CSotD: Assessing the SAP Factor
Al Goodwyn (Creators) brings up, somewhat indirectly, the Stupid Angry People factor in current coverage. At least he singles out…
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Advice to New Cartoonists from Comic Pros
Comics artist Steve Lieber kicked things off with advice to young cartoonists as if he “were looking at your work…
Filipina Cartoonist Gets Wash. Post Gig
The Washington Post recently published an illustrated report about a group of Filipinos that went to the 1904 World’s Fair…
CSotD: Getting over one’s self and so forth
Lemont, the protagonist of Candorville (KFS), spends too much time playing the pedant and correcting people for speaking the way…
News Briefs Briefly Noted
Bone creator Jeff Smith recovering from heart attack To our friends and fans: Jeff Smith is recuperating from a cardiac…
CSotD: Your Comic Weekly Man
Mr. Boffo offers a chance to visit the ungracious past. The idea of pop-up wine tastings out of paper bags…
CartoonStock Now Stocks Editorial Cartoons
CartoonStock, “the world’s largest online database of cartoons for licensing, products, and original art,” is now carrying editorial cartoons, a…
CSotD: A Crisis of Politeness
On the topic of things you shouldn’t have to be told, Gary Varvel (Creators) depicts a kid gleefully heading off…
The New Redesigned AAEC Website is Up!
The Association of American Editorial Cartoonists reconstructed their website this year and after some delays it is now up and…
Comic Strip Death Blow Down Under – Update
Mike Peterson mentioned the sad news in passing today, but here’s a bit more. The Australian Cartoonists Association issued a…
CSotD: Same old same old
When I heard of the Trump team’s preposterous proposal to postpone that Jan 6 trial until April, 2026, I thought…
Comics with Color Replace Dumped Dilbert
Dilbert is dead. Well, he’s not dead dead — …— but as far as the public-at-large, and especially newspapers, are…
Virginia Lindemann – RIP
Cartoonist Virginia Lindemann has passed away. Virginia Louise (Ginny) Lindemann December 12, 1944 – June 28, 2023 From the obituary:…
CSotD: Press Releases and other delights
Today is a “Where do I begin?” day, but, with no particular plan in mind, let’s kick off with Bizarro…
Wayback Whensday – Then and Now
Scott Brown & Over 65; The Phantom 1980 & 2023; Asterix & Obelix and Goscinny & Uderzo and Fabcaro &…