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Schulz, Schultz, Schultze

by D. D. Degg 0 comments May 13, 2020

So I can get Jim Scancarelli spelled right without looking it up.I think for the rest of my natural-born days I’ll have to copy and paste Francesco Marciuliano.Charles Schulz? I think I got him down. But not everybody does. Charles M. Schulz, the creator of Peanuts, is among the most influential and respected cartoonists of […]

20 Cartoonists Answer 1995 Survey

by D. D. Degg 0 comments May 13, 2020

Mike Lynch has dug up a survey of cartoonists from 25 years ago.I found the answers to questions 15 through 18 fascinating.Mike has 20 cartoonists who responded to the questionnaire.See who got #18 right and who got it wrong. 

Dr. Jack and Curtis Taking a Break

by D. D. Degg 0 comments May 13, 2020

Unsure why (unable to find any explanatory message) but after ten years,more or less, cartoonists Jack Swanepoel and John Curtis, better known by their partnership pen names Dr. Jack and Curtis, have decided to take a sabbatical from their Eyewitness News (EWN) cartooning in South Africa.Below are some selected cartoons from the deep archives of […]

CSotD: Illusions, allusions, collusions

by Mike Peterson 1 comments May 13, 2020

David Rowe begins today’s conversation with this delightful take on everything.Fauci’s deadpan expression captures his serious intent, while his expertise is shown in the charts on his desk, ready for use in his testimony, his framed degrees and his overflow of books.But despite his having shut the door and put a “closed” sign on it, […]

Free E-Book: Snoopy Party Animal

by D. D. Degg 0 comments May 12, 2020

above: the hard copy cover, the free e-book does not contain a pull-out poster or flip-book animationAndrews McMeel Publishing and the Schulz Museum have joined forces to give away laughs. From all of us at Andrews McMeel Publishing and the Schulz Museum, thank you for nurturing a lifelong love of reading in kids. Please enjoy […]

Happy 99th Lily Renée

by D. D. Degg 0 comments May 12, 2020

Don’t do a lot of comic book stuff here, there are a bunch of sites for that, but…The lovely comic book artist of the 1940s, Lily Renée is celebrating her 99th birthday today, and we would like to join in the celebration and wish her well.HAPPY BIRTHDAY RENÉE! 

Cartoon Crossroads Columbus Wants Your Opinion

by D. D. Degg 0 comments May 12, 2020

The 2020 Cartoon Crossroads Columbus festival will take place;one way or another, in one form or another.But the organizers would like your opinion on the matter: So what does the pandemic mean for Cartoon Crossroads Columbus? * We can say for sure that CXC is going to happen in some form this October, and that […]

Matt Bors: The Man Behind The Nib

by D. D. Degg 0 comments May 12, 2020

Back in January, when the world was “different,” the Portland political cartoonist submitted entries for the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartooning. He became busy with other obvious pressing things to even think about the Pulitzer until Monday morning, May 4. “I wasn’t aware that I was a finalist until about two hours before (the […]

CSotD: Other voices, other websites

by Mike Peterson 10 comments May 12, 2020

Today’s posting will be big on links, because, for some reason, I’ve suddenly come across a number of really good things you should go explore on your own.And if you are properly locked down and socially distant, you’ve got time for that, right? Right!So we’ll start with Sarah Cooper, who, if you haven’t already discovered […]

New Andrews McMeel Syndication/Gannett Deal?

by D. D. Degg 0 comments May 11, 2020

A few days ago we mentioned the St. Cloud Times’ website had signed on for the Andrews McMeel Syndication online package. Well, it seems that was only the tip of an iceberg. Over the weekend a number of other Gannett newspapers announced they too were giving their readers free access to the AMS syndication comic […]

Watch Phil Hands Draw His Mother’s Day Cartoon

by D. D. Degg 0 comments May 11, 2020

Watch as Wisconsin State Journal political cartoonist Phil Hands walks viewers through his creative process as he draws this year’s Mother’s Day cartoon. WiscNews presents Phil digitally drawing this year’s Mother’s Day cartoons. 

Marty Pasko – RIP

by D. D. Degg 1 comments May 11, 2020

Comic book writer Marty Pasko has passed away. Martin Joseph (Marty) Pasko né Jean-Claude Rochefort August 4, 1954 – May 10, 2020Friends Paul Kupperberg and Paul Levitz broke the news on social media. covers via Grand Comic DatabaseMarty began writing comic books in the early 1970s, and was a writer and editor into the 2000s. […]

CSotD: Didn’t we already discuss this?

by Mike Peterson 3 comments May 11, 2020

I don’t like to say “I told you so,” because (A) it seems grandiose and (B) it would be much nicer to live in a world where someone had listened and also because (C) I wasn’t the only voice out there, so I can hardly take credit.But let’s look at what is essentially one big […]

Book Reviews and Previews – Cartoon and Comic

by D. D. Degg 0 comments May 10, 2020

Art Young’s Inferno is, unlike Dante‘s before it, not an indictment of sinners per se (hey, we’re all sinners) but the plutocrats and Wall Street criminals that have repeatedly exploited the citizenry through legal legislation with extralegal loopholes. Fantagraphics has just published a superb new edition of this 1934 classic—the “Original Art Edition,” with reproductions […]

What’s 30 Years Between Friends

by D. D. Degg 0 comments May 10, 2020

Sandra Bell-Lundy is celebrating thirty years of her Between Friends comic strip.When I first began the strip, Maeve was married to Simon. Susan was single. Kim was a white woman named Laura. I had sold my strip to 3 Southern Ontario daily newspapers and a couple of weeklies. I was making $100 per week…and working […]

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