A disaster half a world away has lead Patrick McDonnell to replace a week of Mutts. above: from The Art of Nothing by Patrick McDonnellReed Brennan Customer Service notification:The strips were replaced at artist’s request for Mutts dallies for the week of January 20, 2020. The original week had a lighthearted theme where Mooch meets […]
(Mo) (Non Sequitur) (Arlo and Janis)“Where’s your social consciousness?” Abbie Hoffman screamed, and then broke into giggles at the humorless politicos who decried anyone who dared to have fun while a war was going on.This three-way Juxtaposition sums up my current mood: I share Mo’s despair, but I agree with Kate that there is a limit to […]
Commenters on the Little Oop site seem upset about the school being buildings rather than caves, though the school has been depicted that way from the beginning of the Little Oop comic series.Also – sometime (recently?) GoComics has extended the Alley Oop archive well into the past. It now includes, among other old strips, the […]
With no salaried editorial cartoonists in the state of Texas, the larger newspapers rely on freelancers for cartoons about local issues.John Branch is interviewed by the Houston Chronicle.Though most of the cartoons you see in the Opinion section come through national syndication, Houston-based cartoonist John Branch is a regular contributor on Sundays. Op-Ed Editor Raj […]
The Lawton (Oklahoma) Constitution adds Dustin to its lineup today. (I’m guessing to fill the space made by the retiring Pajama Diaries.)Dustin creators Steve Kelley and Jeff Parker talked to the paper about its new addition.When [Steve Kelley] approached his friend and fellow editorial cartoonist Jeff Parker about teaming up on a comic strip, he […]
Love Is… sticking around for 50 years.It was fifty years ago today that the Love Is… comic panel by Kim Grove debuted. above: first character drawing (1967); first Love Is… syndicated panel (January 5, 1970)The Love Is… website has a history of the evolution from postcard to syndication. Love Is… continues to be syndicated […]
I like Bob Moran’s presidential portrait, since so many people have been drawing parallels between the 1920s and the current set of 20s, but one major difference is that then we’d just concluded a horrific war and had a strong desire to avoid another.For all that can be said about Woodrow Wilson’s attitude towards race […]
At The Richmond (KY) Register:Beginning in the Tuesday, Jan. 7, edition of The Register, a new daily comic debuts. Rhymes With Orange is set to replace The Pajama Diaries, which will no longer be syndicated.In anticipation the newspaper got Hilary B. Price and Rina Piccolo to participate in the paper’s Five For Friday question and […]
After 42 years Peter Guren has decided to end his Ask Shagg weekly comic.The final Ask Shagg comic will appear tomorrow, with some sort of farewell message from Peter.ASK SHAGG by Peter Guren August 1978 1979 – January 5, 2020 weekly self-syndicated/United Feature Syndicate/CreatorsPeter’s LinkedIn profile notes that Ask Shagg began in 1978, then the […]
It’s hard to pick a starting point today, but Pat Bagley offers a good reflection on things, because we’ve sure seen a lot of talking heads and it’s up to you to sort out the ones who are offering honest analysis and the ones simply beating partisan drums, one way or t’other. But we’ve certainly been […]
Here’s the last episode of the Pajama Diaries, though, as she notes, you can relive the experience from the start by staying tuned to Comics Kingdom.And I hope, if you care enough to be here looking at comics, you do shell out the twenty bucks a year for full access to Comics Kingdom.Thanks to the […]
New Hampshire’s Valley News is reporting that a fire damaged the second floor of the Colodny Building in White River Junction. The Center for Cartoon Studies uses the ground floor which had water damage from sprinklers. The Colodny Building serves the CCS as a multi-use area, including, on occasion, exhibits; though no exhibit was being […]
Conservatives are indignant over the Christmas card Larry Flint’s Hustler sent out to members of Congress during the 2019 holiday season.The card cover riffs on a statement Candidate Trump said during his run for President. The inside of the card is being described as “disgusting and hateful” by Republicans.Right wing channels have taken umbrage, as […]
Yeah, it’s a cereal thing.From The Guardian:Lidl is to remove cartoon characters from its own-brand cereal ranges to help parents resist pester power and tackle Britain’s growing childhood obesity crisis. The discount retailer, which has almost 800 UK stores, pledged to remove cartoon characters from eight of its cereal ranges by spring.From the Daily Mail: […]
Nat Gertler and About Comics have reissued the 1924 Webster’s Bridge book, originally published by Frederick A. Stokes.Bleeding Cool has more information about the new edition of Webster’s Bridge.Nat Gertler must be a bridge fan, as Bleeding Cool notes, “This book is just the latest in a series of books of bridge humor from About […]