CSotD: One More Week To Go Mad
What, Me Worry? The Art and Humor of MAD Magazine at the Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge, Mass., closes Sunday, the 27th, giving…
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The Cartoon Museum nominated for Best in Heritage Award
The Cartoon Museum in London, England, has been nominated for a Best in Heritage Award for their work with autistic…
Behind the Scenes at The Billy Ireland
The Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum claims to house the world’s largest collection of cartoon- and comics-related materials, including…
Free-For-All Friday
Ruben Bolling tells us that a comic strip he produces under a pseudonym has ended. From his newsletter: It is…
Midweek Make Up – Short Takes
Keith Knight brings his support of the WGA strike home in this week’s The K Chronicles. Bill Griffith and Zippy…
A Winter Wander Land – Miscellaneous Items
Washington, D.C. – A Search for the Source The Library of Congress found the cartoonist who created it (Paul Gregg)…
First Wednesday After the First Tuesday After the First Monday of November (A Cartoonist Roundup)
The other day Mike Peterson featured “a well-crafted homage” cartoon by Daniel Boris in his column. An unfamiliar name to…
A Gathering of Gallimaufry
A Hard-Copy of the Morning Newspaper is Vital Art Marmorstein needs four things in the morning: … a warm shower,…
Visiting a Gorey House for Halloween
On a June day too dank for the beach, a three-generation carload of Goreyphiles—fans of the American author, illustrator, and…
Randy Wicks Papers Donated to Historical Society
The complete works of nationally recognized editorial cartoonist Randy Wicks, who drew pointed and poignant illustrations of local and worldwide…
Jeannie (Silver T-Square) Schulz Interview
Jeannie Schulz, who will receive the Silver T-Square from the National Cartoonists Society at this year’s Reuben ceremony, sat for…
Lucy 2022 Research Award Winners: Resha & Exner
Lucy is, of course, Lucy Shelton Caswell, original curator of The Billy Ireland. Lucy with current curator Jenny Robb The…
Mauldin’s Drawn to Combat Exhibit Goes Virtual
On Monday, Dec. 13, the Pritzker Military Museum & Library in downtown Chicago launched a virtual experience of its popular…
Throwin’ It At the Wall Thursday
The L. A. Times gets letters about 9 Chickweed Lane © Brooke McEldowney The Los Angeles Times received hundreds of…
It’s Peanuts Season, Charlie Brown
Seems it is the season of Peanuts. Yeah , all those TV specials – but also… Well, other special videos….