Zits is Listed as a Great But Forgotten 1990s Newspaper Comic Strip
A recent list of “10 Great But Forgotten 1990s Newspaper Comic Strips” includes current comics Zits, Mutts, Non Sequitur, Sherman’s…
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Flash Gordon Returns (to Comic Books)
King Features Syndicate “announced a master publishing partnership with Mad Cave Studios to develop a full line of new narratives,…
CSotD: Where nobody knows your name
(photo: NBC) With all due respect, they got it wrong. When Cheers was taken over by a corporation, they brought…
Strippin’ the Comic Con
That’s comic, I say comic strippin’ the Comic Con, son. Tom Batiuk and Dan Davis, both veterans of comic conventions,…
“a crisis of newspapers failing to connect”
The Associated Press drops the story of McClatchy ridding themselves of political cartoons and cartoonists. Here, via the Voice of…
CSotD: Apolitical Ranting
I promised Suzi I wouldn’t get into any political rants on her birthday. Though I’m not sure she’d hear any…
Kevvo is New AdExchanger Cartoonist
Back in May we noted that AdExchanger had lost Nate Neal as their weekly cartoonist, now, a month late, we…
CSotD: Threads and Needles
(Adam Sacks) (Joy of Tech) So I got on Threads (comicstripoftheday) and yet, unlike Scrooge, my life has not been…
Hey Kids! Comics! Hot July Titles
Below are some comic strip and cartoon books scheduled for July 2023 release.Images and links (mostly) via Amazon,though ordering through…
David Illsley – RIP
Cartoonist David Illsley has passed away. From the obituary: David Avard Illsley, age 81, of Edgewater, Florida, passed away Tuesday,…
CSotD: Current Events Roundup
I don’t know if today’s Non Sequitur (AMS) counts as “fortuitous” timing, since nobody in Vermont or the lower Hudson…
Show: Endless Imagination of Bob Staake
In a career that’s spanned more than 40 years and included some 80 books, thousands of newspaper and magazine illustrations…
Comic Strippin’ at The Comic Con
The San Diego Comic Con (aka: Comic Con International) returns for its 2023 engagement next week. It began as a…
CSotD: The Anarchist’s Cooked Books
Those were the days, my friend. We thought they’d never end. Dr. MacLeod piggybacks on the success of the new…
Call For Entries: 2023 Rex Babin Memorial Award for Excellence in Local Cartooning
The Association of American Editorial Cartoonists (the renovated AAEC website will return soon) has opened the window for submitting cartoons…