Eighty Ever-Lovin’ Blue-Eyed Years With Pogo
According to comic book historians who keep track of such things, Animal Comics #1 from Dell Publishing was released…
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CSotD: Mush from the Wimps
I’ve got to agree with John Cole on this one: The response from the GOP to the revelations from Mar…
Berke Breathed Bloom County & Snake Animation
Another step toward realization for the Bloom County animation series. Tim Long (The Simpsons) has signed on to co-write and…
The Funnies This Week at Mid-Week
© Glenn McCoy This week’s favorite (so far) is the Glenn McCoy take on cancel culture in his The Duplex….
CSotD: In Pursuit of the Orange Whale
As is often said here, the “bland restatement” technique of cartoons like This Modern World is often a problem, since…
Lynda Barry – A Groovy Kind of Love
For nearly 30 years, the cartoonist Lynda Barry published her adored comic strip “Ernie Pook’s Comeek,” which told the whimsical,…
CSotD: Post-Holiday Humor
We’re not doing politics today, but Rod Emmerson‘s cartoon is a combination of politics and social commentary, since in New…
Rarity: Etta Hulme’s Comic Strip “The Strangers”
Famed Texas editorial cartoonist Etta Hulme (Ft. Worth Star-Telegram 1972 – 2008) drew a comic strip for her newspaper for…
CSotD: Labor Day among the proles
An odd piece today from Prickly City (AMS), where the meaning of Labor Day, and of holidays, has apparently disappeared…
Lucien De Gieter Joins TDC’s Senior Strippers Club
Lucien De Gieter, born September 4, 1932, turns 90 today and becomes one of The Daily Cartoonist’s Senior Strippers. Lucien’s…
Sunday Smorgasbord
A new Trubble Town book is the rational for a new Stephan Pastis interview. © Stephan Pastis STEPHAN: Yes,…
Waco Tribune-Herald Replaces Comics With Puzzles
The Waco Tribune-Herald informed readers of major changes coming: In two weeks the Tribune-Herald will roll out a complete overhaul…
CSotD: Sunday Comics Section
Mr. Boffo reminds me of when I got a subscription to the New Yorker for donating to my NPR station….
Andy Marlette & Pensacola News Journal Part Ways
It appears Andy Marlette, the last staff editorial cartoonist for a Gannett newspaper, has left his position at The Pensacola…
35 (and 20) Years of Parisi Being Off The Mark
Thirty-five years ago, come next weekend, cartoonist Mark Parisi began self-syndicating a weekly comic panel he titled “off the mark”…