Funny Pages
Comics historian Michael Tisserand takes a look at the current crop of coronavirus comic strips, with a particular eye on…
On Comics History
James Herbert (1943–2013), one of the best-selling horror writers in the world, was a devoted admirer of Tufts’s work, and…
CSotD: A Pause In Our Usual Schedule
(We’ll do Friday Funnies on Saturday this week) (Scott Clissold) On this anniversary, we are engaged in a new struggle…
First and Last – Rick O’Shay, Latigo
The western strip Rick O’Shay by Stan Lynde began in 1958. It first appeared on April 27, 1958 (below), taking…
Today! Where We’re Coming From (Online Event)
The Billy Ireland Library and Museum reminds us: Rebecca Wanzo, Associate Professor of Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies at Washington…
A Virtual Visit to The Billy Ireland Library & Museum
As the Columbus Dispatch says: For those who haven’t set foot in the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum, now…
Flash Gordon Original Art Almost Half Million $$
The combined price for the original art making up the first Flash Gordon/Jungle Jim page of January 7, 1934 sold…