CSotD: Another Century, Another Deal
Dave Granlund picks up on an odd co-inky-dink in Trump’s magnificent “Deal of the Century,” which sounds like something Monty…
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CSotD: Weeping in the Hall of the Phaeacians
Sousa and Machado set the scene today, as I try to reconcile history remembered with history in the making. History…
CSotD: Whatever Day
I’d have been surprised if Marty Two Bulls had let the day go by unremarked, and he’s on point in…
CSotD: Labor Day Intensive
Mo points out that those who serve and wait rarely get a chance to stand, and there are indeed people…
CSotD: Messaging
I expect there will be more cartoons about Trump’s bizarre rendition of the history of the US Army, but Clay…
CSotD: President Caligula
Jeff Danziger teases today’s musical Moment of Zen, and I’ll forgive him for saying “What’s that noise?” instead of “What’s…
CSotD: On the Third Day of Christmas
Christmas-themed cartoons should be pretty much over on this day of Three Freedom Hens, but Steve Breen notes a post-Christmas…
Comic Strip of the Day: Odysseus Wept
A half-century ago, the Democratic National Convention in Chicago was under way and all hell was breaking loose in America….
Check out Rina Piccolo’s Centuries Old Doodles
Tina’s Groove creator Rina Piccolo has a fascinating find: Picture this. A monk. A monk in a high tower. In…
GoComics adds Little Nemo in Slumberland
Universal Uclick’s GoComics has announced it’s added Winsor McCay?s Little Nemo in Slumberland to their line-up. Little Nemo is considered…
Check out “Puck: What Fools These Mortals Be”
For those of you interested in comic history, make sure you check out this new book by Michael Kahn and…
LA Register posts illustrated history of classic comic strips
The link of the day goes to Charles Apple of the Los Angeles Register who created “A quick illustrated look…
The Kennedy cartoon that Post-Dispatch retrieved off the streets before people could see it
Fascinating story out of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch about the Tom Engelhardt cartoon that was published in 1963 just hours…
Video: Milt Caniff at Work
Interesting silent video of Milt Caniff, creator of Steve Canyon, Terry and the Pirates. Via Mike Lynch
Video: Classic Chicago Tribune Cartoonists – 1931
I’m struck by how many cartoonists were working in the same building. How times have changed.