There is a growing and welcome sub-genre of comics history that deals with African American cartoonists and the work they have produced. Below, some books off the shelf dealing with the subject.Invisible Men by Ken Quattro is the most recent of the books about Black cartoonists. This deals with the Golden Age of comic books […]
Famed radio and tv announcer Bill Owens was born February 1, 1931. Wikipedia profiles Bill and his career with two sentences devoted to our area of trivia: Bill also wrote the popular syndicated panel “Return With Us To…” with drawing by comic strip artist Don Sherwood. This nostalgic remembrance of the past enjoyed a […]
I always enjoy Agnes (Creators), but never more than today, when she is slogging through the snow and kvetching over a month that even Gilbert & Sullivan dismissed as “beastly.”Which is a good time to point out that Groundhog Day is ridiculous because it’s far too dependent on location, and was originally a badger in […]
A couple strips are taking me back.© Stephan PastisWho else, when reading Pearls Before Swine,thought of the old B. Kliban classic?© B. Kliban © North America Syndicate (KFS)Back when cars weighed more than they cost and gas was a quarter a gallon (which got you about ten miles). Nice reproduction (front, back, and side)Terry. “She’s got ducks, […]
So you’re feeling good about acing that Jeopardy category, eh?Let’s go deeper into the woods and see what you know about The Phantom. 1. What is the name of The Phantom’s wolf/dog? 2. What is the name of The Phantom’s horse? 3. What is the name The Phantom uses when away from his jungle home? […]
As noted here yesterday, the GameStop gambit was not pulled off by youngsters, but I got a laff out of Dave Whamond (Cagle)‘s cartoon anyway, because, regardless of whodunnit, the targets were, indeed, pigs.Not because they are rich. I know some rich people who got there honestly and ethically. But I’m not the only newspaper person […]
It is July 1947:The Wheels of Justice move slowly. A Cartoonist’s Frustration rises quickly.October 19, 1947: October 26, 1947 – The Des Moines Register which knows syndicates, giving its name to one, recognizes what is happening and informs their readers and issues a warning to Capp:That Sunday’s Li’l Abner:The pertinent panels: The Wheels of Justice […]
It’s been three and a half months and, by the response here at TDC to the Portland Press Herald comics survey, the Trailheads are not adjusting. And those are not the only ones. (To be fair there have been accolades.) I, not being a big fan of Mark Trail since Ed Dodd and Tom Hill […]
I’m not going to make a habit of commenting on things I’ve drawn, but I think I do need to say a few things about “Club Nematoda,” a kind of Village Vanguard I had imagined for some hipster worms. Saying nothing would have been like a cartoon hit-and-run; I had to go back and explain […]
The Gamestop/Reddit gambit creates one of those “Where do I start?” sorts of days, but certainly Alex (Telegraph.UK) is an excellent place, even though he wasn’t commenting specifically on that.I often — perhaps too often — admit that Alex can be kind of nerdy for those who have not been immersed in the business world, […]
A Double Jeopardy category for January 28, 2021 400 800 (Name the feature) 1200 1600 2000 © Jeopardy Productions
At the beginning of December 2020 we reported on the Gannett newspapers of The Carolinas setting up a poll in anticipation of rearranging their Sunday Funnies and bring them all into alignment.The results are in and take effect this weekend.From Regional Editor Pam Sander for The Jacksonville Daily News: In December, we asked for your […]
A little politics on a nonpolitical day, and BTW, while this is a Friday and we’ll be having Funnies, it’s purely coincidental. I start each morning with a wander through Facebook and Twitter and this felt like a good day not to engage.But then I got to the comics and Candorville (WPWG) stopped me short, […]
(Eight years to get out of Pittsburgh)I guess George Clooney could play Buck Rogers. Rumors are that George Clooney may star in a new Buck Rogers television show … But Variety picks up a ray gun and shoots that idea down. Through his production company Smokehouse Pictures, Clooney has signed on to executive produce a […]
“The art editor asked if I would try to develop an animal character that would be distinctively Canadian,” illustrator James Simpkins told Maclean’s magazine in the July 6, 1963, issue. The editor added one condition at that time in 1948. No beavers. The artist accepted the challenge. A bear would fit the bill. A bear […]