CSotD: Laughter in the Graveyard
David Ostow is right, and so was my professor, all those years ago. We were reading Hamlet and he led…
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Jim Davis’ Comic Strips Before Garfield
Despite being the world’s most syndicated comic, pulling in hundreds of millions of dollars every year, Garfield was originally meant…
Seeing May Out with Miss Cellany
Jeffrey Lindenblatt’s Paper Trends returns with a survey of the comics page of the year 2000. The Rookies, Biggest Winners…
Karen Moy and 20 Years Worth of Mary
After more than 20 years on the job, Karen Moy ’87 still considers it “a blessing and an honor” to…
A Brief History of Animating Comic Strips
The Garfield Movie, currently running on movie theaters (Rotten Tomatoes scoring much better by audiences than critics) prompted Cartoon Brew…
Breaking the Chain: The Guard Dog Story
Patrick McDonnell’s Mutts Comics site is promoting The Guard Dog Story for preorder. This book features the seven-week-long tale of…
Julie Larson – RIP
Cartoonist and puzzle maker Julie Larson had passed away two years ago. Julie Christine (Harris) Larson September 20, 1959 –…
CSotD: Things That Make You Say “Hmmm”
Sometimes you need a dose of silliness, and Jimmy Craig is just the one to deliver. This gag requires a…
CSotD: It’s Memorial Day Again and Again
John Darkow leads us off with both a reminder of what Memorial Day is about, and how it differs from…
Olivia Jaimes to Take a Leave from Nancy
Olivia Jaimes appeared on video as a part of the recent Nancy Fest: The New Nancy Olivia Jaimes is the…
Sunday Stripping
Let’s start with three huzzahs to Comics Kingdom for including the title panels with the Sunday comics! We sincerely hope…
CSotD: More Saturday Morning Cartoons
We’re not doing political cartoons today, but let’s start with something blatantly political: This past Sunday’s Non Sequitur (AMS). Danae…
Wayback Whensday – A Bagful of Peanuts
Charles Schulz and his Peanuts comic strip remains a topic of interest in news reports and the blogosphere. Let’s open…
CSotD: And another thing …
Good timing award to Tommy Siegel for dropping this cartoon just before Taylormania went from fascination to exploitation. The fascination…
Russell Myers Sets Guinness World Record
From the Tribune Content Agency news feed: We at The Daily Cartoonist join in congratulating Russell B. Myers! Might open…