Love the locations in today’s Thatababy except when it strayed from comic strip titles. I’ll let Slumberland pass as that was in the title. And I understand Lemon putting Moo in there, but I wonder if that is when he took the detour. There are no comic strips called Camp Swampy, Okefenokee Swamp, Dingburg, and […]
When I was young, our TV stations signed off at night with “The Star Spangled Banner” and “O Canada,” which made it a better world on several levels. But politics aside, when we said “There’s nothing on TV,” there really was nothing on TV.Even when the stations were on, which, IIRC, was between 6 am […]
The Cartoon Museum of London has named 12-year-old Esther Harrison as the recipient of The Alison Brown Young Comics Maestro Award for 2026.The Comics Maestro Award competition is open to anyone aged 18 or under. Museum staffers select one overall winner and two runners-up from the submissions. John Freeman at downthetubes reports and reproduces Harrison’s […]
The comic strip MUTTS started with the dog Earl and his owner Ozzie based on cartoonist Patrick O’Donnell and his pet Jack Terrier also named Earl.As Jen Reeder for Forbes was told by McDonnell (or here via Yahoo): “The art director told me I was drawing a Jack Russell terrier,” he said. “And that was […]
Cartoonist and illustrator and sketch artist Walt Taylor has passed away. Walt TaylorDecember 21, 1946 – October 8, 2026Colin Warren-Hicks forThe Norfolk Virginian-Pilot has the obituary (or here): “He died Oct. 8 at the age of 79 after a long struggle with dementia. “Prior to his health’s decline, he sat inside Cafe Stella on Colonial […]
I’m going to be watching to see if the GOP continues to call Democratic candidates “communists,” now that Dear Leader has openly declared his support of Vladimir Putin. Boris notes that the Russian flag is also red, white and blue, but the question is less about the MAGA crowd accepting Trump’s loyalty to Moscow so […]
Okay it is Gary Larson and Andrews McMeel’s fault. In the Foreword to The Prehistory of The Far Side Larson states that The Far Side began on January 1, 1980.Larson corrected that in The Complete Far Side: But Andrews McMeel complicates matters by starting the running of The Far Side in The Complete Far Side […]
For the GoComics Blog Natalie Finander gives us a rundown of “The Cartoonists Who Made ‘Nancy.’” “When the character of Nancy was introduced to the world, she was only meant to stick around for a week. Ernie Bushmiller added her to the “Fritzi Ritz” strip in 1933 as an incidental character; he planned to drop […]
“Confessions of an Old Cartoonist” 45 years ago Brion O’Connor was a budding cartoonist. Drawing for his high school newspapers and then for The New Hampshire, the student newspaper at the University of New Hampshire – Durham. “I started sketching my own panels, first for Bergen Catholic in New Jersey, and then Manchester Central High […]
I got about halfway through today’s tranche of editorial cartoons and decided this was not the day for all that. Saw some good ones, but nothing that won’t keep until tomorrow. Santino’s cartoon made me laugh because I’m just the opposite: I wake up most mornings not wanting to do my usual and have to […]
Below are some comic strip and cartoon books scheduled for October 2026 release (or so). Images and links from a variety of publishers and outlets, though ordering through your local comic shop or independent bookstore is a good idea. One Hundred Years and One Day ago Winnie-the-Pooh by A. A. Milne and E. H. Shepard […]
King Features Syndicate (KFS) Editor Amy Anderson is sharing news about the departure of Tony DePaul as the writer of The Phantom and the new daily and Sunday writer Alex Segura.“We have news to share about the next chapter of The Phantom. “This December, Tony DePaul will conclude his 27-year tenure as writer of the […]
Former King Features President Joseph F. D’Angelo has passed away.Joseph Francis (Joe) D’Angelo July 4, 1930 – October 13, 2026 The Hearst Corporation is reporting the death of Joe D’Angelo, long time employee and 25 year President and Chairman of King Features Syndicate (KFS). “Joseph F. D’Angelo, former chairman and president of Hearst’s King Features […]
Tony DePaul has informed readers of his Nickels of the Man blog that he has been dismissed as the writer of The Phantom after more than a quarter century of plotting and scripting the comic strip. DePaul writes: “On September 21, the desk at King Features went dark on me when I started asking questions. […]
We’ve got some grim news today, so let’s start with something lightweight, a good description of Dear Leader’s newest vacuous blonde, which is not only a description of the new Press Secretary but her only apparent qualification. Katie Zacharia may have been nervous when she fluffed her debut, but may have also been nervous when, […]