Candorville (KFS) pokes some fun at its former hosting site, but, for those who haven’t been following DD Degg’s coverage here, the outage at GoComics seems to have fouled up their ability to receive and process strips, such that they’re featuring a lot of reruns at the moment.This makes it hard to take a comedy […]
The notice (for me) came with a letter to the editor of The Windsor Star: I recently read letters to the editor regarding disappointment with recent changes to the newspaper. Some letters voiced disappointment with the puzzle page and one letter with the weather page. My disappointment is in regard to the comics. Why were […]
I’m not sure how to comment on this Michael Ramirez (Creators) cartoon, though I lived near the US Air Force Academy and toured the mews with their falcon trainers.Apparently the Twitter falcon hunts media and the falconer carries around a package of politics. I have no idea what he’s saying, though I do know that […]
The creator and writer of the Don Winslow of the Navy comic strip had predicted the Japanese aggression of the 1930s and 1940s, and notably Hawaii, 20 years before the attack on Pearl Harbor. From the U. S. Naval Institute is a profile of comic strip writer Frank V. Martinek. Featured in comics, novels, radio programs, […]
Soon 2022 will be turned over to 2023.Like Carol Lay we will all need new calendars for our walls and desks, unlike Carol I suggest comics related calendars. Maybe by your favorite cartoonist.Say Drew Litton or Keith Knight or Mark Parisi. For fans of vintage comics Hogan’s Alley has a great selection. For fans of current […]
Hogan’s Alley was a famous (now and then) Sunday comic that began in Joseph Pulitzer’s New York World. It was created by Richard Felton Outcault and continued by George Benjamin Luks.It ran from May 5, 1895 to December 5, 1897. Here is the last Hogan’s Alley that ran 125 years ago today (from Pulitzer’s St. […]
As Darryl Heine mentions there are a number of reruns at Andrews McMeel Syndication this week. And, yes, this is a direct result of the technical issues that affected the company in November.Greg Evans explains to Luann fans: For our long time fans, you may be wondering: what is with the wedding of Brad and Toni […]
By the time Vincent Trout Hamlin was in his twenties (born May 10, 1900) he had, among numerous jobs, mostly gravitating to the newspaper business. First with Texas newspapers then, returning to his birth state The Des Moines (Iowa) Register. Even in newspapers he ran the gamut -reporter, illustrator, photographer, art director, and even cartoonist. […]
It may seem odd to begin a discussion of the end of America with today’s Buckets (AMS), but what may have struck Greg Cravens as ironic exaggeration a few weeks ago has become chillingly relevant, now that Donald Trump has finally declared his contempt for the US Constitution and the rule of law.I doubt this […]
Daniel Boris offers a Juxtaposition of Himself: Two versions of a single cartoon.I prefer the first iteration, specifically because the convictions don’t necessarily lead back to Trump. That is, Rhodes and Meggs would have been convicted of seditious conspiracy (and the others of interference) without any need to prove they were incited by Trump and, […]
From the VCU News: Tom De Haven, a retired Virginia Commonwealth University professor and author of a series of novels centered around comic strip writers, appeared as himself in Sunday’s edition of the nationally syndicated comic strip “Dick Tracy,” shaking hands with the famed fictional detective. Dick Tracy © Tribune Content Agency; The Funny Papers […]
Charles Schulz 100/Terri Libenson – – David Pope/The Gold Stanley – – Candorville/King Features – – Gene Basset/Mankota Free Press – – Roger Mahoney/ The Daily Mirror – – Gannett/Layoffs – – Cul de Sac/Washington Post Magazine – – Sandra Boynton/Wishes In our various articles on the 100th anniversary of Charles Schulz we overlooked cartoonist Terri […]
Most of us can relate to Bill Whitehead’s Free Range. We all get our most brilliant thoughts as we lay drifting off to sleep only to find the next morning that it may be good but it isn’t brilliant.That’s if we write it down. If not then the next morning you only remember you had […]
I really like The Other Coast (Creators) because Adrian Raeside has a solid handle on dog behavior.Usually.I have to assume he doesn’t have a dog that requires grooming or he’d know that the first instinct, after a $70 trip to the groomer, is to luxuriate in something that will restore a more dogcentric look and […]
After not updating to GoComics this week Darrin Bell informed his fans about the circumstances in the Candorville comments: This may be the last Candorville to appear on GoComics for a while. The Washington Post Writers Group is closing, so Candorville is moving to another syndicate as of this Thursday. There’s no deal in place […]