CSotD: Covering the News as Sports
There’s nothing much new in the commentary on the bombing attempts, though Michael Cavna has a nice roundup of editorial…
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Comic Strip of the Day: The Sound of Distant Laughter
It isn’t really anywhere; It’s somewhere else instead. — A.A. Milne Jamestown is probably classified as “Western New York,” though…
NEMO: The Classic Comics Library Returns!!
Fantastic news for fans of comics and cartooning – Rick Marschall is announcing the return of the highly revered comic…
Allan Holtz blows up Comic Strip History
One hundred years ago, November 1918, saw the debut of Gasoline Alley. So in this celebratory centennial of Gasoline Alley,…
Original Tintin art sold for $1.2 million in Hong Kong
An original 1936 original art piece by Belgian cartoonist Herge for a Tintin comic has fetched $1.2 million at a…
King Features celebrates 100 years in syndication
King Features celebrates 100 years in syndication this year. During the National Cartoonists Society Reuben Awards weekend, they paneled a…
Johnny Hart’s B.C. comic starts from the beginning today at GoComics
As of today, you can start reading Johnny Hart’s B.C. from the very first comic (see below) over on GoComics….
King Features to celebrate 100 years with 16 full-color broadsheet supplement to papers
King Features is celebrating its 100th year this November by printing and distributing a full-color collectable supplement to newspapers. The…
Check out the 1980’s Fantistic Funnies tv show with your fav newspaper comics
Charles Brubaker has posted a fascinating piece over at Cartoon Research about the 1980’s ?The Fantastic Funnies? television show wherein…
NCS Foundation announces Celebrity Cartoonist Caribbean Cruise
So a really cool thing is in the works – not just in the works, it is happening this January….
Vic and Nat’ly creator Bunny Matthews announced he has a brain cancer
From Gambit: Bunny Matthews, who created the quintessential comic-strip Yats “Vic and Nat’ly” in 1982, announced today in a Facebook…
WSJ: Profiles Jules Feiffer and his new career in graphic novels
The Wall Street Journal profiles Jules Feiffer, how he got into cartooning and how at age 86, he’s still going…
San Francisco’s Cartoon Art Museum forced to find new home
The Cartoon Art Museum in San Francisco will lose its current space in June after a lease ends. From the…
Check out the very first Beetle Bailey strip. And it was rejected
Brian Walker, comic historian, author and son of Beetle Bailey creator Mort Walker, posted the first week of proposed strips…
Check out Rina Piccolo’s Centuries Old Doodles
Tina’s Groove creator Rina Piccolo has a fascinating find: Picture this. A monk. A monk in a high tower. In…