E. E. Cummings was one of the Kat’s biggest fans. In 1922, he wrote from Paris to request clippings from friends in America. (“Thank you moreover for a Kat of indescribable beauty!” he wrote to an obliging friend.) In his 1946 introduction to the first edition of the collected strips, Cummings wrote that the brick […]

On a Sunday forty years ago cartoonist Tom Armstrong introduced the world to a young couple who had just become parents in a comic strip named after the little one – Marvin.The Miller family debuted on August 1, 1982:At the time Tom Armstrong was drawing John Darling, a spin off of Tom Batiuk’s Funky Winkerbean, […]

It’s come to that, as Non Sequitur (AMS) reminds us.It’s no longer even a case of good ol’ Proverbs 26:4, Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him, though it’s certainly true that you need to distinguish between someone who wants a discussion and someone who is just […]

So much outrage. We published a political cartoon last week showing President Joe Biden looking at his Covid test and declaring, “Finally, some positive numbers.” The cartoonist was playing off the idea that Biden can’t catch a break, and even a positive result is a negative result. © New York Daily News/Tribune Content Agency/Bill BramhallThe […]

Last Sunday’s (July 24, 2022) chapter of Flash Gordon in The Tournament of Death featured Alex Raymond art from the third Flash Gordon Sunday page (January 21, 1934) in the top drop tier.Above: Flash Gordon July 24, 2022. Below: Flash Gordon January 21, 1934© King Features SyndicateBut it wasn’t Alex Raymond art. As Jim Keefe […]

It’s always good to start with a joke, and today’s In the Bleachers (AMS) made me redouble my search for a half-remembered golf joke, which I eventually came up with:A golfer is about to tee off when he sees a long funeral procession on the road next to the course. He stops in mid-swing, takes […]

As the Washington Post Writers Group (WPWG) continues to dismantle their comics syndication service, the Mike du Jour comic strip by Mike Lester has signed on with Andrews McMeel Syndication (AMS). This week the title was added (out of alphabetical order) to the AMS page of syndicated comics.This move comes as the comic strip is […]

Cartoonist and character designer Paul Coker, Jr. has passed away. Paul Allan Coker, Jr. March 5, 1929 – July 23, 2022  Tom Richmond, among others, has reported the death of Paul Coker, Jr.Paul was a gag cartoonist and an illustrator of greeting cards, but more famous as a MAD magazine contributor and a character designer […]

Bob Eckstein starts us off today with a cartoon that is only “bathroom humor” by implication, but, then, if you don’t know the expression he’s alluding to, you won’t get the joke.I laughed because I tend to lump podcasts and videos into the category of things I don’t much follow. I like to read, but […]

For most of his career, Elston was commonly known as the only full-time editorial sports cartoonist in Canada, and he has a galaxy of autographs and framed keepsakes on display from the very same NHL personalities he was once paid to skewer. His work appeared in Canadian newspapers, as well as The Hockey News and, […]

Last month Brian Basset reported he had cancer surgery forcing Red and Rover into rerun status. In late June Red and Rover returned to new comic strips, then last week it was back to reruns.Darryl Heine contacted the cartoonist to ask why and Brian responded: This has been an extremely trying time for me. After […]

When David Lee Finkle stopped creating new Mr. Fitz comic strips earlier this year he mentioned that he might return after taking a few months sabbatical from the deadlines.And so he has:The West Volusia Beacon, Mr. Fitz’s old print stomping ground, reports: They say if you love what you do, you’ll never work a day […]

Tony Dow’s death inspired Ruben Bolling to repost this Tom the Dancing Bug from 2012, which I liked then and I like now, not only because it pokes holes in the rightwing objections to liberal reform, but because it treats the original sitcom with more respect than it usually gets.“Leave It To Beaver” did have […]

  Steve Stegelin’s illustrations have appeared in City Paper’s pages for 18 of its 25 years. You can see some of his best cartoons here. Each week, his award-winning editorial cartoon and Blotter drawings elicit laughs, prods and probably a few nods or head shakes, depending on whether you’re being lampooned by the city’s resident […]

First generation Greek American Stephan Pastis was once a high-powered lawyer in San Francisco before he chucked it all to become an author and one of the United State’s foremost comic strip artists. Now, with his “Pearls Before Swine” syndicated by Universal Press Syndicate, his cartoons, featuring Rat, Pig, the Zeeba family and their neighbors, […]