Comic Strips and Cartoonists in the News or Thereabouts
Tom Batiuk, Dan Davis, and Chuck Ayers; Lincoln Peirce; Paul Gilligan; Mason Mastroianni and the John Hart Studio; John Buscema;…
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CSotD: Science, Philosophy and Sechlike
Friday’s Baldo (AMS) hit as I was starting to recover from being flat on my back with covid, so it…
Cartoonist Profiles and Cartoon News
Barry Blitt, Dennis Draughon, Tim Oliphant, Drew Litton, Cathy Wilcox, Jules Feiffer, Ernie Bushmiller, Quino. Randall Enos, and dozens of…
CSotD: What is in a name, and other ponderables
Creative spelling, as seen in this Moderately Confused (AMS), is an editor’s nightmare, but one that fortunately has morphed out…
Wayback Whensday
With Brenda Starr, Girl Reporter; 19th Century Haitian caricatures; PS: The Preventive Maintenance Monthy magazine; and The U.S. Army Air…
Recent Funnies – Notes and Reactions
Always enjoy Robb Armstrong featuring Klondike Ike in JumpStart. For some reason I identify with Frank Cobb, maybe because I’m…
Snoopypalooza – A Peanuts Roundup
Being the anniversary month of when Peanuts (and Snoopy) first appeared in 1950 there is a plethora of news items…
CSotD: Stylish Commatary
Hard on the heels of our discussion of the topic, xkcd weighs in on the matter of college commas. To…
Cartoonist News
Dave Kellett and Brad Guigar in San Diego; Wayno in Pittsburgh; Steve Bell in London; Bill Watterson in Amazon; High…
Thick as Thaves – A Centennial Celebration
Frank and Ernest creator Robert Lee (Bob) Thaves was born on Oct. 5, 1924, one hundred years ago today. As…
Manning and Noel Take on Dick Tracy
Tomorrow, October 6, 2024, has Matthew K. Manning and Howie (H.C.) Noel start a short stint on Dick Tracy. Everyone…
Comic Strips in the News
The Gang’s All Here!, Breaking Cat News, Mafalda, The K Chronicles, Half Full/Nat, Dennis the Menace², and Non Sequitur. 12-year-old…
CSotD: Rirez
Nous sommes ici, at the AAEC and ACC Convention in Montreal, and I’m gradually re-learning to shift from English to…
Harvey’s Hundredth
Cartoonist Harvey Kurtzman was born 100 years ago today – on October 3, 1924. From the editors of The Comics…
A Heaping Helping of Wayback Whensday
Comic strips Star Hawks, Bringing Up Father, Garth, and Sergeant Joe; with a detour to the Fleischer Studio. From World…