Comic Strip Stats and Stuff
Beginning with some hope from Alex Hallett and Arctic Circle. The past week, Monday through today (so far), has Nancy…
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CSotD: Strategy Tomorrow, Joy Today
Peter Steiner makes fun of grumpy wet-blanket killjoys. The New York Times, by contrast, names them Deputy Editor of its…
Cartoonist Profile: Robert Ariail
For 40 years now Ariail’s been making people think. By high school, Robert Ariail was the school paper cartoonist, inspired…
2023 NCS Reuben Award Winners – Full List
The National Cartoonists Society announced the winners in twelve categories Friday night (August 23, 2024) at the 78th Annual Reuben…
CSotD: The Road Ahead
Ann Telnaes shares the ebullience flowing out of the DNC, adding a dash of feminine pride to the contrast between…
Hilary Price is 2023 Reuben Award Winner
Hilary B Price has finally taken home The Reuben Award as 2023 Cartoonist of the Year. After being nominated for…
Freewheelin’ Friday with Miss Cellany
Being a collection of various items from a variety cartooning categories (kinda like the Reuben Awards). The splash page from…
CSotD: Juxtaposition of the DNC
David Parkins, a British-born cartoonist working for the Globe and Mail in Toronto, has captured the mood down here as…
John Graziano – RIP
Long time 21st Century Ripley’s Believe It or Not artist John Graziano has passed away. John Anthony (Graz) Graziano August…
78th Annual Reuben Weekend Kicks Off
The 78th Annual National Cartoonists Society Conference and Reuben Awards begins today August 22, 2024. The National Cartoonists Society has…
CSotD: A few good jokes, A few sharp pokes
This Reality Check (AMS) raises an interesting question: Do you have to be a guitar player to get the joke?…
What is the first American graphic novel?
From Hal Johnson: I want to find the first American graphic novel—I say American simply because I know very little…
Standing on the Shoulders of Giants
I don’t often put rerun comic strips in my roundups, but this appreciation of Billy DeBeck by Richard Thompson is…
CSotD: Conventional Commentary
Can’t deny Scott Stantis’s observation that the Democratic Convention isn’t sticking to a tight schedule, though all reports are that…
Rhea Ripley of the WWE and of Gil Thorp
Rhea Ripley, a superstar of World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), has one of her ring battles being featured in the Gil…