Froomkin: WaPo Choice of Editoons Failing
Press Watch, “devoted to encouraging political journalists to fulfill their essential mission of creating an informed electorate,” is not happy…
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Special Awards and Schedule Announced For 77th Annual NCS Reuben Awards
The National Cartoonist Society is finalizing plans for its Reuben Award events being held September 6 – 8, 2023 in…
CSotD: Picking at Loose Threads
We’ll let Joy of Tech introduce today’s topic, which is about a new app that millions of people have signed…
Seven Days 11th Annual Cartoon Issue
Seven Days presents their 11th Annual Cartoon Issue! From Seven Days editor Dan Bolles: Seven Days prides itself on being…
CSotD: When in doubt, spin it out
Prickly City (AMS) continues the thread cited here yesterday, on the negative perceptions people attach to politicians. Historical perspective matters:…
Wayback Whensday – You Wear It Well
Dale Messick and Brenda Starr, J.C. Leyendecker and the Arrow Collar, Rudolphe Töpffer and the first comic book. [F]or a…
First and Last: Agnes by Tony Cochran – Updated: Tony Responds
Original July 3rd post – This is a really late addition to our 2022 Departures list. Agnes by Tony Cochran…
Books: Bushmiller, Brown, Burning
Bill Griffith’s Fancy for Nancy Bill Griffith‘s graphic biography of Ernie Bushmiller Three Rocks will be released next month. So…
CSotD: Independence Day wrap-up
Constant Readers know how strongly I identify with Arlo and Janis (AMS), and certainly I do on this strip. It’s…
Pedro X. Molina, Nicaragua to Ithaca
Ithaca N.Y.—“My country is under a dictatorship, so even if you don’t want to talk about politics — politics is…
CSotD: Independence Day, half a century ago
This Doonesbury ran on May 30, 1973, not July 4, but it’s an important intro to the political cartoons that…
Firsts and Lasts: The Daily Flash Gordon
Thirty years ago, mid-1993, a Flash Gordon story comes to an end. And with the end of the story comes…
CSotD: The Cassandra Dialogues
John Deering offers a familiar take on a folk tale, though with a twist. Variations of the story exist in…
Clay Butler – RIP
Cartoonist Clay Butler has passed away. From the obituary: Clay [David Butler] was diagnosed with Ocular Melanoma, a rare aggressive…
Sunday is Funday-Mental
Rob Harrell in Adam @ Home reminds some of us that we have a daily duty to perform, and my…