Senior Strippers – 2023 Edition
Belated birthday wishes to cartoonist Alan McClure. Also belated is the addition of Mr. McClure to our Senior Strippers list…
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CSotD: Old Jokes, in the demographic sense
F Minus (AMS) offers an explanation for what’s gone wrong with the world which is both funny and, as is…
Cartoonists in the News
Brian Gable retires, Jeff Schultz keeps on, the long Bill Griffith interview, remembering Ralph Heimdahl, Ricardo Caté talks, Edward Sorel…
Fred Basset 1963 – 2023 (maybe)
Fred Basset has been in rerun status for nearly two months. A week after celebrating its 60th anniversary the comic…
CSotD: The Good, the Bad and the Cynical
When I saw that Jimmy Buffett had died, my first reaction was “Well, that’s a shame,” because he was a…
“Lefty Cartoonists Boycott Walkley Awards”
With a couple days before we start reporting on The Reuben Awards ceremonies, let’s check with another award. The Walkley…
CSotD: Labor Day or something like it
I wish I could believe in Paul Fell’s vision of a world in which labor unions had the upper hand…
Why Are All Those Characters in the Wrong Comic Strips? It Must Be Reubens Week.
A bunch of comic strip characters are making guest appearances in other than their own comic strips this Sunday. So…
Bro! Heathcliff is 50!
In the 1960s many magazine cartoonists had hopes of becoming the next Mort Walker, Hank Ketcham, or Johnny Hart. Possibly…
CSotD: Truths on the Funny Pages
Lemont confronts a harsh truth in today’s Candorville (WPWG) and not a bad introduction to Labor Day. To put a…
August Items About Charlie Brown and Co.
The new book Funny Things: A Comic Strip Biography of Charles M. Schulz presents the story of the creator of…
What Ever Happened to Lee Judge Cartoons
So I thought Lee Judge maybe took a week off for his mom’s birthday. But it is now going on…
CSotD: Political Potpourri
Ward Sutton sums up the hypocrisy and chaos of our current situation, and he’s right without offering much of an…
Creator of the World’s Most Popular Comic Takes a Sabbatical
Rachel Smythe is the creator of Lore Olympus, one of the most popular comics in the world. If you haven’t…
Pros & Cons by Kieran Meehan 2005-2023 – update
As Comics Kingdom informs us, “Pros and Cons is no longer offered as the author has ended the comic strip.”…