CSotD: The Holiday With No Meaning
Daddy’s Home (Creators) puts me in mind of “The Archie Bunker Rule” that I had in our household when the…
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Prickly City Comic Strip Should Be Framed and Installed in Every Elected Official’s Office
A Letter to the Editor of The St. Louis Post-Dispatch: On Aug. 31, as I usually do, I opened the…
Sunday Surprise Guest Appearances
It’s not unusual for comic strip characters to make cameo appearances in other strips. But this one surprised me. Frank…
CSotD: Quips and quibbles quaint
(I pirated today’s headline!) Brewster Rockit (Tribune) is totally on target, though I can’t remember who it was that I…
Bob Kain – RIP
Cartoonist and illustrator Bob Kain has passed away. Robert (Bob) Kain August 12, 1932 – August 31, 2021 …
Comic Books by Maria Scrivan and Stephan Pastis
Greenwich Time has a brief item about local cartoonist Maria Scrivan: A new book from Greenwich native and author/cartoonist Maria…
Solved! – A Mystery of the Ages
It was a mystery on a par with The Riddle of The Sphinx or what happens when we shuffle off…
CSotD: Gaslit Nation
If you’ve never seen the 1944 classic “Gaslight,” it’s worth the $3.99 at Amazon Prime, if only for the cast….
Wisc. Gannett: Puzzlers Essential, Strippers Not
Notice from The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: This Labor Day weekend only, we are combining our Sunday and Monday print editions into…
Appreciations: Harrop, Wolverton, Kirchner
© The Vancouver Sun Graham Harrop looks as whimsical as you might expect from a cartoonist known for aiming at…
Pearls Before Swine Coup Comics Ran This Week
Stephan Pastis had a five day plot for Pearls Before Swine set to run in January 2021 when a tumult…
CSotD: Comics that make you say hmm
I have nothing to comment about over this Pat Byrnes panel, except that, for someone with such a simple style,…
Comic Chronicles – Past Tents
MAD and MAD images © EC Publications You may not immediately recognize the name John Caldwell of Ballston Lake….
CSotD: Bad Vibe Nation
Scrolling through the Intertubes has, as Joy of Tech points out, become a most unpleasant activity, and yet one to…
Far Side Comic Art Prints Now Available
From Andrews McMeel Universal (via PRNewswire): KANSAS CITY, Mo., Sept. 1, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — To delight The Far Side® fans everywhere, comic…