I usually let DD Degg handle news, but since I covered the AAEC convention last month, I’ll announce that the videos of presentations there are now available here, and they are worth bingeing if you care about the medium.And since I devoted an entire day’s posting to it, I would particularly invite you to settle back […]
The story of Emperor Trajan’s victory over a mighty barbarian empire isn’t just one for the books. It’s also told in 155 scenes carved in a spiral frieze on a monumental column.It’s an adventure comic strip created 1,909 years ago.The emperor is the story’s hero. He appears 58 times, depicted as a canny commander, accomplished […]
Below are some comic strip and cartoon books scheduled for November 2022 release. Images and links (mostly) via Amazon, though ordering through your local comic shop or independent book store is a good idea. Charles M. Schulz: The Life and Art of the Creator of Peanuts in 100 Objects The Charlton Companion Number One Is Walking All […]
Many years ago, my parents came across a recipe in the local paper that was intended to call for adding a soupçon of lemon juice, which a local editor had corrected to “add a soup can of lemon juice.” They sent it in to the New Yorker, which used to run editorial gaffes as fillers.It […]
Stephen Notley’s Bob the Angry Flower is a weekly alternative strip about a walking talking flower who feels ALL the emotions, not just rage. Debuting in 1992, Bob has battled Gamera, bad punctuation, Dick Cheney’s disembodied heart, former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, hamster-dropping villain Hamsterfall, US Senator Ted Cruz, vengeful Geat Rothgar, celebrated mathematician Roger […]
The time stream is in a constant state of disrepair. Timelines diverge and collapse. History is altered, creating tidal waves of change. And that’s on a good day. But thankfully, for eons, the main thruway – the key timeline – has been kept safe by a group of diligent and dedicated “Chronal Keepers.” … […]
Non Sequitur (AMS) has it right: America’s favorite sport has become bitching and moaning and insisting that the refs are corrupt, the rules are wrong and the outcome must be challenged.I promise you that, if Josh Allen had taken a clean snap, stepped back and knelt to take an intentional safety to give the Bills […]
The above art by Jules Feiffer is from a September 2022 edition of Dan’s Papers, but the interview conducted by Dan Rattiner for his podcast is this month new.Dan asks Jules about a few of his more than a dozen awards – the Academy Award-winning Munro, his special George Polk Award, and his Pulitzer Prize. […]
It’s November and that means Guest Jumbler Week. David L. Hoyt and Jeff Knurek present the 10th Annual event. Here’s a preview: © Tribune Content AgencyAnd thanks to James Delach and his magic eight ball we know who the guest cartoonists are and in what order they will appear. Monday 11/14: Kirc Kecem Tuesday 11/15: […]
I particularly like this Bliss (Tribune), because my life includes taking the dog for a romp twice a day which, combined with my 35-hour work week, reduces me pretty much to being her chauffeur and, yes, I’m grateful that she gets me out of the house.Here’s the snippet I’m posting on-line today, as an invitation […]
From 1962 is Virgil Partch, Chon Day, Johnny Hart, and more in V2#2 of The PRO (Cartoonist and Gagwriter Magazine). Mike Lynch presents the complete issue. © somebody or otherBuck Rogers in the 20th Century Comic Books Comic books in the 1930s were originally comic strip reprinters. Famous Funnies and the like did not supply new […]
Ninety years ago, on November 12, 1932, Madeline Mezz was born. So today we celebrate her inauguration into The Daily Cartoonist’s Senior Strippers club.“Madeline Mezz?” you ask. Well, she is better known as Bunny Hoest.Bunny and John Reiner join us in the birthday bash with today’s The Lockhorns. © Wm. Hoest EnterprisesBunny has been working […]
There’s no doubt but that Kieran Meehan inked this Pros & Cons (KFS) well before Election Day, but a look at social media this morning more than justifies Lyndon’s view of things: Sociopaths seem to have a good grip on the conversation.There’s little for political commentators to analyze in the post-election chatter, but a great […]
“[A] comic Larson once presented as a ridiculous sight is closer to reality than one might realize.” As detailed by Wired, dog barks actually serve a purpose, one likely tied into their domestication and relationship with humans. © Gary LarsonThe Nexus compares Wired’s theory to a The Far Side cartoon panel. On the surface, perhaps […]
Amy Lago was the UFS/United Media editor of Peanuts for the last 12 years of the comic strip. With the upcoming celebration of the centennial of cartoonist Charles M. Schulz‘s birth she looks back with fond memories of the man.Via The Daily Independent: Despite his introverted bent, Schulz was fiercely competitive. […]