First and Last: Agnes by Tony Cochran – Updated: Tony Responds
Original July 3rd post – This is a really late addition to our 2022 Departures list. Agnes by Tony Cochran…
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CSotD: Independence Day wrap-up
Constant Readers know how strongly I identify with Arlo and Janis (AMS), and certainly I do on this strip. It’s…
Firsts and Lasts: The Daily Flash Gordon
Thirty years ago, mid-1993, a Flash Gordon story comes to an end. And with the end of the story comes…
Sunday is Funday-Mental
Rob Harrell in Adam @ Home reminds some of us that we have a daily duty to perform, and my…
Cartoonist Gets Her Final Resting Place
Linda Walter, cartoonist for the Susie Q. Smith comic panel and strip among others, died 14 years ago and since…
Cartoonists in the News Roundup & Updates
Reuben Award nominee Jeff Smith, Reuben Award nominee Bill Griffith and Reuben Award-winner Ernie Bushmiller, Zapiro, courtroom sketch artists Bill…
CSotD: Your mileage may vary (It should)
Today’s theme being comic strips you may not find funny, we’ll start out with a La Cucaracha (AMS) that explores…
Charlie Brown Goes Home Again
The Minnesota History Center will host a year-long exhibit of Peanuts and Charles M. Schulz. The event is covered by…
Manuel M. Moreno in Wayback Whensday
Way back one hundred years ago The Los Angeles Times produced a Sunday supplement for and by younger readers it…
The Changing Mores of Goofus & Gallant
The boys are prepubescent, but their exact age is unclear, as is their relationship to each other … Are they…
CSotD: Random thoughts on a Tuesday morning
(Or Wednesday. Whatever. I’m retired; I don’t have to know that stuff anymore.) Well, then, we’re making progress! This sequence…
Brian Basset Looks Back on Career
‘Red and Rover’ cartoonist, based in Edmonds, looks back on career Brian Basset has drawn newspaper comic strips for decades….
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CSotD: Issues of timing, accidental and otherwise
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