Yesterday, When I Was Young
Okay, it was only a day ago but I was younger. And some cartoonist were also younger, or their surrogates…
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CSotD: Generation Gaps
I don’t know how things are working in Ireland, but the couple in this Graeme Keyes cartoon would have to…
Mark Schultz in the Comics of Hal Foster
The Scranton Sunday Times features a profile of current Prince Valiant writer Mark Schultz on the front page (but below…
Paper Reduces Sunday Funnies to Four Color Comics
That’s four color comics, not four-color comics. The Prescott Daily Courier will shrink its Sunday Color Comics print section to…
CSotD: Complaint Dept.
Adam Zyglis explains the ongoing outrage factor, in which the Republicans work to rile up the public over dubious threats…
Comic Criticism is Friday’s Filing
I wonder how he did it. How did Brian Crane, creator of the comic strip “Pickles,” sneak into our house…
First and Last: Rusty Riley
By 1948 Frank Godwin (b. 1889) had spent a good 40 years as a respected and requested illustrator for newspapers,…
CSotD: Funny Thoughts and Vice-Versa
I wasn’t looking for anything too brain-involved today, and so the predictable foolishness of Sherman’s Lagoon (AMS) seemed just right….
Reelin’ and a Rockin’, Rantin’ and A Raven
I got my rant on yesterday, but The Brilliant Mind of Edison Lee has me thiiiis close to going off…
Comics Page Returns to Daily News
The comics page has returned to The Washington County (Wis.) Daily News and The Waukesha Freeman. A while back a…
The Comics Page in Color and B&W
…And maybe some grayscale. Reading a daily comics page in black and white I was struck by gray toning in…
Picto-Fiction* From the Past
Swiping a cartoonist’s style is not new to Artificial Intelligence. Here, from 1973, is an RCA Records advertisement for a…
Gary Brookins Retires – This Time F’Sure
Today’s Shoe saw Ben Lansing take over the Sunday cartooning chores. Gary Brookins turned the daily Shoe over to Ben…
CSotD: Getting What You Paid For
This Batch Rejection (AMS) is decidedly relevant, given the amount of theft and piracy in our virtual world. I differentiate…
The Daily Cartoonist Dispatch Comics Page
King Features and Legible Partner to Entertain Canadians Online Comics distributor King Features Syndicate has partnered with online bookstore Legible…