Presented on the anniversary of Edward Gorey‘s birth is a gallery of his art as selected by Richard Gagnon.

It is probably no coincidence that one of the Keebler Elves is named Roger. Nor is it likely a coincidence that Roger’s distinguishing feature is his height—he is far and away the tallest of the elves, which could be a hint that he might not be, strictly speaking, an elf but might possess some human […]

That headline: “Potpourri” used to be a category in Jeopardy which I think was a chance to use questions that hadn’t been chosen in previous games. I haven’t seen it in a long time (hence “Art”) but, then, it’s been awhile since I’ve watched Jeopardy, which brings us to Non Sequitur (AMS) and some suppressed […]

Despite the legendary status of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, neither were universally loved during their presidencies. The History Channel, through their history.com website, featured a look at the 1860s editorial cartooning of Honest Abe Lincoln earlier in this Presidents’ month. In this pro-Lincoln cartoon published during the 1860 presidential campaign, “Honest Old Abe” wields […]

Charles Schultz’s beloved beagle, born Oct. 4, 1950, often sat atop his doghouse banging out great opening lines, but alas, he just couldn’t follow through. His first literary lead was, “It was a dark and stormy night,” from Edward Bulwer-Lytton’s 1830 novel “Paul Clifton.”   The missus had a favorite Snoopy strip framed for my […]

I’ve  given up on anti-pineapple-and-ham pizza purity, but I laughed at today’s Andertoons (AMS) anyway.I don’t know if it was the times or the fact that there were a lot of Neapolitans in South Bend, but I came into pizza with very high expectations, and was horrified with what I found when I moved to […]

A note in the Sunday (February 20th) Arizona Daily Star is the first public inkling that The Washington Post’s syndication service (aka Washington Post Writers Group) will be shuttering the editorial cartoon portion of that operation: The Washington Post is winding down its syndicated cartoon service, which means the Star soon will no longer have […]

As we all know the internet, unlike print newspapers, has a limited space. So syndicates must abridge some comic strips on their websites. This has happened most recently with Comics Kingdom’s offerings. The recent revamp has seen a number of the older Sunday comic strips now displaying only eight of their nine panel grid.Inexplicably not […]

It’s Girl Scout Cookie time, and John Darkow offers less of a commentary than a report: The bakeries contracted to supply cookies are having substantial problems in handling the extra business this year.I went to poke around on Google News for this regional coverage, which states that Massachusetts and New Hampshire have been hit with […]

Following the news that The New Adventures of Tarzan will be collected between hard covers comes Dark Horse announcing they will also publish the other Tarzan strip from the E. R. Burroughs website.From The Beat:For years, the Tarzan of the Apes comic strips by Roy Thomas, Pablo Marcos, and Oscar Gonzalez have been available exclusively to subscribers of the Edgar […]

We’ll lead off today’s revue with Sunday’s Candorville (WPWG), in part because I have a one-week rule for how long I can hold a piece and in part because it made me cast back in my memory.I remember, back when I was maybe three or four, watching my mother paint her nails and asking her […]

While we were all concerned about the latest Comics Kingdom problems last week (Mike Peterson noted, “Comics Kingdom changed servers and the last week has been very glitchy,” and Joseph Nebus explained, “The server it was on has expired and the link’s been infested with malware.” see Joseph’s comment below) along with that fix King […]

Sports cartoonist and sports artist Bob Southee has passed away. Robert Charles (Bob) Southee April 2, 1930 – February 11, 2022  From the obituary:His father was involved with aviation from its early days and the family moved frequently, finally settling in Athens, Pennsylvania. It was there while in high school that Bob’s gift as an artist […]

Yesterday, we discussed the insanely partisan — or perhaps partisanly insane — letter from eight GOP Senators who oppose compiling a no-fly list of passengers who have disrupted commercial flights, on the grounds that people should be able to become violent on airplanes as long as they’ve lost their minds over having to wear masks […]

Cartoonist Wendell Copeland has passed away.  Wendell Winthrop (Scotty) Copeland September 6, 1931 ~ February 8, 2022  From the obituary: [Wendell] loved to share stories of his life in the country, riding in his donkey cart pulled by Chiquita, or on his horse Pal, and fishing in the local pond.  Wendell joined the Army in […]