CSotD: Monday Round-up
Flo’s Diner in Non Sequitur (AMS) had a new customer this past week, one who could rival Captain Eddie in…
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Reports of Dilbert’s Syndicated Demise Were Premature
I opened up the local weekend edition of my newspaper and there at the top of page one of the…
Gaming The Funny Pages
When Joe Wos heard that his MazeToon runs side-by-side with Jeff Keane’s The Family Circus in Victoria he devised a…
Updating King Features Weekly Service
King Features regularly issues a directory for its syndicated offerings, but this week they surprised us by putting up a…
CSotD: Heaven, Hell, Beer and so forth
Well, Arlo (AMS), the problem is that you’re celebrating the wrong saint. If you wait two days, you can have…
100 Years Ago: Skippy by Percy L. Crosby
Percy Crosby was born in 1891 and was working and cartooning for newspapers before he was out of his teens….
Hey Kids! Comics! The Books of March
Below are some comic strip and cartoon books scheduled for March 2023 release.Images and links (mostly) via Amazon,though ordering through…
Joe Wos Finds the Path to Comics Kingdom
Fourteen months after Joe Wos switched his MazeToons from Creators to King Features the panel has finally been added to…
CSotD: Bank shots and direct hits
We’ll start the day with a pair of cartoons about a topic I’m not going to cover yet, though I…
CSotD: What’s tall, white and scares teenagers?
Today’s headline is an old joke; the answer is in Ann Telnaes‘ cartoon. The stork ought to still scare them,…
Bill Tidy – RIP
Famed British comic strip and gag cartoonist Bill Tidy has passed away. William Edward (Bill) Tidy, MBE October 9, 1933…
Dilbert 1989 – 2023
Dilbert by Scott Adams has ended its syndicated newspaper run. Dilbert debuted in 1989. It is unknown if the Sunday…
CSotD: Confessions of a Pre-Teen Mind
I’m with Elliott, or, as Napoleon once remarked to Marshal Bernadotte, “Je ne donne pas une merde.” Or words to…
First Date by Joseph Bergeron (New Comic)
Cartoonist Joseph Bergeron of New Hampshire has placed his First Date comic strip in the Eagle Times: CLAREMONT — Local…
CSotD: Different sorts of awards
I will confess I haven’t seen any of the movies up for Oscars tomorrow night, but I will declare Drew…