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© Ward Sutton Ward Sutton and The Village Voice start us off with a Thanksgiving Day comic. Roadside America…
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CSotD: Holiday Distractions
Dave Granlund points out that Thanksgiving, as a national holiday, was not about Pilgrims. It would be nice to say…
Lee Ent. Holds Alden Cap. at Arm’s Length For Now
Alden Capital’s attempted to takeover Lee Enterprises has stalled. From The Wrap: Lee Enterprises Inc. — one of few sizeable…
Teaching and Learning with Calvin and Hobbes
Bill Waterson Extremely Rare Teaching With Calvin And Hobbes Book (Playground Publishing, 1993). Those hoping to find a copy of…
Profusely Illustrated: A Memoir by Edward Sorel
Usually any book missed in the monthly Hey Kids! Comics! checklist would wait to be noted in the following month’s…
CSotD: Holiday Hijinx
Adam Weinstein wins the Internet this week, and, anticipating tomorrow’s traditional question, what I’m thankful for is that the comic…
Lee Enterprises in the Cross-Hairs
Alden Capital continued its drive to own as much of the American newspaper industry as it can with a bid…
CSotD: Gamesmanship
This Jeff Stahler (AMS) cartoon greets me appropriately upon my return from Younger Son’s home in Minnesota, where I had…
Cathy at 45
Forty-five years ago—on November 22, 1976—we were first introduced to Cathy on the funny pages… The original Cathy strip ran until…
1957 Phantom Predicts the “China Virus” (or not)
In the fall of 2021, an image started to circulate on social media that supposedly showed a panel from a…
CSotD: Monday Comics
It doesn’t take much to make me laugh over a poke at Facebook, but the level of gallows humor in…
Web Comics Go Big and Go Print
Webtoons Webcomics Get Into Print The webcomics giant Webtoon is getting into print comics publishing, with a planned fall 2022…
Cartoonists/Editors Jon Adams & Ellis Rosen Interviewed
Jon Adams and Ellis Rosen are cartoonists and illustrators who separately have contributed to The New Yorker, MAD, McSweeney’s and…
CSotD: Sunday wrap
I’m about done talking about Kyle: he’s had enough publicity and he’ll get more without my help. But I couldn’t…
Glx Sptzl Glaah! in the Funny Pages
Tuesday’s Hi and Lois put me in mind of Sugar and Spike. © King Features Syndicate; DC Comics …