Wayback Whensday: Ally, Alley, Buz & Bois
It was the ranchlands of West Texas, rich in prehistoric outcroppings and an air of primeval antiquity, that had given…
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Judge Parker or Judge Crater?
More missing Vintage Judge Parker strips. Incidentally, the marks at the left edge of several strips here are called “gripper…
CSotD: Wicked Funny
If I’m going to use a New England-based Halloween pun in the headline, I should start with a New England-based…
The Funnies, Yesterday and Today
Can any one translate the entire message from today’s Free Range? for thing that … was … you … dying…
David Rowe Wins Record 9th Gold Stanley
The Australian Cartoonists Association celebrated their 39th Annual Stanley Awards Saturday evening. The Australian Financial Review reports on one of…
CSotD: Sunday Funnies
Arlo and Janis (AMS) make sensible preparations for Tuesday night. My apartment is at the back of the landlords’ house…
News From the World of Comic Strips
The big comic strip news is Dan Schkade‘s all-new, reinvigorated Flash Gordon. Dan sat with Zack Quaintance of The Beat…
State of Syndicated Newspaper Cartoonists
It’s no laughing matter. Austerity, consolidation and platform disparity undermine cartoons and comics. “I’m expecting some problems.” Editor & Publisher…
CSotD: On a lighter note (autumn edition)
Wiley Miller lived in New England for some years, which he proves with this Non Sequitur (AMS). It’s nice to…
Barbara Brandon Cartoon Career Illustrated
While comics have appeared in print since the late 1800s, it wasn’t until 1989 that “Black women characters drawn by…
Wayback Wednesday – Comic Strips
Eighty years ago Batman and Robin swung from comic books onto newspaper pages on October 25, 1943. The 13th Dimension…
Fan Service: The Case of the Missing Parkers
KFS Vintage lost two weeks worth of Judge Parker strips. Fortunately, we found them!
CSotD: Flashbacks
This classic xkcd may not quite express my long-term financial plan, but I’m glad I have been saving funny pictures,…
Sunday Night Funnies and Furies
They say there’s nothing new under the sun or on the comics page. But … How Tim Rickard has a…
The Syndicated Spider-Man No More
The Amazing Spider-Man comic strip went into rerun status four years and seven months ago with the promise of a…