Jim Keefe Gets Added to Our Patreon List. You There?
Support Your Local (or Distant) Cartoonist Mike set it up last year and we occasionally add to it and post…
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The Als of AI (Midjourney, AI Generator)
Continuing with Mike’s plagiarism theme of this morning we come to MalMidjourney. During the New Year’s weekend, artists linked to…
CSotD: A Second Front in our Second Civil War
“(N)o plagiarist can excuse the wrong by showing how much of his work he did not pirate.” — Judge Learned Hand…
Comic Strip & Comic Strip Adjacent News
The Monster and Mike Doonesbury, Milholland and The Mouse, Hugs and Kisses from Peanuts, Bret Blevins and Judge Alan Parker,…
Wayback Whensday: 1837, 1906, 1998, +
Jeffrey Lindenblatt’s Paper Trends: The 300 for 1998 Scroll down for more of Jeffrey’s 1998 survey entries at the Stripper’s…
CSotD: Keeping’em honest
Al Goodwyn (Creators) is a very nice guy, and this is a well-intended New Year’s cartoon. I’m leading with it…
John M. Burns – RIP
British comic artist John M. Burns has passed away. John Michael Burns 1938 – December 29, 2023 From John Freeman:…
Tribune Content Freeze at GoComics
The New Year brought in a lack of updating of many Tribune Content Agency (TCA) strips at GoComics. Animal Crackers,…
Patrick McDonnell’s Pseudo-Sabbatical
The Mutts comic strip will go into rerun status for six months as Patrick McDonnell gets busy with some special…
CSotD: A New Year for Old Folks
Adam@Home (AMS) is in an optimistic mood as 2024 has launched, though not quite as much in a hurry as…
2023 Debuts, Departures, and the Dearly Departed – Part Three: The Dearly Departed
This is an installment of 2023 U.S. Newspaper Comics: Debuts, Departures, and the Dearly Departed.(part 1: Debuts and Departures –…
2023 Debuts, Departures, and the Dearly Departed – Part Two: Detours and Deviations
This is an installment of 2023 U.S. Newspaper Comics: Debuts, Departures, and the Dearly Departed.(part 1: Debuts and Departures– –…
2023 Debuts, Departures, and the Dearly Departed – Part One: Debuts and Departures
This is an installment of 2023 U.S. Newspaper Comics: Debuts, Departures, and the Dearly Departed.(part 1: Debuts and Departures –…
CSotD: 1924 Part Two – The Strips
(Banner by Johnny Walbridge, who, as noted yesterday, went on to be a Disney writer and animator.) We’ll start our…
Reminder – Find The Lockhorns at GoComics
Beginning January 1, 2024, The Lockhorns will be found on GoComics, not Comics Kingdom. As we reported Bunny has switched…