CSotD: Sunday Variety Pak
Juxtaposition of Ancient Fads Paul Conrad Cornered — AMS Paul Berge has a collection of cartoons from a half-century ago…
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Comic Strip News (and Oldies)
“News” is up for debate in some entries below, but we will start with actual news. Mike Manley has revealed…
CSotD: The Coming Election (if you want one)
Jeff Koterba joins the ongoing theme of “Who cares?” with the by-now familiar message that it really doesn’t matter who…
Daddy Daze Deals with Death
It is common knowledge that part of a baby’s healthy development is the new parents talking to them. The humor…
Destruction of the Library at Alexandria Was a Good Start for These Extremists
“After opening in prayer at a church about 15 miles northwest of the state capital, panelists spoke of pornography in…
CSotD: Freya’s Day Funnies
Cathy Wilcox marks International Women’s Day with a grim sense of purpose but a welcome lack of complaining: It’s a…
Chance Browne – RIP
Hi and Lois cartoonist Chance Browne has passed away. Robert David (Chance) (Bob) Browne June 17, 1948 – March 1,…
CSotD: On to November
The primaries are all but over, and now we’re off to the November elections, though, as Adam Zyglis notes, not…
Wayback Whensday – No Complacency
Radical Socialist Cartoonist William Gropper Since 1920 Cartoonist William Gropper has been busy as a beaver, trying to gnaw down…
Todd Klein’s Comics History BlogBook
I own a lot of comics history books, most list the details of who created the comics and when they…
CSotD: Perhaps the end of the beginning
I gather Joe Heller is taking no pride in the coming elections, but he seems terribly cynical. It’s true that…
The Meanderings of Miss Cellany
Miss Cellany calls on Bryn Durgin and Navied Mahdavian, Jonathan Lemon, Barbara Brandon-Croft, Drew Dernavich, Chuck Asay, and Terry (‘Aislin’)…
Cartoonist Steve Benson Hospitalized
Editorial cartoonist Steve Benson is under medical care after suffering a stroke last month. The Pulitzer Prize winner, who retired…
CSotD: Courting Disaster
Alan Moir boils down America’s political situation to the essentials: Trump racing for the election and the chance of a…
Breaking Cat News/How Comics Were Made: the Comic Strip, the Book, the Interview
As the Breaking Cat News comic strip approaches its 10th anniversary the comic’s creator Georgia Dunn sits down on March…