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The end of Spring can only mean that with the heat SLUDGEZILLA RETURNS! Shrimp & Grits conjecture on the reality of the mythical monster this week. I’m quite sure I am not the only person to complain about the awful features page. No Pickles , lousy crossword puzzle and no cryptograph. Renewal will probably not […]

CSotD: Whose flag is it, anyway?

Clay Bennett (CTFP) marks Flag Day with a display of US flags flown respectfully over the years, contrasted with the improper display of the flag currently practiced by the New Confederacy. Respect for the flag is a tradition, not a law, but if you read the current United States Flag Code, you’ll find all sorts […]

Miss Cellany’s Beaus Take a Bow

Keith Knight! Brian Fies! Sergio Aragonés! Al Jaffee! Lalo Alcaraz! Keefer Got The Key! From Keith Knight: Holy smokes! One pleasant surprise that I made reference to in this week’s strip [link added] was the mayor of my hometown showed up to my slideshow and gave me the key to the city! I can now […]

John Adler – RIP

Harper’s Weekly compiler/indexer and Thomas Nast biographer John Adler has passed away. John Adler September 29, 1927 – June 11, 2024 From the Sarasota Herald Tribune obituary: John Adler, 96, passed away June 11, 2024 in Greenwich, CT. In the early 1970’s John acquired a full set of Harper’s Weekly Magazines (which were published between […]

CSotD: With the best of intentions

We’ll start with something that hardly counts in the Grand Scheme of Things, except that accuracy does matter, even when good intentions only pave the road to Heck, not Hell. Clay Jones has a point to make in observing that Trump can no longer shoot someone on Fifth Avenue and not lose a single vote […]

Wayback Whensday – The Berenstains

Stan and Jan Berenstain, the Philly natives who created [The Berenstain Bears], met as art students at the Philadelphia Museum and School of Industrial Arts — most recently known as the University of the Arts. It was during their time there in the 1940s that they honed their illustration skills. Stanley Melvin Berenstain and Janice Marian Grant were […]

Andy Capps Found Among 2222 Originals

A London woman rediscovered original cartoon art including seven Andy Capp strips by Reg Smythe. Andy Lines reports for The Daily Mirror: Rare original Andy Capp strips have been found in a cellar, 30 years after they were hidden away there. The signed Reg Smythe works were among 2,222 Daily Mirror toons from the 20th […]

CSotD: Issues and Answers (Well, sort of)

There used to be a Sunday talking heads show called Issues and Answers, which was a pretty ambitious promise, though back then they tried. Today, it would be called “Issues and Talking Points” and I don’t watch Sunday political chat shows because I’m old enough to remember when politicians who went on “Meet the Press” […]

Atena Farghadani

Iranian Cartoonist Sentenced to Six Years

From Iran International: The Revolutionary Court of Tehran has handed down a six-year prison sentence to Atena Farghadani, a cartoonist targeted for her critique of the government. According to her attorney, Mohammad Moqimi, Farghadani has been behind bars since her arrest on April 13, charged with “insulting sacred values and propagating against the ruling system”. Farghadani received […]

CSotD: I know you are, but what are we?

Prickly City (AMS) reiterates the high-minded, analytical approach familiar to grade-school alumni: “I know you are, but what am I?” Trump having been seen dozing off while he was on trial, the response is to declare that Biden dozes off all the time. It’s not the only example, particularly if you plumb the depths of […]

The Phantom By the Numbers

The 21st Phantom Mike Manley has returned to The Daily Phantom today with a new story. And though I can no longer find it on Mike’s Facebook page he did mention that he had a hand in the direction of this story (IIRC). The 2nd Phantom Upcoming in The Sunday Phantom is a tale of […]

CSotD: Monday Morning Mirth

Best way to shut me up is to draw the perfect cartoon. Too Much Coffee Man has done just that. Fortunately, the effect is temporary. Matt Golding usually ends up in political cartoon postings, but this one is purely social, and let’s note that obnoxious people with leaf blowers are blowing leaves Down Under. Up […]

Miss Cellany’s Cartoonews

Highlights from the Collection of Jules Feiffer Later this month Swann Auction Galleries is presenting art for bid from cartoonists and illustrators from the fields of magazines, comic strips, animation, newspapers, ads, and much much more (320 lots); at least some of which come from the Jules Feiffer collection. Jun 20, 2024 at 12:00 PM […]

A Fine Spring Sunday in The Funnies

Among our pointing to comics from the past few days we will also note some news stories related to recent items here. For example today’s Rex Morgan M.D. brings to mind the Bizarro post from yesterday with its opening panels using the them/they pronouns. This past week (or two) saw Phoebe of Phoebe and Her […]

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