CSotD: McWar Games
Stuart Carlson (AMS) offers a pun which I suspect is more about unavailable and late-arriving Christmas presents than about World…
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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…
Michael Leunig and Newspapers’ Retrenchment
© Michael Leunig Dateline: Australia Leunig who has worked for The Age for decades has recently seen a decrease in…
Calvin & Hobbes Tops Poll for Next Musical
© TCA Multiversity Comics asked its readers to take a poll: Last night saw NBC air Annie Live!, a new…
Court Sketch Artists Draw Ghislaine Maxwell as Ghislaine Maxwell Draws Court Sketch Artists
A COURTROOM sketch artist in the Ghislaine Maxwell sex trafficking trial has told of the bizarre moment the socialite twice turned around…
CSotD: Doleful Variants on a Theme
Michael Ramirez (Creators) is not the only cartoonist to ask this question, but I particularly like the snow-globe imagery, which…
Reviews and Remembrances
We ran an obituary for cartoonist Jerry Palen last week. But… Many people knew him as a fellow rancher,…
NFL Illustrated
So I’m watching the Cowboys and the Saints on Thursday Night Football halfheartedly when on the screen pops up a…
CSotD: Peeves and Plaudits
Harry Bliss (AMS) lives about 20 miles south of me, which makes us neighbors, since he no doubt comes up…
Kevin Cannon Draws Winter Carnival Buttons
[T]he four official buttons of the 136th Winter Carnival were designed by local cartoonist and illustrator Kevin Cannon. He most…
Suppressing Comics: When They Didn’t All Go Pogo
above: Before and after syndicate mandated changes. During the 1950s, Walt Kelly created the most popular comic strip in the…
18th-Century Hogarth and The Woke Culture
Tate Britain in London has defended the approach taken in its Hogarth and Europe exhibition (until 20 March 2022) following…