Posted on: June 24, 2018

Sunday’s (6/24) Dick Tracy features a “do you recognize” cameo from another syndicated comic.Do you?https://www.gocomics.com/dicktracy/2018/06/24Check the signature for a hint if you’re stumped.  

We’ll start with the most random musing of the day, touched off by Vintage Juliet Jones Sundays, which is not too far into a new adventure.I would look at anything Stan Drake did and I’m glad they are shooting from the black plates and not trying to reproduce the full-color version, because his work stands […]

The phone calls and emails started on March 14, the first day The News & Advance was without “Snuffy Smith” on its daily comic pages. “Please bring back Snuffy Smith. I have enjoyed that comic strip for more than 50 years.” “We enjoyed reading Snuffy Smith and do not care for the replacement. As long […]

Pulitzer Prize-winning and Washington Post News Service & Syndicate cartoonist Nick Anderson writes on CNN.com about the Rob Rogers’ firing.From the article:But what’s missing from the situation is the outrage for the quiet firing of over 100 cartoonists around the country over the past few decades. The generally accepted number by the Association of American […]

Michael de Adder spins Melania’s husband’s TIME cover, marking her part in our shattered dialogue, but don’t laugh too hard.If you dare to think you’re not part of the problem, then you’re surely not part of the solution.It’s not just a jacket. It’s a fashion statement about us, and about the society we’ve built, that goes […]

Mickey at 90 The Mickey Mouse Campbell’s Soup Cans have been announced by the brand in collaboration with Disney to help celebrate the iconic mouse cartoon character’s 90th birthday. The limited-edition soup packaging has been created with three different variations with the varying styles of the character in mind to commemorate its iconic popularity.The Mickey […]

Scooby Doo becomes the latest cartoon character to appear on a United States postage stamp.Linn’s Stamp News reports:Cartoon canine Scooby-Doo is taking time out from solving spooky mysteries to help solve the world’s environmental challenges. As part of his new quest, the animated Great Dane is appearing on a new United States postage stamp that […]

The new alternative newspaper Pittsburgh Current has reached an agreement to publish Rob Rogers political cartoons on the web and in print.Pittsburgh Current is pleased to announce that it will be the first Pittsburgh publication to carry former Post-Gazette cartoonist Rob Rogers. An agreement was reached with this morning with Andrews McMeel Universal, Rogers syndication […]

PRI weighs in with a great piece on everything happening with the new Nancy. Includes the first audio interview with the reclusive Olivia Jaimes. http://bit.ly/2tkdIDv From PRI:While Jaimes wants to stay true to the spirit of Bushmiller’s classic “Nancy” comics, she’s also bringing a feminist perspective that is generating resistance among internet commenters. But she gets […]

I’m not too sure about parchment paper, but bulldog clips — as seen in this Barney & Clyde – are the greatest. For the cost of one of those plastic bag clips that will break the first time it is dropped, you can get a whole jar of bulldog clips that will hold bags closed and will […]

The Clarksdale (Miss.) Press Register will be featuring the work of editorial cartoonist Ricky Nobile each week on their opinion page. Ricky has been providing locally-themed cartoons to Mississippi newspapers since 1971.Ricky has provided over 48 years of editorial cartoons on Mississippi politics to over 40 newspapers and is the editorial cartoonist for The Mississippi […]

Eyebeam by Sam Hurt via The Austin Chronicle comics page.  1930 photobomber by Jefferson Machamer (Judge magazine) via Curious Bygone Days. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Introduces New Editorial Cartoonist Reeve Cannon via Breaking Burgh.  Out of the Inkwell by Max Fleischer and more via Yesterday I Was A Dog (hat tip: Bristol Board).  February 13, 1983 – Thomas […]

The Oldest Surviving Animated Films by Sarah Nour at Reel Rundown.The Oldest Surviving Animated Films Part I (1892-1909)Charles-Émile Reynaud was the inventor of optical theatre, an animated moving-picture system that he patented in 1888. In October of 1892, he screened three of his own animated films in a demonstration at the Musée Grévin, a museum […]

Steve Benson notes that Trump has made a U-turn, and, suddenly, a lot of current political cartoons are outdated.I won’t miss the recurring Statue of Liberty images. It was an excellent way to show our rejection of America’s core values, and then it was a reminder and then it was just an indication that editorial cartoonists […]

The BN editorial team called the response “overwhelming.”Here’s the story. https://buffalonews.com/2018/05/28/letter-time-to-hit-refresh-on-the-comics-page/