Unexpected Expectations
For the penultimate Fort Knox Sunday comic strip cartoonist Paul Jon Boscacci told us, “I have a special collaboration with…
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Dia de la Redondeo
With Steve Breen, Wayno, Glenn Fleishman, Ruben Bolling, Paul Robinson, and Jimmy Johnson. By Appointment Only – A migrant family…
Greg Hildebrandt – RIP
Fantasy artist Greg Hildebrandt has passed away. Gregory J. (Greg) Hildebrandt January 23, 1939 – October 31, 2024 Greg’s wife…
NJ Star-Ledger to End Print Editions
NJ Advance Media has announced its intention of ending the print editions of The (Newark) Star-Ledger (the largest circulation newspaper…
CSotD: Tricks, Treats & Suchlike
Dogs and Halloween aren’t always a good combination, but today’s Bliss (Tribune) brought back a memory of a ridgeback who…
Comics Kingdom Submission Guidelines
Comics Kingdom (CK) has issued submission guidelines for cartoonists attempting to get placed on the CK digital platform – a…
The Last Daily Doonesbury White House Wallpaper Comic Strip from 1988
So when Garry Trudeau mentioned that “the last time a Doonesbury strip featured four near-identical drawings of the White House…
Updates and Whatnots
The Unwarranted hatred for Comic Sans; The Comics Courier, a tabloid comics criticism newspaper; a Bob Foster obituary; the Kansas…
Artsy Fartsy Sunday Funnies
Below are the title panels of the Sunday Dennis the Menace comic strips for October. One is not like the…
Bunk Griffin – RIP
Chef and cartoonist Phil “Bunk” Griffin has passed away. Philip M. (Bunk) Griffin June 17, 1940 – October 16, 2024…
CSotD: Breathless Laughter
This Buckets (AMS) is as close to the Washpo/LATimes thing as I’m getting today. As I wrote yesterday, I’m impressed…
A Wayback Whensday Weekend Edition
V. T. Hamlin’s Alley Oop; Bob Chambers’ Halifax; Pogo’s letterers Walt Kelly, George Ward, and Henry Shikuma; and a couple…
Miss Cellany Observes The Passing Show
Billy Ireland & Jenny Robb, Marshall Ramsey, Ernie Bushmiller, Ward Sutton & Stan Kelly, Paul Gilligan, and Mort Walker, Bill…
Paper’s Prohibition of Political Pogo
It is late October in The Year of Our Lord 1968, a Presidential Election year. The election is two weeks…
Going… Going… Sold!
Auctions featuring original comic and cartoon art and comic books. Occasionally a comic book collection of immense value goes public….