Newspaper comics readers might notice something different in their papers when browsing the funnies. The space where Jill Kaplan, a Jewish mother and wife living in Ohio with her family, experienced everyday life but with a humorous, modern twist in “The Pajama Diaries” for about 14 years will be replaced with panels of another adventure. […]
THE spoof magazine, MAD itself, got spoofed by Madison Magazine.From Madison Magazine:We’ve gone MAD! Don’t think we haven’t heard the whispering behind our backs from people who don’t take our monthly publication as seriously as we do: “Madison Magazine? More like MAD magazine!” Well, to those folks we say: Your wish has been granted! In […]
On occasion an old comic strip, which can be linked to current world events, will go viral. Also on occasion the comic is fake. Real or Unreal? Such is the the question regarding a recent, low-res Calvin and Hobbes strip that has flooded the internet.Snopes has confirmed that it is an actual Calvin and Hobbes […]
I remember reading some swashbuckler in which, at the very start, the roughnecks who wielded broadswords were complaining about Frenchmen who fought with light foils, which they felt were not manly in that they didn’t deal death in great, slashing blows but with small, sneaky thrusts.It must have been Rafael Sabatini, because Dumas was himself […]
Former editorial cartoonist Jerry Holbert and his wife Cheryl are struggling with a rare and incurable form of dementia.After a long road of prayer, testing, misdiagnosing, and questions, Jerry was finally diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia in 2019 – a rare form of dementia where portions of the brain shrink (atrophy) leading to devastating personality and […]
A disaster half a world away has lead Patrick McDonnell to replace a week of Mutts. above: from The Art of Nothing by Patrick McDonnellReed Brennan Customer Service notification:The strips were replaced at artist’s request for Mutts dallies for the week of January 20, 2020. The original week had a lighthearted theme where Mooch meets […]
(Mo) (Non Sequitur) (Arlo and Janis)“Where’s your social consciousness?” Abbie Hoffman screamed, and then broke into giggles at the humorless politicos who decried anyone who dared to have fun while a war was going on.This three-way Juxtaposition sums up my current mood: I share Mo’s despair, but I agree with Kate that there is a limit to […]
Commenters on the Little Oop site seem upset about the school being buildings rather than caves, though the school has been depicted that way from the beginning of the Little Oop comic series.Also – sometime (recently?) GoComics has extended the Alley Oop archive well into the past. It now includes, among other old strips, the […]
With no salaried editorial cartoonists in the state of Texas, the larger newspapers rely on freelancers for cartoons about local issues.John Branch is interviewed by the Houston Chronicle.Though most of the cartoons you see in the Opinion section come through national syndication, Houston-based cartoonist John Branch is a regular contributor on Sundays. Op-Ed Editor Raj […]
The Lawton (Oklahoma) Constitution adds Dustin to its lineup today. (I’m guessing to fill the space made by the retiring Pajama Diaries.)Dustin creators Steve Kelley and Jeff Parker talked to the paper about its new addition.When [Steve Kelley] approached his friend and fellow editorial cartoonist Jeff Parker about teaming up on a comic strip, he […]
Love Is… sticking around for 50 years.It was fifty years ago today that the Love Is… comic panel by Kim Grove debuted. above: first character drawing (1967); first Love Is… syndicated panel (January 5, 1970)The Love Is… website has a history of the evolution from postcard to syndication. Love Is… continues to be syndicated […]
I like Bob Moran’s presidential portrait, since so many people have been drawing parallels between the 1920s and the current set of 20s, but one major difference is that then we’d just concluded a horrific war and had a strong desire to avoid another.For all that can be said about Woodrow Wilson’s attitude towards race […]
At The Richmond (KY) Register:Beginning in the Tuesday, Jan. 7, edition of The Register, a new daily comic debuts. Rhymes With Orange is set to replace The Pajama Diaries, which will no longer be syndicated.In anticipation the newspaper got Hilary B. Price and Rina Piccolo to participate in the paper’s Five For Friday question and […]
After 42 years Peter Guren has decided to end his Ask Shagg weekly comic.The final Ask Shagg comic will appear tomorrow, with some sort of farewell message from Peter.ASK SHAGG by Peter Guren August 1978 1979 – January 5, 2020 weekly self-syndicated/United Feature Syndicate/CreatorsPeter’s LinkedIn profile notes that Ask Shagg began in 1978, then the […]
It’s hard to pick a starting point today, but Pat Bagley offers a good reflection on things, because we’ve sure seen a lot of talking heads and it’s up to you to sort out the ones who are offering honest analysis and the ones simply beating partisan drums, one way or t’other. But we’ve certainly been […]