First and Last: Rusty Riley
By 1948 Frank Godwin (b. 1889) had spent a good 40 years as a respected and requested illustrator for newspapers,…
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CSotD: Funny Thoughts and Vice-Versa
I wasn’t looking for anything too brain-involved today, and so the predictable foolishness of Sherman’s Lagoon (AMS) seemed just right….
Reelin’ and a Rockin’, Rantin’ and A Raven
I got my rant on yesterday, but The Brilliant Mind of Edison Lee has me thiiiis close to going off…
CSotD: Document Drift
Mike Luckovich becomes one of the first cartoonists to add Mike Pence to the list of administration officials who have…
Comics Page Returns to Daily News
The comics page has returned to The Washington County (Wis.) Daily News and The Waukesha Freeman. A while back a…
The Comics Page in Color and B&W
…And maybe some grayscale. Reading a daily comics page in black and white I was struck by gray toning in…
CSotD: Our Alienable Right to Life
Kevin Siers plays upon all the cartoons over the past week or so about the coming of the Year of…
Phil Witte, Magazine Cartoonist and Cartoon Critic
You may have read some Phil Witte cartoons… Phil’s cartoons have appeared in The Wall Street Journal, Barron’s, San Francisco…
Picto-Fiction* From the Past
Swiping a cartoonist’s style is not new to Artificial Intelligence. Here, from 1973, is an RCA Records advertisement for a…
CSotD: The Uninformed Consent of the Governed
Pat Bagley opens today’s conversation with the accusation the lawmakers intentionally remain uninformed, tossing in the idea that, not only…
Gary Brookins Retires – This Time F’Sure
Today’s Shoe saw Ben Lansing take over the Sunday cartooning chores. Gary Brookins turned the daily Shoe over to Ben…
CSotD: An Internal Confederacy
Michael de Adder poses a question for which there is no answer because the question itself makes no sense, but…
The Late, Late News
A Modern Day Battle Over Prince Valiant Brian Kane, the preeminent Prince Valiant scholar, and Gary Groth, the preeminent Prince…
CSotD: Getting What You Paid For
This Batch Rejection (AMS) is decidedly relevant, given the amount of theft and piracy in our virtual world. I differentiate…
Heart to Heart by Dalai Lama & McDonnell – A Special Edition of Hey Kids! Comics!
Heart to Heart A Conversation on Love and Hope for Our Precious Planet By the Dalai Lama, illustrated by Patrick…