The Sunday Funnies Revisit “A Visit…”
Yesterday was the 200th anniversary of “A Visit from St. Nicholas” and today, the day before Christmas 2023, a number…
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CSotD: On the Eve
Ivan Turgenev’s On the Eve is one of my favorite novels, but it bombed in Russia when it was published…
A Bicentennial Visit From St. Nicholas
St. Nicholas visits George Scarbo, Walt Kelly, Bill Elder, Jim Davis, and, because you were nice, Walt Kelly again. ‘Twas…
CSotD: Friday Follies
We’ll start the day with a serious piece of folly before we get into the fun stuff. Guy Badeaux reports…
Barney & Clyde & Rudy & Synchronicity
“Life imitates art far more than art imitates life” – Oscar Wilde Today’s Barney & Clyde: From yesterday’s Rudy Guiliani…
Andrews McMeel Locks In The Lockhorns
As we reported last month Bunny Hoest with John Reiner are switching distributors, taking The Lockhorns panel to Andrews McMeel…
Footprints On the Sands of Time by Dwig
This week’s Wayback Whensday was put in motion by a Bob Harris comment to TDC earlier this week. The Wallace…
From the Cartoonist Files
Mike Manley, Tony DePaul and The Phantom crew, David Fitzsimmons, Brian Gable, and Cartoonist Rights Network. A Mike Manley health…
CSotD: Humpday Humor
I’m with Lizzie in Reply All (WPWG), with some mixed feelings about the holiday season but a large dose of…
Letter From Patrick: The Guard Dog Story
From Patrick McDonnell: On November 1st, the Guard Dog story began running in newspapers and on MUTTS.com. And, today, this…
Public Domain: Mickey and More in ’24
The big news in Public Domain 2024 is selected Mickey Mouse copyrights, whose animated shorts Steamboat Willie and The Gallopin’…
A Random Selection of Comics
The First Dog on the Moon presents “a random selection” of topics that didn’t pass muster. We’ve stood that on…
CSotD: Merry Mirth and Many More
Zits (KFS) made me smile Sunday. Note that it’s not a slam on the Nutcracker itself, and I like classic…
Reading Comics with Henrietta and Moose
Take a cue from Moose Miller – forget the rest of the newspaper and turn to the comics. Though, as…
Boston Tea Party Sestercentennial Comics
Today is the semiquincentennial of an act by patriots – or maybe by smugglers? Both? December 16, 1773: Americans disguised…