Wayback Whensday: Steve Canyon Extras
To paraphrase Eric Burdon: When I was young it was more important to get my comics as a half page….
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CSotD: More Humpday Humor
Not feeling all that political today, but I got a laff out of Tommy Siegel‘s piece because it coincides with…
May 4 is Free Comic Book Day
Saturday May 4, 2024 is Free Comic Book Day. Comic books are not just for superheroes anymore, a few comic…
Meandering Through a Monday
William Hamilton and The New Yorker, the animated adventures of Prince Valiant, Bill Gallo, Romero’s Axa, Jay Stephens interview, the…
Buy Me Some Peanuts and Charlie Brown
A collection of some Peanuts/Snoopy/Charles Schulz items from April 2024. The 2024 Major League Baseball season brings with it Charlie…
Rerunning Thru This Past Week’s Comics
And we’ll start with the For Better or For Worse rerun that went through the after effects this week of…
CSotD: Original adaptations
In case you hadn’t noticed, when I feature a syndicated cartoon here, I add the name of the syndicate with…
Wayback Whensday: Comic Stamps and Funny Money
A couple Sundays ago we noted Bob Weber, Jr.’s use of Lucky Bucks and crediting Paul Fung. We also linked…
CSotD: Humpday Humor
If you haven’t been reading Crabgrass (AMS), you should start now, and begin here because today’s would be too much…
2024 Eisner Hall of Fame Nominees Offered – Their Comic Strip Credentials
San Diego Comic Convention (Comic-Con) has announced that the Eisner Awards judges have chosen 16 nominees from whom voters will…
CSotD: Jokers, Poseurs and Thieves
Frazz (AMS) starts us with a reminder that some things can’t be purchased, except of course that they can. As…
Nancy Beiman – A New Start After 60
When Nancy Beiman was 65 and contemplating retirement from her job as a professor of animation, she had no clue…
The Sunday Color Comic Supplement
The current Mary Worth makes me wonder if June Brigman ever drew Angel and the Ape. “According to my research”…
CSotD: According to somebody else’s research …
Pickles (AMS) offers a lovely example of tightrope walking, with a gag that its audience will get, even if they…
CSotD: A Few Timely Passages
Kal Kallaugher could run this anytime, but it’s particularly relevant at the moment, as we face the twin factors of…