CSotD: Knowing stuff
Bizarro (KFS) tests the “It’s funny ’cause it’s true” concept, and, yes, it’s funny, and, sigh, it’s also true. I…
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Don Margolis – RIP
Magazine cartoonist Don Margolis has passed away. Donald Eugene (Don) Margolis September 1932 – August 3, 2021 “He spent his…
CSotD: 24 Hours of Unexpected News
(Clay Bennett – CTFP) (Michael Ramirez – Creators) (Gary Varvel – Creators) Clay Bennett best sums up yesterday’s…
Adam Zyglis is Back in the News, The Buffalo News
Did we mention that the Buffalo Newspaper Guild contract negotiations have been settled and with the byline strike now over…
CSotD: IPCC is a-checkin’ on down the line
Peter Schrank comments on the report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, specifically noting the wildfires raging in Greece…
Rex Morgan and Me and Anna Mae (Anime)
You and me both Rex. The long-running comic strip Rex Morgan, M.D. made references to Crunchyroll and Kirakira Precure a…
James Bond Adventure Strip – Live and Let Die (updated)
Andrews McMeel Syndication has recently (this past week) dropped the English-language James Bond comic strip from their menu of offerings…
CSotD: Attempting to lower the tech a bit
Wiley Miller hits a truth in today’s Non Sequitur (AMS): We’ve reached a level of solipsism where not only is…
Why James Lileks Still Reads, and Needs, Dagwood
Minneapolis Star Tribune columnist James Lileks reviews the comics. If you want to alienate people, talk about religion or politics….
60 Years Ago: The Marvel Age of Comics Begins
August 8, 1961, give or take a few days, Fantastic Four #1 (dated Nov. 1961) hit the newsstands. While the…
CSotD: Sunday Variety Pak
Reality Check (AMS) serves a heapin’ helpin’ of “Tom Swifties,” based on cartoon characters, Tom Swifties being a fad of…
Comic Strip Revue for First Week of August
We’ll start our look at the comic strips of the first week of August by going into the past. Not…
CSotD: Issues of Continuity
Today’s Judge Parker (KFS) has set me thinking about continuity strips, and, since there are only a few left, that…
75th Annual NCS Divisional Award Nominees part 2
The National Cartoonists Society has announced the second round of nominees for their 75th Annual Divisional Reuben Awards for work…
Friday Free-For-All
Bill Ruehlmann‘s column about Cathy Guisewite‘s last book is the only excuse needed to let all know that Cathy Guisewite’s…