Egypt accused of torturing arrested cartoonist Ashraf Omar
Egyptian cartoonist Ashraf Omar was seized on July 22 by plainclothes officers from his home in Giza in the middle…
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Lalo Alcaraz Joins CALÓ News as Editoonist
Cartoonist Lalo Alcaraz has announced he has joined the CALÓ News team: I have a new job as staff editorial…
CSotD: Campaigns and Complaints
David Cohen comments on Louisiana’s “police buffer law,” which went into effect this month and prohibits reporters or others at…
Pinheads Paraphrasing Pulps
“He looked about as inconspicuous as a tarantula on a slice of angel food.” – Raymond Chandler, Farewell My Lovely…
Wayback Whensday: Rick O’Shay & Hipshot
David Hofstedt for Cowboys & Indians remembers Rick O’Shay and Stan Lynde. The year Rick O’Shay debuted there were more…
It’s the Great Corn Maze, Charlie Brown
Peanuts and Halloween have become inextricably linked by way of The Great Pumpkin. Now… Visitors to corn mazes across the…
CSotD: Hello, Walz!
Dave Whamond leads off today because he is one of the few cartoonists who made the name of the Democrats’…
2024 Lucy Shelton Caswell Research Award to Safiyya Hosein and Jonathan Najarian
The Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum (BICLM) is pleased to announce the winners of the annual Lucy Shelton Caswell Research…
Strip Mining the Funny Pages
Dick Tracy, Rubes, Blondie, James Bond, Gil Thorp, Tarzan, plus Tom Toro, Laura Eggleston retires, and more. Dick Tracy begins…
CSotD: Some Obvious Pun About a Bear
Nick Anderson (Tribune) gently transitions us from two days of comedy to a day of politics. It’s appropriate, because RFK…
A Classic’s Centennial: Little Orphan Annie
One hundred years ago in the pages of The New York Daily News … The world, or New York anyway,…
Retiring at 50? Not Tank McNamara
Fifty years ago today former football player Tank McNamara made his debut as a TV news sportscaster. Seven days later,…
André Juillard (1948-2024) – RIP
French cartoonist André Juillard has passed at the age of 76. André was a prolific cartoonist and perhaps best known…
CSotD: So Funny I Forgot to Laugh
Our theme starts with today’s Baby Blues (AMS). My first impression was that it was another “overscheduled kids” gag, which…
A List: “15 Longest Running Comic Strips” – Naturally We Quibble and Correct
Some of comics’ most iconic characters found their homes in these long-running comic strips, from Dick Tracy to Beetle Bailey….