Not to Bury Garfield, But to Praise Him
For well over 40 years, a fat orange cat has been a linchpin of American culture. It’s time to accept…
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CSotD: Friday Funnies on a Thursday
If I were doing politics today, I’d want to swap out the parents with Uncle Sam and the Statue of…
CSotD: Tested on the unstudied chapter
Poor Edison Lee (KFS) finds himself in what seems likely to be a disaster: He misunderstood the teacher’s previous announcement…
Still Catching Up – Comic Strip Edition
The Complete “Asterix: The Chief’s Fight” by Fabcaro and Didier Conrad On October 26, 2023, Papercutz will release the 40th…
Cathy the Cartoonist, Cathy the Comic Strip
The Dayton Daily News a couple days ago: For more than three decades beginning in the mid-1970s, Dayton-born cartoonist Cathy…
Some Comments on Last Week’s Funnies
Reubens’ week for cartoonists started with Labor Day and Baldo showcased both. While Brewster Rockit started the week off with…
CSotD: Too Much Monkey Business
Edison Lee (KFS) asks and answers the intriguing question, Why do they give rebates instead of discounts? The answer being…
CSotD: Good choices, bad choices
Dark Side of the Horse (AMS) takes a second look at a silly expression and I’m glad I’m not the…
Senior Strippers – 2023 Edition
Belated birthday wishes to cartoonist Alan McClure. Also belated is the addition of Mr. McClure to our Senior Strippers list…
CSotD: Old Jokes, in the demographic sense
F Minus (AMS) offers an explanation for what’s gone wrong with the world which is both funny and, as is…
Cartoonists in the News
Brian Gable retires, Jeff Schultz keeps on, the long Bill Griffith interview, remembering Ralph Heimdahl, Ricardo Caté talks, Edward Sorel…
Fred Basset 1963 – 2023 (maybe)
Fred Basset has been in rerun status for nearly two months. A week after celebrating its 60th anniversary the comic…
CSotD: Labor Day or something like it
I wish I could believe in Paul Fell’s vision of a world in which labor unions had the upper hand…
Why Are All Those Characters in the Wrong Comic Strips? It Must Be Reubens Week.
A bunch of comic strip characters are making guest appearances in other than their own comic strips this Sunday. So…
Bro! Heathcliff is 50!
In the 1960s many magazine cartoonists had hopes of becoming the next Mort Walker, Hank Ketcham, or Johnny Hart. Possibly…