9 Chickweed Lane – 30 Years and 30 Days
9 Chickweed Lane celebrated 30 years of comic stripping last month. Recently GoComics posted a short interview with creator Brooke…
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CSotD: A War on Words
In case you missed it, Paul Fell summarizes the growing, and increasingly official, war on the free press. On one…
Hey Kids! Comics! Summer Suggestions
Below are some comic strip and cartoon books scheduled for August 2023 release.Images and links (mostly) via Amazon,though ordering through…
CSotD: Errors, lies and wishful spinning
“Let us begin by committing ourselves to the truth—to see it like it is, and tell it like it is—to…
The Why of the Long Lost Bill Watterson
As two new books by Bill Watterson appear over the next two months – the all new The Mysteries and…
CSotD: Spoilers, incentives and unplanned results
I’m still furious with the Washington Post for running a headline last week that spoilered the World Cup game between…
New Desert Sun Editoonist Tom Deisboeck
Editor’s note: The Desert Sun recently welcomed freelance cartoonist Tom Deisboeck to create original ‘toons for the opinion pages. The…
Let’s Lighten the Mood with The Funnies
Too much doom and gloom around, so let drop by reliable laff makers Bill Whitehead and Mark Parisi. So now…
CSotD: No plan, no future, no problem
Matt Golding starts us off with this cheerful vision, and, while exaggeration is one of the main tools of political…
Gary Grobman – RIP
Author Gary Grobman has passed away. Gary Marc Grobman November 11, 1952 – August 11, 2023 Author, reporter, politico, advocate,…
Wayback Whensday, the Weekend Edition
Wednesday came and went without a Wayback installment because I am easily distrac… Anyway, to paraphrase Churchy LaFemme: Wayback Whensday…
CSotD: Reasons to hope, reasons to despair
For those who believe in choice, and democracy, and who aren’t hoping to live under a repressive government, there’s a…
TGIF – Tidings Gathered In Free-Form
The European Cartoon Award announces its 2023 Shortlist The European Press Prize and Studio Europa Maastricht, founders of the European…
TGIF – The Gag Is Farcical
John Deering gives us our opening today with his Strange Brew. Been enjoying Mick and Keith checking in to Hotel…
CSotD: Random thoughts on various topics
No need for an update today: Lynn Hsu lays out my life in all the detail anyone needs, several times…