CSotD: Rolling the bottoms of my trousers
I’m feeling old and grumpy, but, thanks to Paul Berge, I feel less alone. I was tempted to do an…
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If only I had continued with my Howard the Duck scrapbook, some museum would have a treasure
Nearly 100 years ago I. A. Persinger began pasting Wash Tubbs comic strips into a scrapbook. In 1928, the barber,…
First and Last – Freckles and His Friends
When the Freckles and His Friends daily strip ended in 1971 Newspaper Enterprise Association supplied the first strip from September…
CSotD: The war is over – Let the fighting begin
Ed Hall drew this one a few days ago, as the Taliban resurgence was just beginning, and it all fell…
Hey Kids! Comics! Free Comic Book Day is Over
Below are some comic strip and cartoon books scheduled for August 2021 release.Images and links (mostly) via Amazon,though ordering through…
The Other Ones Are Not Peanuts
Like many of us in early 2021, Martin Lee was deeply affected by many issues, including COVID, George Floyd, and…
Roast Cartoonist – Fitz on a Spit
From Blog for Arizona: David Fitzsimmons is the cartoonist for the Arizona Daily Star. He will be roasted by former…
CSotD: I’m your Comic Weekly Man
My first impression of today’s Barney & Clyde (WPWG) was that Barney had, indeed, been taken, since most coats of arms…
Sandusky and Norwalk Papers Join for Weekender
The Sandusky Register (Erie County Ohio) and The Norwalk Reflector (Huron County Ohio), both members of the Ogden Newspapers family,…
A Cartoonist’s Life: Sunshine, Rainbows, Lollipops?
Self portrait © by Stephan Donche Comics journalist and author Chris Arrrant asked Comic industry people: What’s something about…
CSotD: Standing around with our fallacies in our hands
David Fitzsimmons riffs on the 1893 bronze by German sculptor Hugo Rheinhold, in which an ape contemplates a human skull,…
Saturday August 14 – Free Comic Book Day
Comic Shops across the nation will be giving away comic books on Saturday August 14, 2021. Free! With over four…
CSotD: Issues of Standing
Marc Murphy salutes the new Census data, which shows an actual decrease in the number of non-Hispanic white folks in…
Cartoonists in the News
New Illustrator on Ripley’s Believe It or Not For the second time this year John Graziano has been replaced on…
Comic Chronicles and Dizzy Dramas
Dateline: Canada Dateline: Canada Steve Canyon came to a U. S. Air Force base in northern Canada last winter and…