TGIF – The Gag Is Farcical
John Deering gives us our opening today with his Strange Brew. Been enjoying Mick and Keith checking in to Hotel…
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CSotD: Random thoughts on various topics
No need for an update today: Lynn Hsu lays out my life in all the detail anyone needs, several times…
Good News Bad News Dude News Rad News
The Nib magazine free! Simon and Schuster books $1.62 billion! New Bloom County comic strips! Peanuts merch! The Addams Family…
CSotD: Hot takes and suchlike
Brewster Rockit (Tribune) surprised me the other day, because there’s nothing wrong, or particularly odd, about mixing peanut butter and…
Messing With Sunday Funnies’ Paginators
Because of my contrary nature I get giddy when I see cartoonists screw with the people laying out The Sunday…
CSotD: Make another pot of coffee
For those who are time-shifting the Women’s Cup, I’ll simply offer Zapiro’s celebratory cartoon from this past week without further…
CSotD: The Ladies, God Bless’em
My hip replacement has had the pleasant timing to have occurred during the Women’s World Cup. While I’m still pushing…
CSotD: We move on to further action
Paul Noth having summed up the Nov 24 election, we move on to further action, later in the game. That…
Some More Newspaper Comics (some not)
Nope, don’t like it. Don’t like it a bit. Before last month gets too far away let’s bring up the…
CSotD: Funny pages aren’t always funny
Grand Avenue (AMS) marks a cultural change that has often sent me digging through the memory banks. I suppose the…
CSotD: Insights, Insults and Foolish Mistakes
Pros and Cons (KFS) relies on three main characters: Samuel, the incompetent attorney; Stan, the somewhat brutish but kind-hearted cop…
Fun Sundry Funnies for Sunday
We’ll start with a small bit of news: Marvel Comics and King Features Syndicate are now rerunning the reruns. Above…
News-y Stuff, Nonsense, and Whatnot
Let’s start with some nonsense. The Walt Disney Company is about to do the unthinkable: retire Mickey Mouse. Inside the…
CSotD: Profile – Patrick McDonnell
I’m off getting a magical new hip that will allow me to leap tall buildings in a single bound. While…
CSotD: Profile – Johnny Hart
I’m off getting a magical new hip that will allow me to leap tall buildings in a single bound. While…