CSotD: Odds and Ends
My first impression of this Steve Breen (Creators) piece was that he obviously hadn’t read up on the particular level…
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Don Asmussen – RIP
Bad Reporter cartoonist Don Asmussen has passed away. Donald Alan (Don) Asmussen October 31, 1962 – December 9, 2021…
New Adventures of Tarzan Webcomic Gets Booked
The 2012 Tarzan webcomic (retitled The New Adventures of Tarzan in 2013) by Roy Thomas, Tom Grindberg, and Benito Gallego…
CSotD: Without a Trace
(Dr. Macleod) (Jeremy Banx) Two threads in this particular Juxtaposition: The backgrounder is the current dustup in the UK about…
Betty is 30 (or maybe 45)
On December 9, 1991 Betty by Gary Delainey and Gerry Rasmussen debuted from United Feature Syndicate. Here is how The…
Dilbert Brings Socialism to The Funny Pages
To the delight of some and the dismay of others, the socialist idea continues to slowly, if very belatedly, make…
Throwin’ It At the Wall Thursday
The L. A. Times gets letters about 9 Chickweed Lane © Brooke McEldowney The Los Angeles Times received hundreds of…
CSotD: Loyal to Your Own Opinions
Pearls Before Swine (AMS) sets the mood for the day. Rat seems to have caught on to the fact that…
Cartoonists Run Amok
Yeah, I know what you’re thinking, “Cartoonists Run Amok,” is SOP. But this is an exhibit and greet & meet…
“We were Texas hippies, a proud but pitiful bunch”
Those Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers by Gilbert Shelton became famous through their underground comix books, but got their start down…
CSotD: McWar Games
Stuart Carlson (AMS) offers a pun which I suspect is more about unavailable and late-arriving Christmas presents than about World…
J. P. Trostle Needs a Hand – Literally
Caption: Even though my hand doctor assures me the image of a skull in my MRI is an optical illusion,…
Library of American Comics Teams w/ Clover Press
Dean Mullaney has announced that beginning in 2022 The Library of American Comics publishing imprint will primarily be in partnership…
Pearl Harbor 1941 – Cartoonists’ Take of the Time
Augustus J. Robinson, Boston Daily Globe Below are some editorial cartoons from the days following the December 7, 1941 attack…
CSotD: Rebuilding from the Past
Juxtaposition of the Date (Andy Marlette – Creators) (Walt Handelsman) I remember taking angry phone calls in the newsroom…