KFS continues to run the Dec 31, 1939, episode of Vintage Thimble Theater. Here are the missing episodes to date:

Darrin Bell’s The Talk reaches bookstore shelves on Tuesday June 6 (though it is already on the shelf at my local Barnes and Noble). Darrin sat for an NPR interview today: The audio interview with transcript is here. DARRIN BELL: I’m having to grapple with whether my 6-year-old son is old enough for the talk. […]

As The Nib prepares to take a bow with its final issue, we took a look back with Matt Bors. He’s a two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist for editorial cartooning, and the founder and editor of The Nib. We also talked with award-winning graphic novelist, zinester and contributing editor for The Nib, Sarah Shay Mirk. They […]

Sunil Agarwal mocks a saying I take seriously, but I’m willing to laugh at the empty cans and bottles that are evidence of the thing this poor fellow loves to do. Yes, indeed, you do have to channel your interest in some sort of positive direction and, no, I’m not sure a love of drinking […]

Slylock Fox Bumped for The Pig Family on Vacation Bumping Slylock Fox from his own strip last week Friday was The Pig Family (unofficial attribute by commenters). It was a nice change and when they reappeared this past Wednesday it got my hopes up that a recurring guest spot would become a regular feature this […]

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Steve Breen (Creators) seems to have the best take on what just happened: A crisis was averted, and both sides can take some kudos for having swallowed a bit of pride for the common good, but, then again, the matter has only been set aside and not permanently addressed.As noted here yesterday, the media was […]

As was mentioned regarding Mike’s column today Arlo and Janis heard a little-known factoid the other day.Obituaries for Newton Minow, who passed away last month, mentioned that the boat from the Gilligan’s Island TV show was named after the former FCC Chairman as a sly dig. From Reuters: Television producer Sherwood Schwartz still did not […]

I wish I thought this Arlo & Janis (AMS) were the sign of a coming revolution, but I’m not that naive.I’m also not sure whose fault it is, and perhaps the answer to that is that it’s been a group effort. Looking back, it seems that every major invention in communications — radio, TV, the […]

Alison Bechdel informs us that it was 40 years ago this month that the July/August 1983 issue of WomaNews was released. That issue was where her Dykes to Watch Out For first appeared. …or forty years ago this month, anyway, that I published my first Dykes To Watch Out For cartoon in the Pride issue […]

When I saw this morning’s Prickly City (AMS), I thought it was going to win the “Bad Timing” award, dropping, as it did, the morning after the House preserved the nation’s credit rating, pending Senate approval which seems a lead pipe cinch.Of course, we still have to see how Wall Street responds to the deal […]

Vincent D. Faletti began cartooning while serving in the Armed Forces during World War 2. Returning home to Michigan he continued cartooning for the Saginaw News by creating the weekly Saga of Saginaw from 1946-47. He continued as a freelance cartoonist contributing to The New Yorker, The Saturday Evening Post, Collier’s, American Redbook, Ladies’ Home […]

Jack Ohman (Tribune) scores what I guess you could call a “pen drop” with this summation of the deal struck between Joe Biden and Kevin McCarthy. While the President and the Speaker reached what used to be considered a sensible compromise on the debt ceiling and coming budget, they’re both surrounded by problems.And Ohman offers […]

Going down a wormhole chasing something unrelated I stumbled onto today’s Aspen Times editorial-opinion page where I found Frank Hansen who was new to me. But I liked his style so…That led me to Cagle Cartoons, like it says in that there cartoon, where I found that Frank has been drawing occasional editorial cartoons for […]

A follow-up from yesterday: Paul Berge’s page is always an excellent place to learn about the past in editorial cartooning, and he offers this William Ceperley cartoon from 1923 as proof that we aren’t the first generation to turn Memorial Day into a picnic rather than a solemn observation. Which only scratches the surface, given […]