Gasoline Alley recently celebrated its centennial anniversary. Only the Katzenjammer Kids has had a longer run, starting December 12, 1897 and running until sometime into 2006 for over 108 years.But a few more will soon reach their 100th year of new comic strips. The first one less than a month from now. Champs and Chumps […]
We’ve had an unusual amount of updates and it’s not practical to bump every one of them to the top of the list, so lets review them here. Wayne Stayskal – RIPThe first update to Wayne’s obituary was bumped up. Since that there has been more added. Also, earlier today, The Chicago Tribune has published a […]
From the piece:But, like literally everything in our society, the internet transformed them. Instead of having to pay thousands for a print job or go through one of a few publishing companies, aspiring cartoonists can now reach a massive audience just by scanning and posting their work online. Enter webcomics, which have proved to be […]
Stuart Carlson‘s piece could either be today’s lead-off or our wrap-up, but, wherever you place it, it stands as a catalog of the things the President really doesn’t know. Or claims not to know. Or claims not to believe. Or really doesn’t believe.It is a puzzlement, but Carlson gathers it all together and even leaves […]
Rarely in the history of comics has there been a turnaround as abrupt and pronounced as that of “Nancy.” As of just a few months ago, no discerning critic paid the long-running comic strip any mind. Sure, the strips made back in the day by original creator Ernie Bushmiller were held up as revered objects […]
Now that I’ve planted that nasty earworm, I’ll send you off to see the rest of this week’s Mo, which is always a pleasure but this week particularly apt.I’ve never been one of those people who hates Mondays, in part because I’ve had jobs I liked, in which case going to work was fine with […]
Editorial and comic strip cartoonist Wayne Stayskal has passed away.WAYNE H. STAYSKAL (né Stejskal) December 11, 1931 – November 20, 2018Columnist and friend Cal Thomas broke the news:Google “Great American Political Cartoonists” and you will undoubtedly find the late Herbert Block (aka “Herblock”) of The Washington Post, (Paul) Conrad of the Los Angeles Times, Michael […]
Missed from earlier this month.Syndicated cartoonist Nancy Ohanian has won the National Press Foundation’s Clifford K. and James T. Berryman Award for Editorial Cartoons. Ohanian will be honored at the National Press Foundation’s annual journalism awards dinner on Feb. 13, 2019.In what is really a bit of understatement the NPF judges said:“Nancy Ohanian’s work is […]
CNet (as well as Geekwire and Science Alert) covers The Oatmeal’s Matthew Inman and his who will be live tweeting from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory during InSight’s landing.CNet lauds Inman’s “InSight” comic is a great way to understand what’s different on this mission from the past Mars NASA’s missions.
Let’s start with the fun stuff and move to other topics later, and here’s a Brevity that doesn’t call for any commentary except to note that, while Dan Thompson is the best punster on the funny pages, this is over-the-top even for him, not simply making the pun but logically drawing in the lyrics that […]
For a fine history of Gasoline Alley read R. C. Harvey’s essay from 2013.The first three years of Gasoline Alley can be read at Crittenden.A buncha great Frank King Sunday Gasoline Alleys at The Bristol Board.Michael Sporn has some nice Dick Moores here and here and here.GoComics has a deep archive of the Jim Scancarelli […]
There are always a lot of turkey-pardoning cartoons at Thanksgiving, but this year they had the Khashoggi murder to work in, which lifted them above the usual, though not necessarily above each other.What was more interesting was to see how many conservative cartoonists broke ranks to criticize Trump over this murderous buddy-buddy act.But L’il Donnie […]
Tampa Bay Times Executive Editor Mark Katches notes:There is an openly shared sentiment among top newspaper editors that changing comics is like touching the third rail. Readers tend to react with fervor.But that doesn’t stop newspapers from updating their comic strips occasionally, usually after a reader poll so they can deflect any blame.So the Tampa […]
Cartoonist Werner Wejp-Olsen has passed away.The Wejp-Olsen family has informed the world:It is with our deepest sorrow that we share this news with you; our beloved father, husband, and brother Werner Wejp-Olsen has passed away on November 15, 2018. We miss him sorely but try to find solace in the beautiful memories of the loving […]
Dog-walking in the city is different than dog-walking in the country. Our dog walkers pile their gang into the back of the car and take them out to a trail somewhere. It means they have to keep their numbers down, because four or five dogs running loose is enough keep track of, but the dogs […]