OT: NY Times Crossword on First Day of Hanukkah
The New York Times created a social media storm when their Sunday crossword puzzle layout for December 18, 2022 (the…
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A Wagonload of Wednesday Whatnots
The character watch is simple enough to define … It’s simply nothing more, nor less, than a watch with…
Snoopy/Red Baron vs. Squeaky/Black Knight
Among the many articles celebrating Peanuts 70th anniversary is the Nashville Tennessean telling the story behind Snoopy Vs. The Red…
Ken Fuson – RIP (off topic)
Newspaper reporter Ken Fuson has passed away. Ken Fuson, born June 23, 1956, died Jan. 3, 2020 at Nebraska Medical…
Name Popeye’s Favorite Food
On Canada’s Family Feud, a contestant botched the final question—costing her family $10,000—because the fast food chain was clearly…
Buy Ranan Lurie’s Home
As Mansion Global says: Ranan Lurie couldn’t have drawn a more perfect view from his 63rd-floor Manhattan apartment, which serves…
Edgar Rice Burroughs Authorized Library – Tarzan
As long as I’m going off-topic of my self-imposed rules… The Edgar Rice Burroughs Authorized Library For the first time,…
Que pasa New York?…Que pasa New York?
The New York Post reports: Cartoonist Stan Mack and his writer/editor wife Susan Champlin have just listed their West Village…
Scott Adams Uses Shooting to Promote App
Dilbert creator Scott Adams has sparked outrage by using yesterday’s Gilroy Garlic Festival shooting to promote his WhenHub…
Spinning the Cartoon Wheel Again
Whhhiirrrrr…clik…clik…clik…clak Awards The Slate Book Review and the Center for Cartoon Studies are proud to announce the nominees for…
Who Was Rick Stein? – updated
updated October 10: It seems the unusual obituary of Rick Stein, featuring the Baron Munchausen-like (Major Hoople-like?) achievements and adventures…
Amazing street art from around the world
Slightly off-topic, but I think of interest. Buzzfeed has a post of the 50 amazing examples of street art from…
We’re exposed to equivalent of 174 newspapers a day
Fascinating story over in the Telegraph about how much information we consume and produce. The growth in the internet, 24-hour…
Off topic: Anyone know the history of this newspaper?
Anyone know why this same newspaper has shown up in so many different TV shows?
Big project done. Check it out
Apologies up front for departing from the normal cartooning topics. For the last several months I’ve been busy working on…