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…
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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…
CSotD: A Mostly Merry Monday
Most schools are out by now, though Big Nate (AMS) had me searching my memory for how the year’s end…
The Daddy Post
Monica Zurowski scoured The Calgary Herald archives for Father’s Day comic strips. This Sunday is a time for dads —…
Don Madden – RIP
Playboy cartoonist and children’s book illustrator Don Madden has passed away. Donald Lewis (Don) Madden October 14 (24?), 1927 –…
CSotD: Person, man, woman, TV, camera, Jackson
I don’t mind opposing points of view, but I get tired of citing Daniel Patrick Moynihan, and I get particularly…