CSotD: First the sports, then the news
Juxtaposition of the Day (Andy Marlette) (Drew Litton – AMS) The deaths of Nichelle Nichols and Bill Russell may…
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Appreciating the Superpen of Edward Sorel
Rob Stolzer shares some thoughts about, and art from, Edward Sorel. The Babe Ruth portrait below appeared in…
Gloria Stoll Karn – RIP
Pulp cover artist and illustrator Gloria Stoll Karn has passed away. Gloria Marie Stoll Karn November 13, 1923 –…
The Way They Were (Comic Chronicles)
Al Williamson The auction last month of some of Al Williamson’s pre-Manning Star Wars comic strip proposal (we featured them…
CSotD: Rainy Days and Mondays
Let’s start with something that needs to be top-of-mind this week, and after: Joel Pett makes the excellent point that…
UK Cartoonists on Losing Boris Johnson
Similar to U.S. editorial cartoonists when Trump was forced out of the spotlight, United Kingdom cartoonists have mixed feelings as…
Weekend Whatnots on a Sunday Afternoon
Anything you can think of is controlled by a handful of companies After a flurry of last-minute filings and orders,…
The Artistic and Linguistic Acrobatics of Krazy Kat
E. E. Cummings was one of the Kat’s biggest fans. In 1922, he wrote from Paris to request clippings from…
Marvin – Still Going (Arm)Strong at 40
On a Sunday forty years ago cartoonist Tom Armstrong introduced the world to a young couple who had just become…
CSotD: Sunday Morning Up and Down
It’s come to that, as Non Sequitur (AMS) reminds us. It’s no longer even a case of good ol’ Proverbs…
It’s Just a Cartoon F’Gawd’s Ache
So much outrage. We published a political cartoon last week showing President Joe Biden looking at his Covid test and…
Flash Gordon by Alex Raymond … or Jim Keefe
Last Sunday’s (July 24, 2022) chapter of Flash Gordon in The Tournament of Death featured Alex Raymond art from the…
CSotD: Weekend Addition (mostly Division)
It’s always good to start with a joke, and today’s In the Bleachers (AMS) made me redouble my search for…
Mike Lester Moves Mike du Jour to Andrews McMeel
As the Washington Post Writers Group (WPWG) continues to dismantle their comics syndication service, the Mike du Jour comic strip…
Paul Coker, Jr. – RIP
Cartoonist and character designer Paul Coker, Jr. has passed away. Paul Allan Coker, Jr. March 5, 1929 – July 23,…