Mike Thompson – from early this year.Let’s play the game… Clay Jones Gary McCoy Clay Bennett A. F. Branco Michael de Adder There were no recordings. The guards weren’t watching. Someone wanted Epstein dead, or at least removed and disappeared. The photo of the body at the hospital didn’t look like Epstein—not exactly. This is the […]
If I’m going to use Jane Austen’s intentions in today’s headline, I might as well use a quote of hers which is a hint of her wit and perhaps personality.The specific topic came up as I was scrolling through Twitter: Mira Jacob posted this, and my response was that I don’t like crowds and I don’t […]
The Spokane Spokesman-Review has a comic poll up.Every few years, it’s good for a newspaper to take a look at its comics offerings to see if it’s time to change things up. That’s what we’re doing, and we want your help. We’re asking readers for their opinions. Take our comics poll at spokesman.com/comicspoll.(The recently re-instated […]
Ooh! Ooh! Ooh!The always interesting and educational Yesterday’s Papers site, whether it’s a John Adcock or a Richard Marschall post, is a must read every morning. But this morning it gave me a real thrill.To quote Richard:Searching for illustrations for the imminent revival of Nemo Magazine, I have been ransacking my bookshelves.That’s right! “Imminent!” I’m […]
On Aug. 1, the [Edmonton] Journal ran an editorial cartoon by veteran contributor Malcolm Mayes, which criticized the recent Capital One hack, in which the data of six million Canadians was potentially compromised, including social insurance numbers and bank account information.“It has since been pointed out that the image of the person bears resemblance to […]
Joe Heller‘s cartoon suggests that Jeffrey Epstein’s death has ended what would have been a series of scandals and downfalls.However, I would point out that anyone familiar with cemetery vandalism knows otherwise and that this is a simple case of Fudd’s First Law of Opposition: “If you push something hard enough, it will fall over.”But […]
The National Cartoonists Society is celebrating Popeye‘s 90th year (and Olive Oyl‘s 100th) by auctioning off a number of specialty drawings and other art and comic books for the benefit of the National Cartoonist Society Foundation.The National Cartoonists Society is celebrating the jubilees of these two beloved comic strip and cartoon characters with an auction […]
Once again going down the trail Mike blazed. Earlier in the story: The Ghost Who Walks walks a little slower this morning. Tawky Tawny… makes a guest appearance in Little Oop. 50 years ago, on August 8, 1969, The Beatles strolled across Abbey Road. I gotta believe Dan Thompson knew about that anniversary eight weeks ago. The […]
Either this was an outstanding day on the comics page or my new policy of reading the funny stuff before I dive into political diatribes and get all hostile and depressed is working.Possibly both. I did find a couple of good political cartoons, but they’ll wait until tomorrow.Let’s read some funnies! And, to start things off, […]
Earlier today Mike Peterson mentioned some events happening in non-Upstate New York. Well, if you are headed to Upstate New York sometime in the next two months you may want stop by the Ellenville Public Library and Museum for R. Robert Pollak‘s “A Cavalcade of American Newspaper Comic Strip Art” exhibit.It features Pollak’s collection of […]
Timing is everything, and while this Kevin Siers cartoon references something happening in his hometown of Charlotte, it comes as the apartment house next door to me is on the verge of being converted to an independent living home for special needs people.Which is a worthy cause and they’ll be good neighbors, but they’re displacing […]
The Palatka (Florida) Daily News ran Joe Heller‘s first cartoon following the weekend slaughter.TV in Jacksonville couldn’t believe the newspaper in Palakta would print such a cartoon “just days after – what a weekend of – violent weekend of mass shootings.” (I think that was the idea.)So they sent a reporter out on the streets […]
Comic book artist Ernie Colón has passed away.Ernie Colón (Ernesto Colón Sierra de Cordobes y Lopez) July 13, 1031 – August 8, 2019ME: If I’m not mistaken, your complete name is Ernesto Sierra de Cordobes Y Lopez Colón , isn’t it? Can you explain to our readers its origin? ERNIE: My name is Ernesto Colo’n […]
Real Life Adventures comes as close to politics as we’re going to get today, because it’s Friday Funnies. But it’s a reminder of why we have Friday Funnies.I’m starting a procedure which worked well for me during the 2016 election season, which is to read the funnies — i.e., the strips as opposed to the […]
Above is the last issue of MAD. (Or not.)#9 is dated October 2019 and on the shelves of bookstores, grocery stores, and newsstands now.Somehow I find it fitting that the latest issue of MAD has a television satire of a fake series.This is the big Tarantino issue with my cover and a 5 page parody […]