Dogpatch, USA For Sale
400 acres of what used to be the Dogpatch USA (1968-1993) amusement park, based on the Li’l Abner comic strip…
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2020 Eisner Hall of Fame Judge’s Choices (and Nominees): Nell Brinkley and E. Simms Campbell
The 2020 Judges’ Choices for automatic inclusion into the Eisner Hall of Fame are Nell Brinkley and E. Simms Campbell….
John Romita Senior now a Senior Stripper
Happy Birthday John Romita, born January 24, 1930. John now becomes a member of our Senior Strippers Club. John is…
Wolfgang Fuchs – RIP
Comics author, historian, and translator Wolfgang J. Fuchs has passed away. Wolfgang J. Fuchs September 16, 1945 – January 20,…
150 Years Ago: Thomas Nast & Democrat Donkey
In the January 15, 1870 issue of Harper’s Weekly Thomas Nast published his first Democratic Donkey cartoon. The repeated use…
When Paul Conrad Forgot the Caption
Among the Giants of Editorial Cartooning in the last half of the 20th Century and into the 21st was Paul…
Oliphant: “Being a Cartoonist is a Great Privilege”
In 2018 the great editorial cartoonist Pat Oliphant donated a great deal of his papers to the University of Virginia….
1924 is Now Public Domain for 2020
Print and film classics from 1924 become public domain on January 1, 2020. Some famous comic strips which were created…
CSotD: The 1944th Noel
Looking back 75 years, we find ourselves on the edge of victory but with plenty yet to go. There was…
David Horsey Gets Full-Page Seattle Times Cartoon
The Seattle Times, taking a page from their past… A few years ago, when The Seattle Times was relocating from…
Hey Kids! Comics! For Under the Tree
Here are some comic strip and cartoon books scheduled for December 2019 release. Images and links (mostly) via Amazon, though…
Al Jaffee Hands Fold-In Off to Johnny Sampson
Johnny Sampson notes: I did the “Special Edition MAD 20 Fold-In”, out this week! Some of you know this but…
The Best Selling Comic Strips of the Past 40 Years
Allan Holtz’s Stripper’s Guide has provided comics researcher Jeffrey Lindenblatt a platform to present his latest project. Jeffrey has taken…
1933 – When Newspapers (and Comics) Reigned
The height of the depression might have been the height of the rule of newspapers, and the major feature in…
Willie and Joe and World War 3 (Mauldin, 1951)
Here’s the story in a nutshell. In May, 1952, after the Russian invasion of Yugoslavia, the principal United Nations countries…