Easter Games People Play Breaking Cat News and Thatababy both have activities for kids of all ages. 33 Eggs!! The first thing I thought when Dagwood suggested a melted cheese meal: Then I came upon today’s Sally Forth…and thought of Noel Sickles taking over Scorchy Smith.Like Sickles and Terry, Jim Keefe is too good to fake […]
An Easter to remember, and Signe Wilkinson sets the stage.The people, I would note, appear to be getting a bit grumpy.We were all willing to pull together for a couple of days, even a couple of weeks, but that sense of national purpose seems to wearing a bit thin, as we’ve reached the point where […]
Cartoonist Bill Nellor has passed away. William L. (Bill) Nellor September 12, 1923 – April 8, 2020advertising agency artist, director, owner cartoonistFrom the obituary:… he had an ongoing comic series in the Press Democrat called the “Funny Fizzles” which were all based on real life patented inventions that never made it to production. Quite humorous. […]
Well, since Mike brought up Bakersfield…Bakersfield Californian Executive Editor Christine L. Peterson received a question about why the coronavirus pandemic is curiously missing from most of the current comic strips.On another note — because it’s all about the comics — why are all but “Over the Hedge” void of coronavirus quarantine mention? “Pearls Before Swine” […]
Strip cartoonists have been at some pains to remind us that they work several weeks in advance and we shouldn’t take offense if, in the current crisis, a comic strip seems in dubious taste.However, there’s also the random chance that a strip will inadvertently provoke more thought than intended, and today’s Buckets coincides nicely with […]
Ben offers a relatively gentle gag, but it jibes with a conversation I had at the park with another dog owner the other day (keeping six feet apart, yes).I’m a great-grandfather, which required starting the process in my 20s, such that, when the boys and I got down on the floor to play, I was […]
Famed caricaturist and comic artist Mort Drucker has passed away.Morris (Mort) Drucker March 22, 1929 – April 8, 2020Master caricaturist, illustrator, and comic artist Across Facebook and Twitter are notes of sadness.From The Berndt Toast Gang:There are many things in life we hope not to have to do and this is one of them. The incomparable […]
Kevin Siers bids an affectionate farewell to the Sanders campaign, with a cartoon that evokes dreaming the impossible dream but also Dr. Johnson’s compliment of the novel:Was there ever yet anything written by mere man that was wished longer by its readers, excepting Don Quixote, Robinson Crusoe, and the Pilgrim’s Progress?You could find elements of […]
As some of you may have noticed, the popular political comic strip Mallard Fillmore has had a sudden change of art style in the past month or so, with a new signature present in place of Bruce Tinsley’s. Well today we pull the curtain on that mystery! Meet Loren Fishman, the man in charge of filling Bruce’s […]
Simone Slykhous has been named one of Editor & Publisher’s “Rising Stars in Today’s News Industry.” This year’s list of 25 Under 35 includes Simone, Creators Syndicate managing editor.Simone Slykhous, 29 Managing editor, Creators Syndicate Hermosa Beach, Calif. Education: Northwestern University, bachelor of science, journalism with a minor in political science E&P managed to get […]
There is humor to be found in any crisis, and Jeff Stahler taps into one of the better TV commercials to come along in awhile.That elevates a so-what gag about people working from home in their undies into a much better piece, because, first of all, it ties into something not just familiar but well-liked, […]
The Glenwood Springs (Colorado) Post Independent will no longer run comic strips. The Post Independent is a free, (now) five day a week newspaper serving a ski resort area in Colorado. With the coronovirus difficulties and ski season ending some difficult choices had to be made.My mission is to preserve as many of our great […]
Let’s start by listening in on an always enjoyable Agnes and Trout exchange. Ben(z) breaks the fourth wall. Will Henry welcomes Spring with a nice panel. Also liked how Will used his space Sunday. What the heck, let’s stay on Sunday for a while. One of my favorite webcomics celebrates a birthday. It’s Quiz Time. Name the Movies! While we’re […]
F-Minus gives a pretty good overview, not of how I feel, but of why.Facebook, and to a lesser extent Twitter, have always been full of people whinging about this or that, and looking for allies over silly things nobody else frets over, and announcing nincompooperies they are convinced are breakthroughs.But never so much as now, […]
There have been some classic comic strip battles.and, of course, Captain Easy: I think Rip Haywire versus The Gross Woods Monster is a contender. After countless fights Rip seems to have met his match.The story starts two month ago when Which, naturally, leads to (Normally I would direct you to Joseph Nebus’ […]