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Headline pretty much says it all. Every Andrews McMeel Universal employees to receive an original Cathy comic.As Bill Amend noted, “Incredibly generous.”

The Purdue University’s student newspaper, The Exponent, has issue an apology for running a cartoon that many viewed as promoting rape. The comic feature, Sex Position of the Week, depicted a male character (all in silhouette) having sex with a female (from the rear), then allowing another male to also engage in the position without […]

The Bradenton Herald has published a different Cathy is ending after 34 years – they went out and interviewed Cathy Guisewite’s parents Ann and William – and as you might suspect, they’re fans of the strip.From the Bradenton Herald: “I’m thrilled that she finally decided to give it up,” her father says. “That was a […]

The fear of greater censorship or self-censorship when it comes to issues related to Islam has been a contention for many free-speech advocates. Perhaps those sounding that alarm have one more case to cite. Nathan F. Elmore, a pastor and director of the Holy Books Conversation, a Christian-Muslim interfaith friendship venture in Virginia is calling […]

Malaysian cartoonist Zulkiflee Anawar Ulhaque, better known as Zunar, has been released under police bail. He was freed from the Sepang police station several hours after police obtained a one-day remand extension order Saturday. Sepang police chief Supt Zahedi Ayub confirmed the 6.30pm release. The remand extension was earlier granted by the Sepang magistrate’s court […]

 xkcd is the kind of strip where I’m perfectly willing to believe they did the research for this, though I’m a little surprised that “Kafkaesque” isn’t more frequently modified, since it’s a favorite adjective of people who have read little, if any, Kafka, and tends to be thrown around about as indiscriminately as either of […]

When I read that Facebook had gone down last week, I thought, “Maybe some places, but not here.” I thought maybe it had been accidentally been blocked on some influential browser or something. There was certainly no interruption of service that I had noticed.Then I realized when it went down, which just happened to be […]

For the last few months, Pooch Cafe has been in flashback mode on its dailies, starting with Poncho’s litter in utero and moving forward. This week, he was finally adopted, but by a far younger and more carefree owner than we’re used to. Since one of the ongoing jokes in the present day is his […]

The Boston Globe has posted parody comics strips from a Tea Party perspective. The nine comics were drawn/modified by Joe Smith. The article suggests others will run this Sunday. Parodied strips include: Peanuts (aka ‘Teanuts’), BC (‘BP’), Cathy (‘Wrathy’), Ziggy (‘Zig Zaggy’), Dennis the Menace (‘Dennis the IRS Menace’), Garfield (‘Garfailed’), Nancy (‘Nancy Pelosi’), and […]

Stu Rees emails to ask the following question: I need help compiling a list of television shows and movies where animals and humans talk to each other without any explanation of how it’s possible (magic, etc.). So far I have: Stuart Little Family Guy Tales of Despereaux Dilbert (tv show) Mr. Ed I’m also be […]

Malaysian editorial cartoonist Zulkifli Anwar Ulhaque, better known as Zunar, has arrested arrested under the Sedition act hours before his book was to be released. Police seized 70 copies of his book, “Cartoon-O-Phobia”. In an interview with AFP, while in police custody, Zunar said, “police came and raided my office in the afternoon… now they […]

Steve Moore’s “In The Bleachers” just turned 25, but that’s not why it’s featured today.Today’s wordless cartoon is excellent not only for the basic concept but for his choice of numbers. Lower wouldn’t really work and higher would be silly. This is perfect.

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Garry Trudeau’s Doonesbury graces the cover of this month’s The Atlantic magazine. The feature story is on the topic of whether the baby boomers can clean up the mess they’ve made in America. Garry authors profile of his strip and how it has mirrored the changes in the boomer generation.