The Mutts comic strip will go into rerun status for six months as Patrick McDonnell gets busy with some special projects – one of which will be putting together a book collecting the very popular Guard Dog freedom strips. To keep up-to-date with Patrick’s activities check in at Mutts Comics website, visit his blog, sign […]

Adam@Home (AMS) is in an optimistic mood as 2024 has launched, though not quite as much in a hurry as his wife, who I suspect is only trying to encourage him, given that they’ve been married long enough to have a couple of kids on the brink of middle school.After all, encouraging him has worked […]

This is an installment of 2023 U.S. Newspaper Comics: Debuts, Departures, and the Dearly Departed.(part 1: Debuts and Departures – – part 2: Detours and Deviations – – part 3: the Dearly Departed) 2023 – THE DEARLY DEPARTEDThese U. S. newspaper and magazine cartoonists died in 2023. JACK BENDERMarch 28, 1931 – January 5, 2023newspaper […]

This is an installment of 2023 U.S. Newspaper Comics: Debuts, Departures, and the Dearly Departed.(part 1: Debuts and Departures– – part 2: Detours and Deviations – – part 3: the Dearly Departed)2023 DETOURS/DEVIATIONSSome changes to U. S. newspaper comic strips and panels in 2023. Rick Detorie goes six days a week as his One Big […]

This is an installment of 2023 U.S. Newspaper Comics: Debuts, Departures, and the Dearly Departed.(part 1: Debuts and Departures – – part 2: Detours and Deviations – – part 3: the Dearly Departed)2023 DEBUTSThese comics began appearing in U. S. newspapers in 2023. BEWARE OF TODDLERby George GantSunday onlyJanuary 2023 –King Features Syndicate[first appeared online […]

(Banner by Johnny Walbridge, who, as noted yesterday, went on to be a Disney writer and animator.)We’ll start our look back at 1924 with a strip I didn’t know existed, possibly because it was only around for about three years. Ring Lardner was a popular writer and this was something of an extension of his […]

Beginning January 1, 2024, The Lockhorns will be found on GoComics, not Comics Kingdom. As we reported Bunny has switched from King Features Syndicate to Andrews McMeel Syndication.

More best/favorite cartoons from U. S. editorial cartoonists and their newspapers. The New York Daily News has picked 20 of Bill Bramhall‘s cartoons from 2023. WhoWhatWhy pick half a score graphic opinions from Ted Rall.The Chattanooga Times Free Press presents a dozen 2023 commentaries from Clay Bennett. Politico gives us three dozen political cartoons featuring […]

Dave Blazek, Paul Kirchner, Michael de Adder, Chris Britt, Leigh Rubin, Randall Enos, Jerry Craft, Dan Piraro, Dan McConnell, and a couple more are featured in some reports that due to a hectic holiday schedule, were undeservedly not featured here. So before this month and year is ushered out… The Wenatchee World reports local cartoonist […]

New Year’s cartoons are a mandatory piece each January 1, and Alfred Brewerton didn’t try for anything breakthrough with this 1924 greeting for readers of the Atlanta Journal. I suppose that might strike some people as lazy, but I prefer to see it as an example of restraint, while the amount of detail — achieved […]

A number of newspapers worldwide have gathered their favorite cartoons of the year. New Zealand: “Herald cartoonist Rod Emmerson reflects on his favourite moments.” India: “12 best cartoons of the year by DTE cartoonist, Sorit Gupto.” Australia: “The best of: Fiona Katauskas cartoons 2023.”Australia: “best cartoons of 2023” by David Pope, Peter Broelman, and Fiona […]

A number of Canadian newspapers have gathered their favorite cartoons of the year. From The Toronto Star comes “The Best of Patrick Corrigan.” Also from The Toronto Star is “The Best of Theo Moudakis.”Even more Toronto Star in the form of “The Best of Michael De Adder.” The Saskatoon Star Phoenix features a few cartoonists […]

A number of U. S. newspapers have gathered their favorite cartoons of the year. If these numbers continue we may have to do daily updates of the collections.Walt Handelsman and The New Orleans Times-Picayune/The Advocate went for 20 local cartoons. The Columbus Dispatch has a group of Cagle Cartoonists for their “Highlights of 2023.” Politico […]

There’s a lot of Year-End and New Year’s material this weekend, most of it pretty much the same, so I went instead to Australia for Jess Harwood’s take on the changeover, which I heartily endorse. Not only are the most well-adjusted happy people I know dogs, but nearly everyone I know in three dimensions is […]

This first bit of folly may be yours.Kirk Walters offers a variation on a familiar end-of-December theme: The crush of Christmas bills that arrive in the new year.But unike Ramadan or Hannukah, Christmas doesn’t wander around the calendar and pop up at unexpected times. It’s always December 25 and New Year’s is always January 1 […]