As promised Gary Larson has returned!And it’s annotated: … So a few years ago—finally fed up with my once-loyal but now reliably traitorous pen—I decided to try a digital tablet … I got one, fired it up, and lo and behold, something totally unexpected happened: within moments, I was having fun drawing again. I was […]
Here are the most recent two days at Prickly City, and whether or not this is going to be a week-long story arc, Scott Stantis has already outlined the dilemma facing thoughtful conservatives.It’s that whole thing about whether it’s nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageously offensive blathering or to […]
Today’s Dark Side of the Horse reminds me …… of that fine Henrietta in the Land of Wonderful Dreams daily sequence last week:Macanudo is a highlight of the funny pages! Little Nemo images from The Comic Strip Library.
It is still the holiday weekend and some residue remains.A print of that fine Mutts comic is available. As the embers of the fireworks die out in Prince Valiant. It’s police detective meets private detective as Dethany joins Dick Tracy again.update: This will be a true crossover. Bill Holbrook announces:I have a cool announcement to make that’s […]
I was going to avoid politics today, but I’m not sure this Candorville counts as politics so much as sociology.Yesterday’s social media postings were full of white folks being shocked and righteously indignant that the original Independence Day didn’t free anyone but them.It reminded me of my oft-told story of coming away from a police […]
Earlier today Old Man Peterson showed some 4th of July comics from his youth. But I’m a young Hep Cat, so here’s some comic strips from today’s papers.These days daily comics come with color so The Fourth landing on a Saturday doesn’t disallow for a red, white, and blue fireworks display. Dustin and Dennis did […]
A century ago, July 4 fell on a Sunday, which provides some long-form comics. Oddly enough, it provides only a limited amount of holiday hoopla, and I didn’t find a lot of Independence Day graphics to brighten up the place.Instead, Page Ones were covering the Democratic Convention, which, as this Boston Globe Extra explains, was […]
Let’s begin this very personal saunter through the funnies with a self-own in the form of this Bizarro.Back in my Struggling Author days, I dwelt in the land of D-level rejection: My novel manuscript would often come back with a personal — rather than a pre-printed — letter, but never the kind that asked me […]
On today’s “Three-Word Answer” we talked with award-winning cartoonist, illustrator and children’s author Dave Whamond. The pen, heart and mind behind more than 50 books, Dave’s also been creating his syndicated comic panel “Reality Check” since 1995. An Alberta, Canada native, Dave has been called “one helluva guy” by too many people to count.If you’ll […]
Al Wiesner was born on July 2, 1930.Albert S. Wiesner didn’t jump into the comics scene as a youngster. He served in the U.S.A.F. and then earned a living as a women’s hairdresser. But always having an itch for cartooning. Finally, in the mid-1980s, Al took the plunge. “I had said to my wife, ‘I […]
Let’s begin apolitically, with this Greg Kearney depiction of the woman who was gored by a bison a few days ago at Yellowstone.Last time I was at Yellowstone, I passed a jogger, then came over a hill and saw a herd of bison, so I slowed down until the jogger caught up so that he […]
Cartoonist James Allen disclosed today that he will be leaving the Mark Trail comic strip.On his Adventures Group Facebook page James revealed: “Tis true – Mark Trail and I have parted ways. The strip will continue with a bit of a new direction! For the most part, I had a good time doing it, it […]
GoComics has announced that “new stuff” is coming from cartoonist Gary Larson.When The Far Side website premiered last Winter Fall there were hints that Gary would not only present the old cartoons but also publish new creations. It seems that will be the case in July.As for what the “new stuff” will be and how […]
Cartoonist and social media maven (he’s been retweeted by President Trump) Scott Adams has created a twitterstorm in responding to a tweet and claiming reverse racism. “I lost my TV show for being white when UPN decided it would focus on an African-American audience. That was the third job I lost for being white. The […]
Warning: The following item deals with racial insensitivity and contains slurs that are offensive.The West Australian newspaper, located in Perth, reran a 1971 Modesty Blaise comic strip in its Monday, June 29, 2020 edition and is now taking heat for printing a strip that is seen as outrageously insensitive.From Pedestrian TV: The West Australian newspaper […]