Cartoonists in the News
As one of the last remaining full-time newspaper cartoonists left in the U.S., I was starting to feel like a…
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Cartoonist Ben Garrison Self-Diagnosed w/ Covid – Update: Ben and Tina Okay
Original September 27, 2021 item: MAGA and anti-vaccine cartoonist Ben Garrison has self-diagnosed himself with Covid. Ben Garrison, a right-wing…
CSotD: Funny triggers
xkcd starts us off with a cartoon that is funny but that then sends me off on a tangent. Obviously,…
The Funny Pages This Week part one
Just scanning the comics. Six Chix © KFS, cartoon © Isabella Bannerman; Macanudo © Linear Monday’s Six Chix and Macanudo….
Convention Season Begins: CXC, AAEC, NCS/CAF
It’s a convention extravaganza for the next three weekends. Starting with Cartoon Crossroads Columbus. Alison Bechdel, Hilary Price, Jerry Craft,…
CSotD: Nits, and larger beasties, Picked
Start here: It seems that the Border Patrol officers may have only been whipping their horses, not the refugees they…
Did Frank King Create Distracted Boyfriend Meme?
The Distracted Boyfriend meme is ubiquitous on social media,and some have pointed to earlier samples: But those cases were only…
Mordor Financial Bought The Centerville Sentinel
Tom Batiuk seems to be taking on the vultures capitalists feeding off newspapers. The Crankshaft arc started last Monday (above)…
CSotD: Murder on Fifth Avenue
We’ll start this discussion of misunderstandings and outright lies with an easy one: Steve Kelley (Creators) resurrects an old canard…
Larry Lieber, Stan Lee’s Brother, Sues Marvel
comic characters © Marvel Comics Larry Lieber, who scripted the initial appearances of Iron Man, Thor, Ant-Man, Loki, Fin Fang…
Comic Strips Chits
Legendary Gets Hollywood Rights to Heathcliff © Creators Syndicate Move over Garfield, there’s a new cat in town. Or rather,…
CSotD: Personal reflections on public matters
Starting today with a meme instead of a cartoon, but one in which I quote myself from a CSotD of…
Mike Marland Gets NHPA Lifetime Achievement
Cartoonist Mike Marland received the New Hampshire Press Association Lifetime Achievement Award Saturday night at their Excellence in Journalism presentation….
Steenz and Xunise Interviewed
For many children, their introduction to newspapers comes through the comics page, reading syndicated strips like “Garfield,” “Peanuts,” “Calvin and Hobbes” and “The…
CSotD: Cover stories
Baby Blues (KFS) sets the stage today, because we’re going to look beyond the cover, much as we might rather…