Early last year Pab Sungenis ended his The New Adventures of Queen Victoria.Then very early this year Pab and Queen Victoria checked in on us.From Pab on that January 3, 2022 issue: Hi, gang. Just wanted to poke my head back in. I had no idea my upload links still worked. I was curious whether […]

Below are some comic strip and cartoon books scheduled for March 2022 release. Images and links (mostly) via Amazon, though ordering through your local comic or independent book store is a good idea. Very Funny Ladies: The New Yorker’s Women Cartoonists  It’s a Pug’s Life  Bandits, Misfits, and Superheroes  Britain’s Best Ever Political Cartoons  Comic […]

We’ll start the day with a quick, unexpected history lesson, courtesy of Jeff Danziger (WPWG).I went to look up Vyacheslav Molotov to confirm that he was Stalin’s Minister of Defense during the Hungarian uprising, and discovered that he wasn’t: He was Foreign Minister.More important, I discovered that the Molotov cocktail, though used to good effect […]

Mike Rhode writes: Since I first saw his cartoons about books and reading on the next-to-last page of the New York Times Book Review, Grant Snider has been one of my favorite cartoonists. His new book, The Art of Living: Reflections onMindfulness and the Overexamined Life (Abrams Comic Arts, $19) is full of his delightful […]

Since its debut in Death Rattle #8 in 1986, Mark Schultz’s post-apocalyptic adventure series has had an irregular release schedule, and been left with an open cliffhanger since the publication of Xenozoic Tales #14 in 1996. Which isn’t meant to imply that Schultz hasn’t released other work in the years since. His recent projects include […]

Constant Readers will not be surprised that this Bizarro (KFS) made me laugh.The pun itself is good: The way gibbons and some other apes get around by swinging their long arms is “brachiating,” and one of the rules of puns is that it has to work.He will, of course, now ask the gibbon a question […]

“Russian warship, go f*ck yourself!” That was the epic response from a small group of Ukrainian soldiers defending Snake Island to a Russian vessel’s demand that they surrender. A recording of the radio exchange quickly went viral, with the salty phrase becoming “a rallying cry for Ukraine’s defenders” and appearing in countless memes and even on T-shirts being […]

It has come down through the history books that Uncle Sam, a term applied to the U.S.A. since The War of 1812, first appeared as a cartoon image in the United States in the New York Lantern dated March 13, 1952 (below). From Sarah Ames’ research: In New York City today, a political cartoon appeared in […]

Let’s start a discouraging day with a bit of good news: A judge in Texas has rendered Nick Anderson’s cartoon moot, blocking Governor Abbott’s directive that the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services investigate parents of transgender children for abuse if they allow their kids to receive positive psychological and medical treatment.We shouldn’t need […]

The above For Heaven’s Sake was one of very few comic strips that touched on the subject this year.But the National Catholic Reporter has a story about the Treasure Chest comic book whose first issue was published in time for Lent 1946. As Lent began in 1946, students in American Catholic schools were treated to […]

The Durango (Colorado) Herald introduces ed-op cartoonist Wes Rowell to their readers: We figured it was about time to formally introduce The Durango Herald and The Journal cartoonist Wes Rowell, who has been illustrating cartoons with us since October. He’s worked at Ballantine Communications [owner of the newspapers] as an illustrator and graphic designer since […]

The first Daylight Saving Time changeover was March 30, 1918, back when photographic set pieces like this, featuring small children in hastily-made costumes, were a fading but still present part of newspaper graphics. One complication was that the next day was Easter, but the good people of Harrisburg, PA, didn’t have to worry about missing services, […]

Guess we’ll report on this personal stuff since Scott Adams and wife Kristina Basham are both posting on social media, Scott on his podcast and Kristina on Twitter, about the impending action.TheAltWeb has details: Fans of author and Dilbert cartoonist Scott Adams are curious to know more about his wife, Kristina Basham after she released […]

After mentioning The Reubens and CXC lets talk MoCCA.The Society is thrilled to welcome you back to the 2022 MoCCA Arts Festival! Please join us in celebrating a selection of top comic, cartoon and illustration artists from around the world! Featuring work by over 500 creators the weekend will also include live lectures, panels, and […]

Patrick Blower’s analysis of Russian forces gets a particular laugh because it fits so well with a Bulwark podcast Charlie Sykes did with Gen. Mark Hertling, former commanding general of United States Army Europe and the Seventh Army, in which Hertling said that, while the Russian forces may look good polished up for the May […]