Comics Community Comity Amid Covid Concerns
above: Clay Bennett of the Chattanooga Times Free Press With all the important places closing, some comics people are…
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It Was 120 Years Ago Today
An informal poll of cartoonists taken in the early 1930s named Frederick Burr Opper the funniest man who ever worked…
Diamondback Ceases Print Edition – Launched Kinney, Cho, McGruder Cartooning Careers
The student newspaper of University of Maryland, The Diamondback, has published its last print edition after 110 years. It will…
Marchin’ in with Miscellany
NPR interviews a Genius. The site also features a short Yes You Can! Lynda Barry video. This Is How…
Original Art for 1st Flash Gordon Strip to Auction
Well, this oughta bring a buck or two. The original art for the January 7, 1934 debut of Flash Gordon…
Russ Cochran – RIP
Comics maven, historian, archivist, dealer, and publisher Russ Cochran has passed away. above: Russ Cochran portrait by Frank Frazetta Russell…
First and Last – James Thurber & The New Yorker
James Thurber‘s first drawings appeared in the The New Yorker dated ninety years ago today. In the New Yorker issue…
CSotD: Obscene Cartoon Warning
Ed Hall offers a commentary on an item from Dear Leader’s budget, which eliminates funding for Stars and Stripes, the…
DeBartolo Streak Ends; Aragonés Now Top Streaker
MAD #12 comes out tomorrow and does not contain NEW material from Dick DeBartolo. That ends a streak going back…
Collectors’ Growing Interest in Original Art
above: Régis Loisel An exhibit of original European comic art in New York City gives Forbes a reason to look…
CSotD: Games Presidents Play, and HB2U SBA
Pia Guerra comments on the return of Hope Hicks to the White House, and I’m not sure if she’s just…
Hey Kids! Comics! Book Love
Seems Dennis is right: I love books. The problem is that my book-buying habit outpaces my ability to read them….
74th Reubens: Gold T-Square to G. B. Trudeau
The National Cartoonists Society is noting that Garry B. Trudeau will be presented the Society’s the Gold T-Square. From NCS…
Newbery Medal Winner is New Kid by Jerry Craft
Jerry Craft and his New Kid graphic novel make history. The School Library Journal reports: History was made at the…
So, This Happened (Clearing a Backlog of Items)
Lynn Johnston has a new outlet for her licensed products. What Would Mary Do? Washington Post on the…