A February 4th letter into The Cleveland Plain Dealer lamented a recent comics change.From the letter:Just when I thought it was safe to read the comics after all the changes in the “Diversions” section, I opened the Sunday paper to discover that my favorite comic, “Pickles,” had been replaced (with no prior warning) by something […]
Arlo & Janis set the mood as I celebrate nine years of cartoon blogging with a collection of strips that predate CSotD, only a few of which I’ve slipped in over the years.Arlo isn’t so much morbid as realistic with a tendency to brood, and there are any number of strips I might have chosen […]
The Boondocks comic strip ran from its inception in 1996 to 2006 when creator Aaron McGruder decided to explore other venues. Now, with the assistance of Seung Kim, he has returned to The Boondocks comic strip.But on Tuesday (February 5), he called upon Charlamagne Tha God’s Instagram reach to spread a new and relevant comic he […]
Letters to the editor – cartoonists help fill the newspaper opinion pages. “The Girl Scouts are off limits” “Thanks a lot, Steve Breen, for…[putting] a damper on Girl Scout cookie sales” “Linking Girl Scouts to heart disease”Steve Breen: some things are sacred. “editorial leadership needs to exercise more sensitivity and discretion when choosing which cartoons to publish”Michael […]
Clay Bennett sums up the Ralph Northam situation: The dude is screwed, and he pretty much did it to himself.To be fair, there are some issues over the “yearbook,” which Eastern Virginia Medical School shut down five years ago , and I put “yearbook” in quotation marks because it seems that it wasn’t an official student publication.Which […]
The comic strips posted on GoComics and Comics Kingdom generate passionate reactions, from witticisms and praise to slings and arrows. From fans and from trolls.Thea Voutiritsas has compiled the most commented-on strips at GoComics from 2018.
Gannett rejected a takeover offer from Media News Group/Digital First this morning, and it did not do so politely.A letter from the Board of Directors expressed doubt that Digital First could come up with money to finance the offer. And Gannett added an unusual slam of the potential buyer. Based on Digital First’s cut-and-slash management […]
People in the military all know what a challenge coin is, but few civilians do. A challenge, or unit, coin is a medallion that represents affiliation, support or patronage to the organization minted on the coin. Almost all military units have their own coins, carried by the members of the units, and commanders often have […]
Denver sports cartoonist Drew Litton showed up this morning on KUSA-TV’s 9NEWS morning show to share his views and a few cartoons about Super Bowl LIII.9NEWS Video and article (with cartoons) here.Drew’s Win, Lose, Drew at GoComics.
Bleeding Cool is reporting that Bill Morrison is no longer the editor at MAD Magazine.From the Story:Bleeding Cool has been informed that as of last week, Bill Morrison is no longer editor of MAD Magazine, as part of new layoffs at DC Comics. We have confirmed that he is no longer at DC.Bill Morrison did not respond […]
The Lockhorns sounds a predictable note this morning, but I chuckled.The strip has been quite hip in recent months about technology and similar things, which I wouldn’t have expected from an old-school Bickersons sort of strip, but that makes me surprised Loretta doesn’t realize Leroy can click-click-click until he gets to the NFL Network and […]
Charlie Daniel’s Sunday comic panel has ended.Rosy’s Diner by Charlie Daniel 2006(?) – February 3, 2019* weekly (Sunday) panel Knoxville News Sentinel*I’m not sure if the February 3, 2019 issue appeared in the print Knoxville News Sentinel or is web-only.Sussed from various articles it seems that the concept and characters of Rosy’s Diner first appeared […]
Arctic Circle lures me into saying something I probably shouldn’t.Part of it is about selfies in general and has to do with the idea that a picture of your big fat face is more important than whatever you were trying to tell us about, and aren’t you glad Ansel Adams had other priorities.Not that selfies […]
“There is something magical about three you know – a trio is tight and nicely economical.” Ian WillliamsHere’s trio of interviews with cartoonists. …it’s hard when one’s job is to get people laughing. An interview with Will McPhail: cartoonist for The New Yorker The wonderful thing about black and white cartoons was that the […]
It’s odd — not funny, mostly just odd — that this Thimble Theater from August, 1935, happens to turn up on the Comics Kingdom Vintage page at the same time Virginia Governor Ralph Northam’s med school yearbook page happened to turn up, showing that he had chosen a photo showing a person in blackface and […]