CSotD: The Post-Great-Game Show
I wish I could agree with Jack Ohman on this one. Given the disloyalty of the Republican Party in recent…
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Rob Harrell Featured in Zionsville Monthly Magazine
In addition to being a witty and likeable guy, Rob Harrell is an accomplished author and illustrator. Harrell resides in…
Davis Award to Rose; Meglin Award to Oliphant
The South East Chapter of the National Cartoonists Society held their annual meeting at Salisbury, North Carolina’s Waterworks Visual Arts…
CSotD: Credibility
John Darkow is hardly the only cartoonist to depict the last plane departing Afghanistan, or even the only one to…
The New Yorker on Food and Chicago Comics
The new New Yorker is a Food and Drink issue. One of the thrills of living in a big city,…
CSotD: Now for something completely different
I recently confessed a crush on Wallace the Brave (AMS)‘s mother, and yesterday’s final panel not only failed to diminish…
Sunday Funnies – August 29, 2021
Does it strike anyone else that the Sunday Andy Capp comic strips are now basically two dailies with similar settings…
CSotD: Show Me The Way To Go Home
(Peter Schrank) (Bob Gorrell – Creators) This Juxtaposition offers a starting point for the day, because Schrank is British,…
Marvel Meow Comic Strips Collected in Book
It seems that a couple years ago Captain Marvel’s comic book cat Chewie was the star of a comic strip…
Sunday Funnies – August 28, 1921
Like most comics sections in 2021 the Sunday color supplements of August 28, 1921 were almost all four pages. A…
CSotD: In search of Wow!
Non Sequitur (AMS) comes through with a bit of nice timing to reassure me and I hope you that we…
Sam Ansell – RIP
Gag cartoonist Sam Ansell has passed away. Samuel Tarshis (Sam) Ansell May 25, 1922 – August 1, 2021 …
Sedalia Democrat Dumps Sunday Funnies
August saw The Sedalia (Missouri) Democrat abandon the color comic supplement. Due to budget constraints, the Democrat will no longer…
CSotD – The shock of reality
One of my favorite passages in “War and Peace” comes when young Nicholai Rostov gets his first, and nearly last,…
King Features Expands Global Publishing Program
From a King Features Syndicate press release: King Features Syndicate, a unit of Hearst and home to some of the…