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Ed Subitzky, Walt Handelsman, David Sipress, Roger Kastel, Ron Turner, Denis Kitchen, and more. Speaking of leftovers – here’s some…
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Ed Subitzky, Walt Handelsman, David Sipress, Roger Kastel, Ron Turner, Denis Kitchen, and more. Speaking of leftovers – here’s some…
Of the two-score-minus-one comic strips Mike Peterson displayed from 1948 seven are still being syndicated with new content in 2023….
My goodness but 1948 was a fabulous year for cartoons! We were emerging from the war and feeling pretty good,…
The origin of National Sadie Hawkins Day: How a comic strip that saw a man desperate to marry off his…
Seventy-five years ago, on November 7, 1948, the Sunday only Mitzi McCoy by illustrator Kreigh Collins debuted. Maurice Horn described…
It was the ranchlands of West Texas, rich in prehistoric outcroppings and an air of primeval antiquity, that had given…
While comics have appeared in print since the late 1800s, it wasn’t until 1989 that “Black women characters drawn by…
Eighty years ago Batman and Robin swung from comic books onto newspaper pages on October 25, 1943. The 13th Dimension…
This classic xkcd may not quite express my long-term financial plan, but I’m glad I have been saving funny pictures,…
Hold them side by side. The “Blondie” comic strip created by Chic Young for Sept. 8, 1930 is told in…
As you are reading this, I am en route to the AAEC Convention in San Francisco, which I will report…
Eighty-one years ago Walt Kelly introduced the world to Pogo Possum in a comic book. For the next five years…
Zack Mosley had been working for Dick Calkins on Buck Rogers and Skyroads for years. In 1933 he developed his…
Featuring Jimmy Swinnerton, Ernie Bushmiller, Fred Opper, and Rose O’Neill The Many Loves of Jimmy Swinnerton Jimmy Swinnerton’s life was…
“In the first half of the 19th century, newspapers had been around for centuries but had very few images because…