Past Participating in the Funky Present: Prince Val
It seems Gray Morrow and Wally Wood weren’t the only Silver Age comic book artists to try grab the brass…
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Hey Kids! Comics! A Summer Reading List
Below are some comic strip and cartoon books scheduled for July 2022 release. Images and links (mostly) via Amazon, though…
CSotD: Great Expectations
Since I don’t follow Canadian politics closely, I’m not sure if the Fat Cat in Bruce MacKinnon’s commentary on the…
50 Years Ago – Maus Origins
50 years ago, on July 15, 1972, Apex Novelties released Funny Aminals #1, an underground comix book with work by…
Judy Dixon – RIP
Editorial cartoonist Judy Dixon has passed away. Judith Grace (Judy) Dixon (neé McCormack) January 15, 1927 – July 7, 2022…
CSotD: Which Reminds Me …
They Can Talk provides an excellent starting point for contemplating cartoons that remind me of other things, because, by playing…
Cartoonists and the USA Gun Culture
Sandy Hook Elementary. San Bernardino. Stoneman Douglas High. Uvalde. AR-15-style weapons are so common in American mass shootings that graphics…
The Phantom Strangeness – update
Art Credits Update The Chronicle Chamber has the ghost art credits for The Ghost Who Walks: What we understand is…
Doonesbury NFT Charity Auction Goes Live Today – Updated
NFTs still represented a strange new world to many cartoonists last year when Jason Chatfield decided to convene an online…
An R. C. Harvey Project
Remembering RC Harvey Harvey, who went alternately by Bob or R.C., was a perennial presence at NCS and AAEC conventions,…
CSotD: In Which I Lose a Year
I woke up this morning feeling really refreshed, but couldn’t tell why until I began going through the political cartoons…
Tom Kane – RIP
Sports cartoonist Tom Kane has passed away. Thomas Joseph (Tom) Kane, Jr. December 9, 1934 – July 10, 2022 From…
Durango Herald Joins Pulitzer Cartoon Protest
By Jan. 25 of every year, about 1,100 journalism entries are submitted to the Pulitzer Prize board. The competition is…
CSotD: The Age of No Reason
Well, yes, Prickly City (AMS), Carmen is correct that this is no longer the Age of Reason, defined as any…
Jordan Lockett: Cartoonist Emergent
Twenty-one-year-old Jordan Lockett creates stories that are relatable to any reader, but what’s distinctive about his tales is they contain…