Wayback Whensday – Far Away & Long Ago
Chester Gould pre-Dick Tracy; Archie Goodwin and Al Williamson and Star Wars; the wonderful art of Bud Blake; Drowsy Dick…
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Andrews McMeel Leadership Changes
With the resignation of Andy Sareyan taking effect this month Andrews McMeel Universal (AMU) has announced the promotions of Kirsty…
CSotD: Footing the Bill by Billing Their Feet
First of all, we knew — didn’t we? — that Dear Leader wasn’t going to cough up the money he…
The Great Gannett Comics Conspiracy to Rid the Nation of G. B. Trudeau’s Doonesbury
Here we thought the USA TODAY Network’s move to restrict their newspapers’ choice of comics to some part of The…
Comics Trivia – but they got it wrong
So earlier today Mike Peterson brought up trivia contests. Mike said: I gave up on trivia contests after losing a…
CSotD: Tuesday Titters
Start with a confession: I like this Off the Mark (AMS) because, once he’s found true love, they can get…
Here Come de Judge Again
They should change the name of this KFS Vintage feature to “Judge Crater.” Here are the missing episodes, plus a…
F. Opper’s 1920 Freeneasy Film Co. Presents
Frederick Burr Opper was early in the 20th Century considered The Dean of American Cartooning a title he retained long…
CSotD: Do you remember truth?
Seems like President’s Day is a good excuse to start with this example of our love of lies and mythology…
Sunday Survey of Sundry Subjects
Heathcliff, J. D. Crowe and Mardi Gras, Vintage Comic Strip Preservation and sharing, Robb Armstrong and Franklin Armstrong, Brad Guigar…
CSotD: Useful Idiots and a Dead Hero
The term “useful idiots” was not coined by Lenin, but it still means what we thought it meant, and Maartin…
BOLO Alert: New Regular Dick Tracy Artist – Confirmation Update
Original February 15 item: It seems that a new artist will take over the Dick Tracy comic strip soon. Possibly…
Comics Kingdom and Black History Month: Billingsley, Gant, Bell, Xunise, and Shearer
Current King Features cartoonists Ray Billingsley, George Gant, Darrin Bell, and Bianca Xunise plus, from the past, pioneering Black cartoonist…
Romero – RIP
Comic strip artist Enrique Badia Romero has passed away. Enrique (aka Enric) Badia Romero May 13, 1930 – February 15,…
CSotD: Laughing While We Await More Bad News
There are several major news stories going on, but they happened late in the week, so, since only a few…