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July 23, 2023 saw the beginning of a new story for The Sunday Phantom. (“The Commander Will See You Now”)….
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CSotD: Profile – Wiley Miller
I’m off getting a magical new hip that will allow me to leap tall buildings in a single bound. While…
Are Three Rocks Having Fun Yet?
With the imminent release (unless you already got a special edition at the San Diego Comic Con) of Bill Griffith‘s…
CSotD: Profile – Jan Eliot
I’m off getting a magical new hip that will allow me to leap tall buildings in a single bound. While…
Summer Vacation Assignment: Book Report
Where I’m Coming From, The Buildings are Barking, Funny Things, Poor Helpless Comics!, The Talk, The He-Man Effect, You’re Not…
Pete Kaminski – RIP
Creators Syndicate coordinator and graphic designer Pete Kaminski has passed away. Peter James Kaminski February 9, 1990 ~ July 12,…
CSotD: Profile — Jim Davis
I’m off getting a magical new hip that will allow me to leap tall buildings in a single bound. While…
CSotD Profile – Baby Blues
I’m off getting a magical new hip that will allow me to leap tall buildings in a single bound. While…
CSotD: Regrets and the Regrettable
(Scott Stantis) (Bill Bramhall) When I heard Tony Bennett had died, I thought it was too bad, but, then again,…
2023 Eisner Award Winners
The 2023 Eisner Award winners were announced at the San Diego Comic Con. Below are a few of the winners…
Heathcliff Cartoonist Peter Gallagher Opens the 2024 Season of PBS’ Comics Culture
The 2024 season of KPBS’ Comics culture has kicked off by interviewing Heathcliff cartoonist Peter Gallagher. Famed for weirdness, Peter…
Pogo Gone – It Weren’t Nohow Permanent
Ill health took a toll on Walt Kelly and Pogo. By the early 1970s friends and family were pitching in…
CSotD: In Lieu of Politics
The political scene is incredibly toxic, with Ron DeSantis and his merry band of supremacists creating an astonishing false reality…
The Weekly Wayback Whensday Window
In places like New York City, papers were sold to the masses at a penny a copy. Thus this era…
Zits is Listed as a Great But Forgotten 1990s Newspaper Comic Strip
A recent list of “10 Great But Forgotten 1990s Newspaper Comic Strips” includes current comics Zits, Mutts, Non Sequitur, Sherman’s…