Too much doom and gloom around, so let drop by reliable laff makers Bill Whitehead and Mark Parisi.
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So now cartoons are throwing life in our faces?
Well certainly comics about cartooning would be funnier. Let’s visit Scott Stantis:
![](https://www.dailycartoonist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Screenshot-2023-08-13-at-13-15-43-Prickly-City-by-Scott-Stantis-for-August-12-2023-GoComics.com_.png)
Maybe some self-deprecating cartoon humor from Jonathan Lemon going meta
![](https://www.dailycartoonist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Screenshot-2023-08-13-at-13-06-02-Rabbits-Against-Magic-by-Jonathan-Lemon-for-August-12-2023-GoComics.com_.png)
and Dave Whamond just going literal.
![](https://www.dailycartoonist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Screenshot-2023-08-13-at-13-03-19-Reality-Check-by-Dave-Whamond-for-August-12-2023-GoComics.com_.png)
At least Will Henry ended the week with Wallace and Spud escaping the dreaded
![](https://www.dailycartoonist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Screenshot-2023-08-13-at-13-23-55-Tower_of_Shadows_King-Size_Special_Vol_1_1.webp-WEBP-Image-400-×-596-pixels.png)
![](https://www.dailycartoonist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Screenshot-2023-08-13-at-13-29-38-Wallace-the-Brave-by-Will-Henry-for-August-12-2023-GoComics.com_.png)
Maybe Mark Parisi above had a good thing going.
Before moving on to Sunday let’s note that Vic Lee‘s change of font was, happily, short-lived.
![](https://www.dailycartoonist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Screenshot-2023-08-13-at-13-45-33-Pardon-My-Planet.png)
While the Sunday’s will take a little longer to revert, I am glad the change was not permanent.
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Something else that will not be permanent, but I am enjoying it, is Jim Keefe‘s drop tier recaps for Flash Gordon.
![](https://www.dailycartoonist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Screenshot-2023-08-13-at-13-54-17-Flash-Gordon.png)
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Yes, a lot of the action is missing but you can almost follow the story with the top third of those Sunday strips.
Speaking of full half-page Sunday strips –
have I mentioned how pleased I am with the new FurBabies and UFO GoComics webcomics going that route?
![](https://www.dailycartoonist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Screenshot-2023-08-13-at-14-05-55-FurBabies-by-Nancy-Beiman-for-August-13-2023-GoComics.com_.png)
![](https://www.dailycartoonist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Screenshot-2023-08-13-at-14-05-30-UFO-by-Graham-Harrop-for-August-13-2023-GoComics.com_.png)
Classic battle scene to be reimagined? Today’s Prince Valiant cliffhanger …
![](https://www.dailycartoonist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Screenshot-2023-08-13-at-14-09-04-Prince-Valiant.png)
has me wanting to see Thomas Yeates re-create Hal Foster‘s famous battle on the bridge:
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Naturally, the following week, father and son will be fighting side by side.
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Sending me back to my childhood is Randy Milholland with today’s Popeye.
![](https://www.dailycartoonist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Screenshot-2023-08-13-at-14-19-41-Popeye.png)
I remember laying on the living room floor and reading that first Katzenjammer Kids comic with all three of them. But the next Sunday one was gone.
![](https://www.dailycartoonist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/800px-Katzenjammer_Kids_1897-12-12.jpg)
![](https://www.dailycartoonist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/YP03-december-19-1897-1024x681.png)
UPDATE:
Thanks to David Gerstein we have the only other Katzenjammer Kids strip with all three Kids. January 2, 1898:
![](https://www.dailycartoonist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/3-katz-kids-jan-2-1898-1024x671.jpg)
I also remember the original Little Iodine. The bow remained but most everything else changed as she aged.
![](https://www.dailycartoonist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/The_Philadelphia_Inquirer_Wed__May_29__1940_-1024x726.jpg)
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Flash Gordon, Prince Valiant, Swee’pea, Little Iodine, The Katzenjammer Kids © King Features Syndicate
Ending on a happy note.
I’ve mentioned my fondness for the Garfield title panels. Today is no exception.
![](https://www.dailycartoonist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Screenshot-2023-08-13-at-14-58-11-Garfield-by-Jim-Davis-for-August-13-2023-GoComics.com_.png)
I love these recaps…. especially when my humble strip gets a mention. Thanks D.D.
Has anyone checked the ball pit for Chuck Cunningham?