CSotD: A Literal Labor Day
Douglas Rodger saluted American workers with this Labor Day cartoon in the San Francisco News a century ago, but, in…
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Comic Strip News and News-Like Notes
Ruben Bolling, Georgia Dunn, Keith Knight, and dozens of more cartoonists; plus Dogs of C-Kennel, Lola, Shifts, Crabgrass, and the…
CSotD: Comic Sands & Other Delights
Ben (MWAM) raises the issue of comic sands, albeit imperfectly. Assuming he dug holes deep enough so only the boys’…
Wayback Whensday – There and Back Again
But we’ll start with someone not so enamored of the golden oldies. A letter writer to The (Boulder, Colo.) Daily…
Zapiro The Showerhead documentary gets “not suitable for younger audiences rating”
The South African Film and Publication Board gave The Showerhead documentary a “16 LNPSV” rating (suitable for over 16, containing…
Reuben Awards After-Party (Catching Up)
Michael de Adder won the Divisional Reuben for Editorial Cartooning: Thank you, National Cartoonist Society. First, sorry I wasn’t there…
Allan Holtz’s Stripper’s Guide Has Moved
The premiere online destination for aficionados of American newspaper comic strip history has a new home: Hi and welcome to…
Saudi Arabia convicts animator Abdulaziz al-Muzaini with terrorism, using slurs and insults
Last Friday’s editorial in The Washington Post highlighted Saudi Arabia’s suppression of expression among its Saudi citizens (even if living…
KFS Takes Rosebuds to Print Syndication – updated
Deon Parsons announced on social media that King Features Syndicate will soon make his Rosebuds comic strip available for your…
Comic Strip Stats and Stuff
Beginning with some hope from Alex Hallett and Arctic Circle. The past week, Monday through today (so far), has Nancy…
CSotD: Strategy Tomorrow, Joy Today
Peter Steiner makes fun of grumpy wet-blanket killjoys. The New York Times, by contrast, names them Deputy Editor of its…
Freewheelin’ Friday with Miss Cellany
Being a collection of various items from a variety cartooning categories (kinda like the Reuben Awards). The splash page from…
John Graziano – RIP
Long time 21st Century Ripley’s Believe It or Not artist John Graziano has passed away. John Anthony (Graz) Graziano August…
CSotD: A few good jokes, A few sharp pokes
This Reality Check (AMS) raises an interesting question: Do you have to be a guitar player to get the joke?…
Standing on the Shoulders of Giants
I don’t often put rerun comic strips in my roundups, but this appreciation of Billy DeBeck by Richard Thompson is…