Signe Wilkinson riffs on the recent report saying that our bird population has dropped by over a quarter since 1970, listing a number of ways in which birds die, though not, apparently, the Big One.The study itself is behind a paywall, but reading the reports from NPR and the Washington Post, the major problem seems […]
MAD Magazine #10, the last (for now) all-new issue, will soon hit the stands.Bloody-Disgusting.com previews the MAD #10 cover, and Sergio Aragonés’ A MAD Look at Alfred Hitchcock Movies. As mentioned this is the last ALL-NEW issue of MAD.Tom Richmond expands:There are a lot of rumors going around that MAD is ceasing publication after this […]
Three years ago Scott Adams and Jake Tapper partnered on a week of Dilbert comic strip dailies. That week of strips, with Jake as cartoonist, can be read here.above: Dilbert by Jake Tapper, and Jake Tapper by Tom RichmondNow Scott and Jake are set to repeat the collaboration. Three years ago, when Jake Tapper — […]
There are a lot of environmental cartoons out there and perhaps there is some shift in public perception. However, I’m not prepared to say “Now they get it!” until I see more proof.But Pat Bagley lays out the situation without predicting what will happen next, and he’s on firm ground.Let’s begin with the idea that […]
Updating some recent posts. The Knight Life Ends.Keith Knight uses The K Chronicles to confirm the ending of The Knight Life. The Knight Life Still RunsAbove is The Knight Life running in this weekend’s Stars and Stripes newspaper. It is a repeat of the first 2019 Sunday strip. I don’t know if other papers will also do […]
We’ll start with a couple of story arcs you should simply go read: Off the Mark has been exploring the Aging App. I don’t recall Mark Parisi doing a lot of story arcs in the past, and, in fact, I don’t recall this feature being anything but one-offs.However, this is well-done, fun stuff and you should […]
James Jeffrey, for The American Conservative, appreciates the comic strip.The newspaper comic strip section is a particularly and peculiarly American institution. I can’t deny that, being British, when I open the special Sunday edition comic pull-out—six pages’ worth, and all in color!—I feel a twinge of self-consciousness. But I also won’t deny that I fight […]
The University of Tennessee Libraries has acquired the papers of critically acclaimed cartoonist and distinguished UT alum (Knoxville ’85) Paige Braddock. The Betsey B. Creekmore Special Collections and University Archives now holds an ample collection of black-and-white pen-and-ink drawings, cover art, watercolors, print proofs, and thousands of original pen-and-pencil panel drawings, covering Braddock’s work from […]
So what fight was the actual Battle of the Century?Jack Johnson and James J. Jeffries? Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier? Captain Easy and Bull Dawson?Maybe Stan Laurel and Noah Young: All contenders, but contenders only.The Battle of the (20th) Century was precipitated by the introduction of Bluto on September 12, 1932. above: the first appearance […]
“The war now is away back in the past, and you can tell what books cannot. When you talk, you come down to the practical realities just as they happened. … There is many a boy here today who looks on war as all glory, but, boys, it is all hell. You can bear this […]
Among the many things that the National Cartoonists Society organizes is Cartooning For Kids. The good deeds are emulated by NCS Chapters across the nation and the continent. But it doesn’t stop there, individual cartoonists have a passion for children in need of a smile.Greg Cravens is a fine example of one such cartoonist.Since 1989, […]
Following the death of long-time comic book fan and long-time comic book historian Bill Schelly, Kurt Mitchell has taken on the writing of the 1945-1949 volume of American Comic Book Chronicles. above images via My Comic ShopBill Schelly had written the 1950s volume of the series, while Kurt Mitchell has written the recently published 1940-1944 […]
The New York Post reports:Cartoonist Stan Mack and his writer/editor wife Susan Champlin have just listed their West Village home for $1.72 million. Mack, who’s owned this unit for some 30 years, is best known for his “Stan Mack’s Real Life Funnies” series that appeared in the Village Voice for more than two decades. Together […]
The fun begins innocently enough: after eye surgery, Deitch had to keep his eyes closed and his head turned down for days on end while he healed. After a few uncomfortable and sleepless nights, he starts accessing his memories with shocking clarity and mines the recesses of his mind for details of his past lives. […]
“Nothing beats great stand-up comedy. Sit-down comedy comes close, and I guess that’s what I do,” says Hales Corners’ Daniel Beyer of his work creating his six-days weekly newspaper comic feature, “Long Story Short.” LSS is distributed by the Creators news syndicate, and Beyer believes his frames of funny are a good match for many […]