Dan Piraro Unmuzzled
Dan Piraro recently talked to radio host Duncan Strauss about Bizarro and so much more. Piraro enthuses about life in…
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Maus is #1!
Yes, it’s number one, it’s Top of the Pops Today The Complete Maus by Art Spiegelman reached #1 on Amazon’s…
Comic Book Store Gives Maus to Students
A Knoxville, Tennessee comic book store is giving free copies of Art Spiegelman’s Maus graphic novel to students who wish…
Tennessee School Board Bans Maus Graphic Novel
Southeast Tennessee’s McMinn County School Board has voted unanimously to ban Art Spiegelman‘s Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic novel Maus from every…
Dav Pilkey, Jeff Kinney Win 2021 Bestseller Sweeps
Dav Pilkey (Dog Man) and Jeff Kinney (Diary of a Wimpy Kid) were the big winners in 2021. Each of…
Judy Hansen is The Beat’s Person of the Year
Judy Hansen is an agent (her company is Hansen Literary Agency) but she’s much more than that. She is someone…
Hey Kids! Comics! All I Want For Christmas…
Below are some comic strip and cartoon books scheduled for December 2021 release.Images and links (mostly) via Amazon,though ordering through…
Hey Kids! Comics! Building Books Better
Tom Gauld comic Below are some comic strip and cartoon books scheduled for November 2021 release.Images and links (mostly) via…
Reuben Weekend – NCS Divisional Award Winners 3
The National Cartoonists Society announced the winners of the final Divisional Awards for 2020 Saturday evening. The nominees and the…
Texas Schools Cancel Jerry Craft Because CRT
Author/cartoonist Jerry Craft‘s books were banned at the end of Banned Books Week from the Katy Independent School District after…
Russ Kick – RIP
“Rogue transparency activist” and comics editor Russ Kick has passed away. Russell Charles (Russ) Kick III July 20, 1969 –…
Hey Kids! Comics! Harvest Those Bookshelves
Below are some comic strip and cartoon books scheduled for September 2021 release.Images and links (mostly) via Amazon,though ordering through…
Comic Books by Maria Scrivan and Stephan Pastis
Greenwich Time has a brief item about local cartoonist Maria Scrivan: A new book from Greenwich native and author/cartoonist Maria…
Hey Kids! Comics! Free Comic Book Day is Over
Below are some comic strip and cartoon books scheduled for August 2021 release.Images and links (mostly) via Amazon,though ordering through…
75th Annual NCS Divisional Award Nominees part 2
The National Cartoonists Society has announced the second round of nominees for their 75th Annual Divisional Reuben Awards for work…