Ollie Harrington’s Dark Laughter
Dark Laughter Revisited: The Life and Times of Ollie Harrington is a retrospective presented by the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library…
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Jay Kalagayan New Executive Director of CXC
Each fall since its founding in 2015, Cartoon Crossroads Columbus (CXC) has convened the creators of leading comic strips, comic…
CSotD: Remotely educational
That’s my Grandpa, at the head of the one-room classroom in Ironwood, Michigan, sometime in the first decade of the…
Yellow Journalism: That Was Then, That Is Now
It is perhaps not so surprising to hear that the problem of “fake news” — media outlets adopting sensationalism to…
John Oliver Exhibit at SF Cartoon Art Museum
John Oliver, of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver fame, is bringing his traveling art exhibit to one West Coast…
Jayson Martin – RIP
New Hampshire cartoonist Jay Martin has passed away. Jayson J. Martin October 17, 1976 – December 30, 2021 From the…
CSotD: Remembrance of Things Mostly Past
I’m not in the mood for politics today and we’ll certainly get a heapin’ helpin’ whether I want it or…
USPS Comic Stamps That Never Were
With the barren United States Postal Service stamp-scape for comics lovers in 2022, let’s take a look, with the help…
Drawing Life with George Booth
No one familiar with George Booth’s cartoons can look at an English bull terrier and not wonder whether its equine…
CSotD: Days of Decision
If you follow any cartoonists on social media, you’ve probably already seen Ann Telnaes’ interactive analysis of the January 6…
The Shetland Islands and 40 Years of Smirk
Since we are celebrating 40 year anniversaries today let’s go to Scotland where… “Births, Deaths, Marriages and Smirk, but not…
Ces on 40 Years with Sally Forth – Not Him, Us
On this very date in 1982, Sally Forth entered our lives. Okay, it didn’t technically enter my life until 1997…
When Jim Met Greg – A Sally Forth 40th Flashback
With the Sally Forth comic strip celebrating its 40th anniversary today (and all week), cartoonist Jim Keefe is taking the…
The Better in For Better or For Worse
The first For Better or For Worse Sunday issue of 2022 was not only well received at GoComics, but in…
CSotD: Taking things personally
Might as well start the day in puzzled mode, since I don’t have a particular hobby horse to ride. Specifically,…