Don’t Know Much About History? Bob’ll Learn Ya
Robert C. Harvey is a well-known and well-learned comics historian and cartoonist. Bob has been a long-time contributor to The…
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CSotD: Mister, we could use a man like Lyndon Johnson again
I like this Matt Wuerker (Politico) cartoon, though I wish he’d been less specific about the crisis at hand, because…
Playing Catch Up with Comic Strips
Vintage Comics Kingdom has added Vintage Mark Trail to its offerings. For some reason they are running strips from 1971,…
CSotD: Quibbles
We’ll start with a somewhat serious issue today and then descend into more trivial matters. Ed Hall is hardly the…
Danny Shanahan – RIP
Magazine cartoonist Danny Shanahan has passed away. Daniel Patrick (Danny) Shanahan July 11, 1957 – July 5, 2021 Michael…
Green Mountain Cartooning
The other day Mike linked to Bado’s post of Seven Days publisher Paula Routly’s defense of their editorial cartoonist Tim…
Sports Cartoons – NFL and MLB and NHL
National Football League’s Indianapolis Colts threw some shade at the Philadelphia Eagles with a 4th of July comic strip posted…
CSotD: Lilliputians, Brobdingnagians and Historians
Pearls Before Swine (AMS) sums up the post-holiday. When I get up each morning at O-Dark-Thirty, I check Facebook and…
Frank and Ernest 4th of July Salutations
Frank and Ernest by Bob Thaves is famous for a number of things. The funny puns and zany one-liners naturally….
CSotD: Rules of engagement
Kevin Kallaugher is one of those rare cartoonists whose artistry is so fine that you might like his work even…
Ziggy Returns to Cincinnati
Ziggy ran in The Cincinnati Post until that paper ceased to exist in 2007. Finally The Cincinnati Enquirer has picked…
CSotD: Foolish Jokes for Smart People
Dark Side of the Horse (AMS) on the dumb side of praise. There are a couple ways of looking at…
Call For Entries: The 2021 Rex Babin Memorial Award for Excellence in Local Cartooning
The Association of American Editorial Cartoonists is now open for entries published between June 2020 and June 2021 for The…
Jen Sorenson, Sage Stassel, Alexandra Bowman Are 2021 Newspaper Columnists (NSNC) Winners
The National Society of Newspaper Columnists (NSNC) has announced the annual best-of-the-best, the winners of its 2021 Column-writing Contest. “We…
Honolulu Advertiser’s 85th Anniversary (1941)
For reasons remaining unknown The Honolulu Advertiser decided to go all out for their 85th anniversary on July 2, 1941….