A MAD World for How Much Longer?
MAD Magazine #10, the last (for now) all-new issue, will soon hit the stands. Bloody-Disgusting.com previews the MAD #10 cover,…
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Newspaper Inc
SEC filings are typically dense bundles of legalese and boilerplate. The 384-page prospectus for the impending merger of GateHouse and…
Tariff-ic Books and Magazines
With one exception, to please his evangelical base (“America’s Christian publishers no longer have to render to Caesar an…
Nemo Magazine Return is “Imminent”
Ooh! Ooh! Ooh! The always interesting and educational Yesterday’s Papers site, whether it’s a John Adcock or a Richard Marschall…
MAD: To Be or Not To Be
Above is the last issue of MAD. (Or not.) #9 is dated October 2019 and on the shelves of bookstores,…
Cartoonists and Contributors on ArMADageddon
Eulogies for MAD magazine. Clay Bennett [Peter Kuper has] been drawing the Spy vs Spy cartoons in…
Illustrator Terry Colon Retires
Reason has announced the retirement of Terry Colon. Terry Colon rose to indie comics prominence in the late 1980s and…
The MADness Ends
It seems the unthinkable has happened, MAD magazine will shut down. Tom Spurgeon broke the news hearing of the…
Esquire Magazine Top Executive Staff Gone
There is chaos at Esquire, as the entire top of the masthead has either resigned or been let go following…
Comic Character as Presidential Nominee?
Pogo, Howard the Duck, Snoopy, Bill the Cat, and other comic characters have had runs at being the President…
May 4 is Free Comic Book Day 2019
Today, May 4, 2019, is Free Comic Book Day! Along with the ones shown here there are plenty of superhero…
Magazine Monday
Comic Strip Cartoonist #10 Last month I got the delightful 10th (#10) Anniversary issue of Comic Strip Cartoonist. “Ski”…
Hey Kids! Comics! Spring Released
above: Macanudo by Liniers Here are some comic strip and cartoon books scheduled for March 2019 release. Images and links…
Cartooning – Around the Dial
The Father of Children’s Goth Edward Gorey is the doubtful guest in this fine biography: a stubbornly evasive and…
Editorial and Magazine Cartoon News and such
Why Trump is Cartoonist’s Target-in-Chief “You pick on Trump way more than you picked on Obama.” I started wondering…