CSotD: Some clean-up, then the laffs
A follow-up from yesterday: Paul Berge’s page is always an excellent place to learn about the past in editorial cartooning,…
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WPWG Comics are Slip Slidin’ Away
The Washington Post Writers Group syndicate is down to two cartoonists and three comics, none of which are widely seen…
CSotD: Memento Mori
Frazz (AMS) got it right, amid a flood of more traditional Memorial Day cartoons. We aren’t required to mourn throughout…
One Hundred Thirty Years & a Sunday Ago the First Sunday Color Comic Supplement
MIssed it last Sunday so here, a week late, is the historic anniversary of Joseph Pulitzer’s New York World printing…
CSotD: Sunday Afternoon in the Park with Laffs
Candorville (KFS) often blurs the lines between its main character, Lemont Brown, and its creator, Darrin Bell, but Bell’s latest…
Cartoon News V18#5
Steve Breen of The San Diego Union-Tribune took first, second, and third place for 2022 editorial cartoons from the California…
Tina Turner – Comic Strip Heroine
Quasi-superhuman adventurer Garth was the star of a long-running (1943-1997) British comic strip. In 1992 it was being written by…
CSotD: 4 legs in the morning, 2 at noon, 3 at night
Ted Rall (Counterpoint) asks a reasonable question, but one for which there is a reasonable answer: You must crawl before…
CSotD: The Dagnabbit Files
I laughed at this New Yorker cartoon, though they don’t bother crediting their cartoonists and if you Google “New Yorker…
Midweek Make Up – Short Takes
Keith Knight brings his support of the WGA strike home in this week’s The K Chronicles. Bill Griffith and Zippy…
CSotD: Ancient skinks and other delights
I took one look at the beast being transported in this BC (Creators), summoned up my inner eight-year-old and declared…
One Fine Spring Week in the Funnies
A quick look at a some comics from the past week before Mike leads us into the new week in…
CSotD: Clear thinking on a Sunday morning
So here’s the thing: I didn’t have to wait until the final panel of today’s Barn (Creators) to know what…
Joplin Globe Funny Pages Less Funny
“Pickles” is safe. So is “Zits.” And please, no calls about “Prince Valiant.” Our hero survives. We are making some…
CSotD: If your mother says she loves you …
The familiar advice to new journalists will never become obsolete: “If your mother says she loves you, check it out.”…