Catching Up on the Comics Pages
It’s been a while since I shared some current comic strips, so let’s do some catching up. I’m a sucker…
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CSotD: Rumors of War, War of Rumors
Nick Anderson makes an interesting observation: There has been a constant drumroll from the right publicizing the idea that the…
Penn U Prez Criticizes Mr. Fish Cartoons – Update: Dwayne Booth Responds
From The Daily Pennsylvanian: Interim Penn President Larry Jameson criticized recent political cartoons published by a lecturer at the Annenberg…
The Phantom Writer Tony DePaul on Revising Lee Falk’s “The Chain”
HERE’S that piece I said I’d get to on the new Phantom daily story that started two weeks ago. The…
CSotD: Nothing Exceeds Like Excess
The Grammys will be tonight and I will continue my annual tradition of not caring. David Sipress is correct that…
“This is Just Not a Good Cartoon”
This is just not a good cartoon. It’s one of my earliest attempts at gag cartooning. That is cartoonist Kyle…
ChatGBT Draws a New Yorker Cartoon
Jason Kottke writes: In June 2021 (pre The Bear), New Yorker cartoonist Zoe Si coached Ayo Edebiri through the process…
CSotD: Saturday Morning Cartoons
Edison Lee (KFS) has returned to a theme that I have missed. Some years ago, they introduced Katie, a girl…
Herblock Prize Deadline Now February 5
The Herblock Foundation has extended the deadline for accepting submissions. Cartoonists now have until February 5, 2024 to get submissions…
Free-For-All Friday
Ruben Bolling tells us that a comic strip he produces under a pseudonym has ended. From his newsletter: It is…
CSotD: The Abyss Also Gazas Back
“Whoever fights with monsters should see to it that he does not become a monster in the process. And when…
Henry Barajas New NCS L.A. Chapter Prez and the Reuben Divisional Awards Deadline
HENRY BARAJAS VOLUNTEERS AS PRESIDENT OF THE LOS ANGELES CHAPTER OF THE NATIONAL CARTOONISTS SOCIETY Los Angeles, CA – Thursday,…
Newspaper Triples its Sunday Funnies
Here is what we need more of – a newspaper ADDING to its weekend color comics section. The Danville (Illinois)…
CSotD: Technically Funny
My first reaction to this Non Sequitur (AMS) was that it’s impossible. We all know that the way you learn…
Wayback Wednesday: Schulz Books 1952-74
Early Peanuts First Editions The definitive guide to identifying early [first edition] Peanuts strip reprint softcovers and hardcovers, published…