P as in Pickles, Prickly, Phoebe, Proverbs; plus Other Sunday Funnies
A few comic strips in GoComics “P” section went proverbial today. Phoebe and Her Unicorn, Pickles, and Prickly City comic…
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When Comic Strip Ambitions Fail
Rejection is a bitter pill to swallow, particularly when it’s something that you really want. Imagine applying to your dream…
CSotD: Breakfast with the White Queen
The observation in this Jeff Stahler cartoon would be obvious any other time, but it’s important at the moment. Evaluating…
Earl by M. C. Tin Star 1992(?) – 2024(?)
Earl (originally Ranchin’ with Earl) by M. C. Tin Star seems to have ended its run earlier this year. Wally…
CSotD: The Lion Always Gets His Share
Sunday’s Rubes (Creators) brought to mind an African folktale whose more precise origin I can’t remember, of the lion, the…
Cartoonists On Display at The Comic-Con
This year’s San Diego Comic-Con is coming up at the end of July 2024 and they have some special guests…
CSotD: My first rerun in 14 years – Please read it!
“Comic Strip of the Day” has posted every morning since February 6, 2010, and I’ve never done a “Best Of.”…
Jim Borgman Pitches Strikes
Borgman served as the Enquirer’s editorial cartoonist from 1976 to 2008. His work earned him the Pulitzer Prize for editorial…
Revolutionary Era Political Cartoons
An exhibit of political cartoons in part from the last half of the 18th Century in (where else?) Philadelphia is…
CSotD: Bombs Bursting in Air and So Forth
Jeff Danziger (Counterpoint) sounds echoes of the bandwagon/Bellman effect discussed here yesterday. Yossarian was asked, “What if everyone felt that…
Buy Steinberg’s Hampton Home For $4.1M
Illustrator/cartoonist Saul Steinberg‘s home is on the market. An East Hampton home once owned by renowned American artist Saul Steinberg…
Wayback Whensday – I Was Just A Child Then
Among the newly added journals at newspapers.com is a 10 month run from May 1880 to February 1881 of The…
CSotD: Grading Biden on the Bellman’s Curve
David Ostow manages to both echo my despair at the present moment and give me flashbacks to the days when…
Angels From the Attic Pack It Up? – updated
It seems earlier this year that Angels From the Attic by Mark Marderosian ceased being published. In 2007 Mark Marderosian,…
Will Caron Wins Civil Beat Editoon Contest
Six weeks ago the Honolulu Civil Beat announced a contest for a political cartoonist (second item on page) to bolster…