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…
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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.”…
The Weird Characters of Heathcliff
Tanks. Jimmy. Meat robots. These are the weirdos that make up the only extended universe that matters: Heathcliff. If all…
CSotD: A marginally qualified lecture on copyright
Today’s Non Sequitur (AMS) starts off a posting which also begins with my admission that I am not a lawyer…
Maria Scrivan Ends Half Full Syndication
Maria Scrivan has decided to pull her Half Full comic from print newspaper syndication. She will continue the panel as…
Cartoon Problems at The Washington Post
Mike Rhode is a general comics scholar with a particular interest in Washington, D. C. cartoonists as revealed through his…
CSotD: Timing is everything
Ed Wexler poses the question of whether Dianne Feinstein learned anything from the results of Ruth Bader Ginsburg lingering on…
CSotD: Monday Miscellany
Might as well start with the one for which I have no answer. Patrick Blower explores the future of the…
Catch A Falling Star And…
Following are a few items saved for a rainy day – though here in California, except for the higher altitudes…
Barney & Clyde and Counterpoint
Weeks after finding out that Counterpoint Media had taken on Rudy Park we now discover, again months late, that Counterpoint…
Comic Strip News, Lists, and Such
Dick Tracy Hall of Famer Profiled HAMPTON — Local police officer Haley Magee, who was honored last year for rescuing…
Laconia Daily Sun Adds Comic Strip with Local Ties to Their Comic Pages
The Laconia Daily Sun celebrated the addition of a “new” comic strip to their paper with a banner headline on…
CSotD: O brave new world, that has such machines in’t.
Arlo and Janis (AMS) have spent a delightful week or so griping about modern times, and this one hit a…