The Canadian Embassy in Washington, D.C., for the next four months, is presenting The Comic Art of Lynn Johnston.The Embassy of Canada is pleased to present The Comic Art of Lynn Johnston, an art exhibition exploring the career of Canadian comic artist Lynn Johnston and the themes of her popular comic strip For Better or […]
Bizarro offers more politics than usual, but maybe this has been on Wayno’s mind as much as it’s been on mine.This meme from Occupy Democrats has been popping up regularly on my feeds. I don’t trust the group — they rarely give sources for their frantic accusations and, as with most of the ones I’ve […]
From the site:Uncommon, unreal, and (soon-to-be) unfrozen. A new online era of The Far Side is coming!
Mike beat me to the famous Walt Kelly phrase, but here are a few examples of Churchy’s paraskevidekatriaphobia. An early superstition strip: A week of Pogo and a weak Churchy: Whistling past the graveyard. HORRA-BLATZ! More of the wonderful Walt Kelly at Thomas Haller Buchanan’s Pogo in Pandemonia and Whirled of Kelly and Fantagraphics’ Complete Syndicated Pogo by […]
Last night I pulled out two bankers’ boxes of old manuscripts and published works and papers from college and high school and began sorting them, mostly into “recyclable paper” and “recyclable cardboard” and “trash.”I ended up keeping a modest 4-inch stack of stuff that I think will not drive my heirs and assigns to ask, […]
From The Daily Mirror in the United Kingdom:After today’s comic showed Andy Capp joining an anti-Brexit march, [The Daily Mirror] went straight to the man himself to clear up what he really thinks about the biggest issue in British politics.Andy Capp responds:When you live your life in a blissful boozy haze as I do, there […]
While a mix of creativity and comics might suggest a family-friendly atmosphere — and as always, that depends on the family — Tuesday’s appearance by writer, illustrator, playwright and editor Lynda Barry might not be for more delicate tastes.In a statement that ponders why people crave art, Barry concludes with “Please note: There will be […]
above: the last editionExpress, a free daily tabloid published by The Washington Post and meant for the young commuter crowd, has printed its last edition today.The Post says WiFi in the Metro has made it easier for riders to read on their phones instead, and falling ridership on Metro hasn’t helped matters. But at the […]
Michael Ramirez salutes the victory of Osama bin Laden, who managed to both undermine our freedom and to keep us firmly in his grasp nearly two decades later.Not sure that was the intent of the cartoon, but look around.Our misplaced priorities are based on pre-existing, irrational Islamophobia, given a semi-rational basis by the horrors of […]
Lincoln Peirce, the creator of the “Big Nate” comic strip, spoke in front of a sold-out crowd at One Longfellow Square Tuesday about his love for “Peanuts,” his career as a cartoonist and the inspiration for some of his characters. Peirce was interviewed by the Portland Press Herald’s digital director and resident comics fan Chad Gilley […]
One thing you learn early on in the opinionating business is that if you express yourself in anything longer than a single sentence, you’re likely to be surprised at what readers pick up on.The other thing you should learn is that being clever almost never works.It’s good that Jen Sorensen is, for all the minimalism […]
Comic strip and comic book cartoonist Frank Hill was born September 10, 1929. Frank becomes our newest Senior Stripper member. Rather than us recapping Frank’s career, let’s let Frank himself do it. Below are some samples of Frank’s handiwork and characters.Below: Frank (script) once again partnered with Lee Holley (art). And, of course, Short RibsMost of […]
I’m a Houston Texans fan, so I was up late watching Monday Night Football last night, which gives today’s Moderately Confused a little extra punch.I’ve seen the ads for boxes of ingredients that let you make your own meals without shopping and, depending on the cost, that could make sense, though having it happen more […]
The first For Better or Worse by Tad Dorgan was January 7, 1922.Wait, wait, wait … wrong comic strip.The first For Better or For Worse by Lynn Johnston was September 9, 1979. Forty years ago today! That strip was a Sunday, the dailies started the following day on September 10, 1979.The strip ran for 29 years, […]
From the New York Times: “Funky Winkerbean,” the rare comic strip that allows its characters to grow and age, starts a 10-week story line on Monday that contains a tragedy. Fans of the long-running strip who would like to be surprised by what happens to a major character may not want to read further. Though […]