Wayback Whensday
Looking back at the art of cartooning with Bill Mauldin, RL Crabb, Jeff MacNelly, Ian Jones, and Sydney Jordan. Rob…
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Gannett Cartoonist Profiles Series, Part 4: Jim Borgman
Borgman began drawing weekly cartoons for the school newspaper, where the thrill of others seeing his work grew. A week…
Gannett Cartoonist Profiles Series, Part 3: Dean Young
Hold them side by side. The “Blondie” comic strip created by Chic Young for Sept. 8, 1930 is told in…
CSotD: Thoughts both deep and not-so-much
I hope the dog is resting comfortably, because one of us ought to be and the time shift from East…
All Over The Place
We know where Mike is, but me? – I’m all over the place. Following are items from hither and yon….
CSotD: Tribulations Round-up
The report from San Francisco is that I’m here without much to report yet, since it’s mostly been a social…
More Comic Art News and Reviews
Jesse (‘Tex’) Atwell interview. Harvey Awards Hall of Fame. Bill Griffith address. Frazz future?; AI Calvin & Hobbes. John M….
While We Were Napping: Olive & Popeye
Olive and Popeye began on August 30, 2022 with the team of Shadia Amin creating the adventures of Olive on…
CSotD: Necessary Explanations
Since I’m trying to get out of town for the AAEC Convention in San Francisco, I intended to feature funny…
75 Years Ago: Newspaper Pogo Debuts
Eighty-one years ago Walt Kelly introduced the world to Pogo Possum in a comic book. For the next five years…
Pseudo-Gannett Cartoonist Profiles Series: John Rose
The Staunton News Leader is part of Gannett’s USA TODAY Network, and so their comics page will now consist of…
CSotD: Speaker of the House, Keeper of the Zoo
There was a substantial mix of cartoons this morning about the removal of Kevin McCarthy as Speaker of the House,…
New Flash Gordon Comic Strip!
A rejuvenated Flash Gordon comes twenty years after the last new Flash Gordon comics appeared in newspapers and 90 years…
Gannett Cartoonist Profiles Series, Part Two: Charles Schulz
Peanuts by Charles M. Schulz returns to The Canton Repository today as part of the USA TODAY Network’s comics pages…
CSotD: Thoughts on National Newspaper Week
Clay Jones marks National Newspaper Week (Oct 1-7) with this reminder of a major factor in the decline of newspapers:…