Lazin’ On A Sunny Sunday Afternoon
Patrick McDonnell returns to Mutts with a new Sunday page today, and tomorrow new dailies begin anew after mostly reruns…
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So Nancy’s Summer Substitution Begins
After warning her fans that she would be taking a Summer sabbatical Olivia Jaimes has gone on vacation. Today’s Sunday…
CSotD: Funday Will Sometimes Be The Same
It seems appropriate that Madam & Eve, which has of late dwelt entirely on South Africa’s corrupt and discouraging political…
Update to the Feiffer Collection Auction
Earlier this month we mentioned the Jules Feiffer collection of original art up for bid at Swann Auction Galleries. Swann…
Play Ball! with Jim Borgman
Former Cincinnati Enquirer editorial cartoonist (and de facto sports cartoonist) and current Zits comic strip artist Jim Borgman returns to…
CSotD: Seeing Them Damned Pictures
I don’t care a straw for your newspaper articles; my constituents don’t know how to read, but they can’t help…
Noted Cartoonists, Past and Present, Noted
Stan Mack, Darrin Bell, Bil Keane, Clare Victor Dwiggens, Garry B. Trudeau, Asher Perlman, and Justin Green. Voices in The…
CSotD: And you thought Taylor Swift was everywhere
Yesterday, Tom Heintjes, known to comics historians for the magazine Hogan’s Alley, posted on Blue Sky that it was the…
Will They Yahtzee Willie’s “The Catch”
A “cartoon yahtzee” is when five or more editorial cartoonists draw a similar approach to a news story. “The Catch”…
CSotD: Good guy, Bad guys
I’m going to let Bill Bramhall’s tribute stand for all the Willie Mays cartoons, most of which took advantage of…
Our Periodic Peanuts in the News Roundup
How else can we start this roundup of recent Peanuts in the news than with the passing of the great…
CSotD: Banjos are the least of it
Too Much Coffeeman brings up the hostility some people have for banjos, which I confess I don’t understand, but which…
Rafie and Friends – New Local Comic Strip
The weekly Clermont (Florida) Sun will begin publishing a new, locally created comic strip this week. A Clermont school teacher…
CSotD: Puzzles and Punditry
Start with the good news, which is that I agree with Dave Granlund’s idea though not with the sense of…
The All New Flash, The Same Old Phantom
There is a big difference in the fan reaction to two of King Features’ Big Name adventure strips. Dan Schkade‘s…