Running Amuck Thru the Monday Funnies – Updated (Twice)
Or should it be running “amok?” Writing Explained pulls a Garner’s Modern English Usage (GMEU) estimate “that amok is used…
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CSotD: Passing Thoughts
Sunday’s Bizarro (KFS) provoked both a laugh and a sigh. My dad, who died 30 years ago last week, did…
Jack Bender – RIP
Cartoonist Jack Bender has passed away. John Henry (Jack) Bender March 28, 1931 – January 5, 2023 Jack’s career as…
CSotD: Judgment Days
(Kal Kallaugher) (Deb Milbrath) As a thousand cartoons about the Speakership race become obsolete — the matter having finally been…
Some Comic Mysteries Solved … Or Not
The Red Mask and Nina – comics first interracial relationship? Aussie or American – who created Felix the Cat? When…
CSotD: Looking Back Two Years
(Here is the CSotD from January 7, 2021, the morning after the coup attempt. I’ve resisted the temptation to add…
RFK Awards Extend Deadline to January 17
The Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights has extended the deadline for submission to their Book and Journalism Awards to January…
Wyatt Tremblay – 30 Years at The News
The Yukon News celebrates its long relationship with editorial cartoonist Wayne Tremblay. Newshound Wyatt Tremblay has been commenting on the…
CSotD: The Song That Doesn’t End
Lisa Benson (Counterpoint) not only points out the bizarre self-inflicted punishment the GOP is laying upon itself, but her stack…
Mike Marland Ends R.F.D.
So I’m scrolling through The Pickens County Courier comics page checking out the latest strips from King Features Weekly Service…
CSotD: The Attack of the One-Trick Ponies
On the Fastrack (KFS) wins the Best Coincidental Timing Award for what can’t have been but surely seems a commentary…
GoComics Interviews Tom Batiuk About Crankshaft
At the beginning of this year Ed Crankshaft got into his bus and drove from New York (King Features) to…
Representative to be Sworn In on Superman #1
The Constitution, The Bible, and The Koran are some of the holy items members of the U. S. Congress put…
CSotD: Reality checks on different levels
Kevin Necessary gets top honors for his marking of the collapse of Buffalo Bills’ safety Damar Hamlin, both as a…
Scott Adams vs. Ben Garrison: Cartoon Wars
There is a dustup going on among conservatives. No not that craziness at the U. S. House of Representatives, it’s…