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A New Strip Scene Issue

by D. D. Degg 7 comments October 1, 2024

Featuring Fort Knox, Alley Oop, Ink Pen, Crankshaft, Vintage Judge Parker, Close to Home, and JumpStart.The 15th year of Fort Knox by Paul Jon Boscacci! Fort Knox began on October 1, 2009 which is odd because that date was a Thursday. Most newspapers that picked it up started running it on Monday October 5, 2009 […]

Watford Observer Posts Remembrance of Terry Challis

by Alan Gardner 1 comments October 1, 2024

Fifteen years after the passing of Watford Observer sports cartoonist Terry Challis, the paper is publishing a selection of his Drawn Game cartoons and has posted several of his cartoons on their website. Visit The Watford Observer to see the collection.

Bob Foster – RIP

by D. D. Degg 2 comments October 1, 2024

Cartoonist and animator Bob Foster has passed away. Robert Michael (Bob) Foster November 16, 1943 – September 30, 2024 Word is spreading that Bob Foster has died. Bob spent his lifetime in a wide range of cartooning and animation jobs. Below is Bob’s resume from 2010. I first learned of Bob’s talents with his Myron […]

CSotD: A Frank Analysis

by Mike Peterson 2 comments October 1, 2024

“In spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart. I simply can’t build up my hopes on a foundation consisting of confusion, misery, and death. I see the world gradually being turned into a wilderness, I hear the ever approaching thunder, which will destroy us too, I can feel the […]

Berrill to Merrill, The Artists of Gil Thorp

by D. D. Degg 3 comments September 30, 2024

Gil Thorp began on September 8, 1958 created, written, and drawn by Jack Berrill.Berrill drew the strip for thirty-five years. Toward the end of his life Jack (or the syndicate) got a couple ghost artists to ease the work load on Jack. One of the ghost cartoonists was Warren Sattler who drew the strip in […]

Larry Todd – RIP

by D. D. Degg 0 comments September 30, 2024

Science fiction /fantasy artist and underground/overground cartoonist Larry Todd has passed away. Larry S. Todd April 6, 1948 – September 28, 2024 Word is spreading on social media that Larry has passed after a lengthy illness.R.I.P. Larry Todd, underground comic artist known for Dr. Atomic passed away yesterday [September 28].Larry’s career began with Galaxy Magazine […]

CSotD: Undecision 2024

by Mike Peterson 10 comments September 30, 2024

Today’s Deflocked (AMS) happened to hit on this topic at just the right moment to jump from the funnies into the editorial section. CBS has announced that its moderators will not correct blatant lies in tomorrow night’s VP debate. This will allow the discussion to be a game of “Is so!” and “Is not!” instead […]

Dog Eat Doug Fans: Sophie & Doug Return!

by D. D. Degg 0 comments September 29, 2024

Four years ago, in what could be a replay of the early years of comic strips, cartoonist and corporate engaged in an epic war (some hyperbole here) for control of intellectual property. In the end the syndicate won the battle over the creator, but it was a somewhat hollow victory as the cartoonist left the […]

The Last Roundup (for September)

by D. D. Degg 3 comments September 29, 2024

A wide range of comic and comic-adjacent items. WESTPORT — Notable work by many of the cartoonists who have called Fairfield County home over the last century are showcased in two new exhibits at the Westport Library. On display are cartoons by: Dik Browne (“Haggar the Horrible”); Mort Walker (“Beetle Bailey”); John Cullen Murphy (“Prince […]

CSotD: Phoney Concerns and Tales of Hell

by Mike Peterson 6 comments September 29, 2024

I think today’s Deflocked (AMS) is largely an example of lead time. When the first cell phone bans in school were announced, editorial cartoonists leapt to depict disheartened children, though my own suspicion was that the kids would largely shrug it off and either adjust to life in the here and now or find new […]

Saturday Spotlight: Seattle SAMurai

by D. D. Degg 0 comments September 28, 2024

From The North American Post introduction to a 2017 interview with cartoonist Sam Goto: Sam Goto drew his Seattle Tomodachi strip for five years. He passed away on New Year’s Eve 2017, but he left the North American Post with enough new comic strips to last well into 2018. For five years, Sam told mostly […]

Things. And Stuff.

by D. D. Degg 0 comments September 28, 2024

Featuring Rod Whigham; Dee Fish; Dave Kellett and Brad Guigar; Beatriz Lockwood and Maya Scarpa; Henry Payne; Juanjo Gaurnido; Rachel Smythe; Shen; Jeff Weigel and Thomas Yeates; Bill Morrison and Dave Warren; and Mason Mastroianni. With Wayno, Dana Simpson, and Jamar Nicholas; Maria Scrivan, Hector Cantu, Dana Simpson, Danesh Mohiuddin, Hilary B. Price, and Tauhid […]

CSotD: The Politics of Nothing

by Mike Peterson 2 comments September 28, 2024

Nick Anderson (Tribune) salutes the 118th Congress, one of the least productive congresses in history, as it disbands to go home and run for office based on having done little but squabble and preen. They’ll be gone until after the election, which won’t make much of a difference to the nation, since I’m quite sure […]

Eddie Dziura, New Florida Weekly Editoonist

by D. D. Degg 0 comments September 27, 2024

Florida Weekly has announced that Edward (Eddie) Dziura is the newspaper’s new (freelance) editorial cartoonist. From the September 26, 2024 Florida Weekly: That September 26 issue also carried Eddie’s first cartoon. And like his children, you can enjoy Eddie’s cartoons via Florida Weekly’s E-Edition.

Jules Rules Feiffer Friday – Amazing Grapes

by D. D. Degg 0 comments September 27, 2024

When last we read Jules Feiffer it was his graphic novel trilogy paying homage to film noir and detective fiction. Now Jules returns with a graphic novel for teens and preteens wherein he puts down in comic form a detective story of a far different kind as two youngster are separated from their older sister […]

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