Miss Cellany Runs Thru Brambles & Bushes
Being a collection of items about cartoonists, cartooning, and comics. Michael Cavna Wins Cartoonist and journalist Michael Cavna took a…
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Miss Cellany’s Beaus Take a Bow
Keith Knight! Brian Fies! Sergio Aragonés! Al Jaffee! Lalo Alcaraz! Keefer Got The Key! From Keith Knight: Holy smokes! One…
Editors: Scared of Readers & Avoid Conflict – A Michael deAdder Interview
Our conversation with award winning Michael De Adder is wide ranging and looks at the challenges of getting political cartoons…
Miss Cellany’s Suite
Terry Mosher (Aislin) receives the Michener-Baxter Award From the Michener Awards Foundation: OTTAWA, May 21, 2024 – The Michener Awards…
Garfield Was Then, Garfield Is Now
How has the character Garfield evolved over the years? In terms of personality, Garfield is a kinder, gentler cat these…
Dan Schkade Discusses Flash Gordon
Pencil to Pencil hosted a set with new Flash Gordon comic strip cartoonist Dan Schkade. As seen on the screen…
Meandering Through a Monday
William Hamilton and The New Yorker, the animated adventures of Prince Valiant, Bill Gallo, Romero’s Axa, Jay Stephens interview, the…
Hail and Farewell Trina
Some more thoughts on the lovely life of Trina Robbins from Andrew Farago at The Comics Journal, John Lent of…
From Comic Strip Gutters To Children’s Book Awards: The Norm Fueti Interview
From Interviewer William Schwartz: From 2006 to 2020, Norm Feuti wrote and drew Retail, a syndicated strip surprisingly low on…
Real Life Stan Mack
Mack rolled into New York at the dawn of JFK’s New Frontier, toting a degree from the Rhode Island School…
Optimism is Olga! Liniers Speaks!
On April 2, cartoonist Liniers discussed his new book, “Macanudo: Optimism is for the Brave,” with English and Creative Writing…
Whatnot Wednesday – Stuff On The Edges
Universal’s Toon Lagoon, Dav Pilkey’s Free Little Library, Trina Robbins’ Fashions, and Snoopy’s Diet. If you think your daily newspaper’s…
Patrick McDonnell, Guard Dog Guardian (Also: Meet Krazy Kat)
From Patrick McDonnell’s Mutts blog: Have you seen? Sparky (formerly known as Guard Dog) is the cover story for the…
Breaking Cat News/How Comics Were Made: the Comic Strip, the Book, the Interview
As the Breaking Cat News comic strip approaches its 10th anniversary the comic’s creator Georgia Dunn sits down on March…
Drabble at 45; Kevin Fagan at…a Bit More
Cartoonist Kevin Fagan grew up idolizing Charles M. Schulz and “Peanuts.” Now that his own comic strip, “Drabble,” is turning…