Comic Chronicles – Three Cartooning Aces
Syracuse University has Ray Thompson‘s Papers and the inventory includes a biography of the 20th Century cartoonist and writer: In…
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CSotD: Just Another Mundane Monday
Not gonna get into politics today, or, at least, not too far into them. Joy of Tech offers this commentary…
Maus is #1!
Yes, it’s number one, it’s Top of the Pops Today The Complete Maus by Art Spiegelman reached #1 on Amazon’s…
Roundups and Updates
A reminder that the deadline for entries to the National Cartoonists Society’s Divisional Reuben Awards ends in three days –…
CSotD: Contrary Wise
“I know what you’re thinking about,” said Tweedledum: “but it isn’t so, nohow.” “Contrariwise,” continued Tweedledee, “if it was so,…
The Sport of Cartooning Sports
Fox Sports NASCAR coverage will have one thing in common with their NFL games. If you view your favorite race…
Cartooning the Powerful Around the World
“My experience in China assured me that the power of the cartoon is so mighty that that government would just…
CSotD: Random Roundup
Let’s start with some good news and a laugh, as RJ Matson notes the emergence of forged elector ballots, and…
Maus Returns to Best Seller Lists
The law of unintended consequences. Maus by Art Spiegelman at Amazon as of 12 noon PST: …
Comic Book Store Gives Maus to Students
A Knoxville, Tennessee comic book store is giving free copies of Art Spiegelman’s Maus graphic novel to students who wish…
The Legend of Jim Borgman, Sports Cartoonist
Back in the day, before the Zits era, there was a time when Jim Borgman was the editorial cartoonist for…
CSotD: Banned Aids and Nits Picked
I was glad to see Steve Brodner’s latest commentary, which is about banned books, and about the way the right…
N.Y. Times Goes with Illustrated Reporting Story
In a comic about reporting on comics, a Times journalist takes you through his process — from idea to pitch…
100 Years Ago – Major Hoople’s Grand Entrance
100 years ago this week Gene Ahern, in his Our Boarding House panel, started a sequence that would have a…
CSotD: First the fury, then the facts
I don’t disagree with Steve Brodner (or Neil Gaiman)’s take on the idea of banning Art Spiegelman’s now-classic graphic memoir,…