CSotD: While waiting for CBS and Billy Ireland
I was poking around in 1973, looking to see what Easter cartoons might have run a half century ago, but…
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CBS Sunday Morning Billy Ireland Segment About Bill Blackbeard Exhibit Pre-Empted
From The Columbus Dispatch of April 7: An exhibit currently on display at Ohio State University’s Billy Ireland Cartoon Library…
2023 Eisner Hall of Fame Inductees and Nominees
San Diego Comic Convention (Comic-Con) has announced that the Eisner Awards judges have selected 15 individuals to automatically be inducted…
CSotD: Seeking Asylum
Lyndon offers an optimistic thought in this morning’s Pros & Cons (KFS): As bad as things appear at the moment,…
Jim Strahle – RIP
Cartoonist Jim Strahle has passed away. From the obituary: Jim was a 1966 graduate of Parkview High School in Springfield,…
From Court Sketch to New Yorker Cover
Jane Rosenberg‘s courtroom sketch of former president Donald Trump scowling at his recent Manhattan arraignment has not only gone viral,…
CSotD: The Perils of Sarcasm and Subtlety
If we sing the praises of a comic strip that hits a news item on the moment despite its lead…
Willy Black by Guillermo Saldaña is Added to the Comics Kingdom Schedule
Comics Kingdom has again expanded their roster with the addition of Willy Black by Guillermo Saldaña. Very limited information as…
Peter Shelley – RIP
Musician and Robotman creator Peter Shelley has passed away. From the obituary: Peter Shelley, (née Southworth), born in London, England,…
Bruce Petty – RIP
Australian cartoonist Bruce Petty has passed away. From the Australian Broadcasting Corporation: Australian cartoonist, filmmaker and satirist Bruce Petty has…
CSotD: Ways of Knowing or Not Knowing
On the Fastrack (KFS) reminds me that the first course I took in my major was called “Ways of Knowing,”…
Wayback Wednesday
James Swinnerton, Bill Watterson, Henry Jackson Lewis, Leonard Starr, Walt Disney and Company “Jimmy Swinnerton came to the desert to…
A Syndicated Newspaper Comic Strip First?
Yesterday there was, I think, a first for mainstream newspapers around the United States when a same sex marriage occurred…
CSotD: Ladies & Gentlemen, the Unprecedent
Pedro X. Molina (Counterpoint) offers a provocative — in the best sense of the word — response to yesterday’s arraignment….
Norm Rockwell – RIP
Cartoonist Norm Rockwell has passed away. From the obituary: After his time in the army, Norm went on to earn…