Snopes Fact Checks the Rob Rogers Situation as P-G Journalists Write Letter to Readers

by D. D. Degg June 19, 2018

The fact checking site Snopes has investigated the circumstances surrounding the recent difficulties between the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and Rob Rogers.Was a Cartoonist Fired for an Anti-Trump Drawing?WHAT’S TRUERob Rogers was fired by the ‘Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’ after the newspaper rejected a number of cartoons critical of Donald Trump’s presidential policies.WHAT’S FALSERogers’ firing wasn’t based on one […]

Wallace the Brave’s Will Henry on NPR’s ‘All Things Considered’

by TDC Archive June 19, 2018

From the ‘‘All Things Considered’ site.Wallace the Brave is a new daily comic strip, which is getting attention, award recognition and increasing readership. It’s about a boy who’s less depressed than Peanuts character Charlie Brown and kinder than Calvin & Hobbes.From the All Things Considered site.**Check out Wallace the Brave at GoComics.Will’s twitter @MrWillHenry

An $11,000 Update – Auction: Bill Watterson signed and sketched Calvin and Hobbes book

by D. D. Degg June 19, 2018

The book with a new original sketch by Bill Watterson sold at the charity auction for $11,000 to comic book artist Tony Harris. above: Shelton Drum, Tony Harris, and Mr. Harris’ sonDetails about the highlight of the auction, and more about Team Cul de Sac, at Mike Rhode’s interview with Chris Sparks.Mike Rhode: You’ve mentioned […]

Jeopardy! for the Daily Cartoonist Reader

by D. D. Degg June 19, 2018

On June 18, 2018 the television game show Jeopardy!, in the first round, contained a category for comics’ fans.COMIC-CONVERSATIONS The “answers”:$200 It encloses dialogue from a specific speaker’s mouthThen showing an image similar to $400 An image that extends beyond the edge of a page is said to do this medical verb$600 King Features specializes […]

CSotD: That which is orange

by Mike Peterson June 19, 2018

Let’s start with the Birthday Boy, because it’s one of the few bright spots in the day.Garfield turns 40 today and there’s a hoohah going on including a book and a lot of coverage.Rather than simply steal his links, I’m going to let DD Degg provide them.But I will add to his collection the interview I […]

Garfield – Not Aging Gracefully

by D. D. Degg June 19, 2018

Garfield by Jim Davis turns 40 today. Newspapers around the world are celebrating the occasion.In Canada the Edmonton Journal ran an article and interview with Jim Davis.Q: What did your life look life before Garfield? A: I was earning $135 a week as an assistant to T.K. Ryan on the Tumbleweeds comic. I wanted to […]