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The Yellow Kid Returns

On the 125th anniversary of The Yellow Kid‘s first newspaper appearance, he’s back!Chris Yambar (writer) and Randy Bish (artist) have joined forces to revive The Yellow Kid.[Chris] wanted to bring the classic comic back so about six years ago, he partnered with editorial artist Randy Bish. “When I mentioned it to him several years back, […]

CSotD: Friday Funnies Come On A Thursday This Week!

Most of today’s political cartoons are impeachment commentary which I just did yesterday and which will keep until tomorrow and so, since I have to go get my eyes dilated and inspected and don’t have time for deep thinking, let’s just pretend it’s Friday and hit the funnies. People talk about how awful the live-shooter drills […]

Schiff Hits the Fan – Animated Political Satire Toon

Riffing on the Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote cartoons President Trump’s Assistant to the President and Director of Social Media at the White House, Dan Scavino, tweeted a 90-second “Politizoid” cartoon, produced in “Hollywood U.S.A., AKA Adam Schiff’s Back Yard.” https://t.co/zl0F8Efmu7 — Dan Scavino Jr.??? (@DanScavino) January 22, 2020Details at the Daily Caller.

Paw Print: The World of Peter Waldner

Peter Waldner usually keeps a sketch pad within arm’s reach: in his car, on a bedside table, for whenever inspiration strikes. “I’m still old school,” he explained during a recent interview at his Worthy Way studio. “In the middle of the night, I’d jot ideas down and the next morning I’d read it and have […]

CSotD: Racing With The Lion

I’m going to reach across the sea to start the day, with a Chris Riddell cartoon that, in fact, ran a few days before the Impeachment Trial began.Not only is the whole world watching, but the whole world knows what they’re watching.And I suppose we should know, too, but seeing it unfold yesterday reminded me […]

Pulitzer Prize…Deadline Imminent! January 24!

Entry deadline: Jan. 24, 2020 at 5:00 p.m. EST.Entry fee: $75 per entry – paid by credit card only (MasterCard, Visa, American Express and Discover).Cartooning category: Cartoons should be uploaded as JPEGs. If they are animated, enter via URLs.For a distinguished cartoon or portfolio of cartoons, characterized by originality, editorial effectiveness, quality of drawing and pictorial […]

2020 Garry Trudeau-Zonker Saranac Poster/Button

For the 40th year Doonesbury cartoonist Garry B. Trudeau has created a collectible button for the Saranac Winter Carnival. And it’s a beauty.Trudeau’s illustration shows “Doonesbury” character Zonker as a knight riding a winged unicorn, gazing at a sword being held out of a lake by a hand, a la Excalibur.Since 2012 Garry has expanded […]

CSotD: Homework is 90% of your grade

 I’m not necessarily standing behind anything today, but I’m promoting the idea of doing your damn homework, so I got a laugh out of Ann Telnaes’ reaction to a new federal policy cutting back on people working at home rather than at a desk in an office.As she notes, Dear Leader is more chained to […]

Wolfgang Fuchs – RIP

Comics author, historian, and translator Wolfgang J. Fuchs has passed away.Wolfgang J. Fuchs September 16, 1945 – January 20, 2020author, journalist, film historian comics author, historian, translator From Karen Green, Curator for Comics and Cartoons at Columbia University Libraries:Just seeing the news, posted by his daughter Anna, that Wolfgang Fuchs passed away this morning. Wolfgang was […]

A Winter Wonderland of Famous Funnies

Crime SuspenStories “Jolting (or Joking) Tales of Tension” – I’ve been enjoying Dan Thompson‘s detective noir parody. This particular Crime Story, ripped from the files of Rip Haywire, began three weeks ago. Young Romance However Don Wimmer strikes me as three weeks early with today’s Rose is Rose. Although it is never a bad time for […]

CSotD: Decisions and opinions, mostly bad

Pat Bagley takes on the new guidance from the Trump administration that it is no longer required for schools to serve nutritious meals anymore, a reversal of First Lady Michelle Obama’s work to help improve children’s health which, others have noted, was announced on her birthday.Not sure if the timing was a coincidence of not: […]

“Feiffer On Nixon” in the Trump Era

 “It’s déjà vu all over again.” – Yogi BerraSo Michael Tisserand took 1974’s Feiffer On Nixon down from the shelf…Recently, I re-read Feiffer on Nixon while, in the background, live impeachment proceedings played over my computer. It produced a feeling that, at least for a short time, mimicked a sense of calm. While the faint […]

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