CSotD: D-Day Plus One
Peter Brookes holds up the mirror with a cartoon so simple that I almost passed it by as obvious….
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CSotD: D-Day the Sixth of June
One of the keys to looking up contemporary coverage of historic moments is that you really have to look at…
Frank Jacobs Joins the Senior Strippers Club
Let me begin by apologizing to Mr. Jacobs for being a day late. above: birthday greeting from MAD Magazine…
It’s Complicated
He was so good at imagining overly complicated and outlandish contraptions that his name became part of the English…
Jack Davis as Sports Cartoonist
If you happened to grow up in America in the 1960s, 70s or 80s, you’ve no doubt seen…
Happy National Cartoonists Day!
above: the famous B. Kliban cartoon, below: W. C. Morris from circa 1908 Both the above and many more…
100 Years Ago Today – Harold Teen
above: The Love Life of Harold Teen debuts in the Chicago Tribune May 4, 1919 As Michael Vassallo…
CSotD: Mister, we could use some men like Herblock again
Matt Davies was, for a second time, awarded the Herblock Prize, and much as I dislike awards in general, I…
90 Years Ago – Herblock Debuts
The Chicago Daily News – April 24, 1929 Herbert Block, signing Herblock, begins his career as an editorial cartoonist….
Magazine Monday
Comic Strip Cartoonist #10 Last month I got the delightful 10th (#10) Anniversary issue of Comic Strip Cartoonist. “Ski”…
Comics in the Mid-Week News
Big Nate, Lincoln Peirce, and the Mid-School Kids Tuesday saw Nate Peirce entertain and inform the Westbrook Middle School…
CSotD: 75 Years Ago
I’m going light on the commentary and heavy on the comics for April Fool’s Day. Here’s what people found in…
First and (for now) Last – The Amazing Spider-Man
With the (temporary) end of new Amazing Spider-Man comic strips it seems a good time for this. Stan Lee…
Some Stuff about Cartooning Editorial Opinions
Patrick Chappette Wins the Not The Thomas Nast Award 80th Annual Overseas Press Club Awards Recognize Finest International Reporting…
Hey Kids! Comics! Spring Released
above: Macanudo by Liniers Here are some comic strip and cartoon books scheduled for March 2019 release. Images and links…