The Huffington Post’s Caroline Bologna covers King Features’ “Daddy Daze” launch with an interview of its cartoonist Jon Kovaleski.From the story:“When my son was about 6 months old he started verbalizing, except he only said one word ? ‘Ba’ ? over and over, but he really thought he was talking. I decided to give this […]
Today’s “One Big Happy” by Rick Detorie over at GoComics has a Laura Ingalls Wilder joke as the Internet storms back and forth over the removal of her name from a book award. It should be noted that “One Big Happy” does not run its comics on the same day on GoComics as they run in […]
In “Anne and God,” Anne Morse-Hambrock breaks away from the lighter questions she normally poses to confront the Deity with this more fraught issue.The obvious answer is to repeat the well-know koan of the two monks and say, “Put her down; I did a mile ago.”But, as she says, she already knows that the burdens […]
Mike Curtis, writer of the Dick Tracy comic strip, sent a note to the Dick Tracy Depot:The next MINIT MYSTERY is ready and now it’s two weeks long! Guest artist is RICH BURCHETT, known for his work on BATMAN, BLACKHAWK, ARCHIE, and THE JUSTICE LEAGUE. His stint on MINIT MYSTERY begins SUNDAY AUGUST 19 and […]
The (Columbia) Missourian has moved their Sunday Funnies. No longer a free-floating insert, the Sunday comics are now a part of the regular newspaper pages just like the daily comics. The June 24, 2018 Missourian front page.From Editor Mike Jenner: Dear Reader, You may have noticed something different about today’s print Missourian — the Sunday […]
Sunday’s (6/24) Dick Tracy features a “do you recognize” cameo from another syndicated comic.Do you?https://www.gocomics.com/dicktracy/2018/06/24Check the signature for a hint if you’re stumped.
We’ll start with the most random musing of the day, touched off by Vintage Juliet Jones Sundays, which is not too far into a new adventure.I would look at anything Stan Drake did and I’m glad they are shooting from the black plates and not trying to reproduce the full-color version, because his work stands […]
The phone calls and emails started on March 14, the first day The News & Advance was without “Snuffy Smith” on its daily comic pages. “Please bring back Snuffy Smith. I have enjoyed that comic strip for more than 50 years.” “We enjoyed reading Snuffy Smith and do not care for the replacement. As long […]
Pulitzer Prize-winning and Washington Post News Service & Syndicate cartoonist Nick Anderson writes on CNN.com about the Rob Rogers’ firing.From the article:But what’s missing from the situation is the outrage for the quiet firing of over 100 cartoonists around the country over the past few decades. The generally accepted number by the Association of American […]
Michael de Adder spins Melania’s husband’s TIME cover, marking her part in our shattered dialogue, but don’t laugh too hard.If you dare to think you’re not part of the problem, then you’re surely not part of the solution.It’s not just a jacket. It’s a fashion statement about us, and about the society we’ve built, that goes […]
Mickey at 90 The Mickey Mouse Campbell’s Soup Cans have been announced by the brand in collaboration with Disney to help celebrate the iconic mouse cartoon character’s 90th birthday. The limited-edition soup packaging has been created with three different variations with the varying styles of the character in mind to commemorate its iconic popularity.The Mickey […]
Scooby Doo becomes the latest cartoon character to appear on a United States postage stamp.Linn’s Stamp News reports:Cartoon canine Scooby-Doo is taking time out from solving spooky mysteries to help solve the world’s environmental challenges. As part of his new quest, the animated Great Dane is appearing on a new United States postage stamp that […]
The new alternative newspaper Pittsburgh Current has reached an agreement to publish Rob Rogers political cartoons on the web and in print.Pittsburgh Current is pleased to announce that it will be the first Pittsburgh publication to carry former Post-Gazette cartoonist Rob Rogers. An agreement was reached with this morning with Andrews McMeel Universal, Rogers syndication […]
PRI weighs in with a great piece on everything happening with the new Nancy. Includes the first audio interview with the reclusive Olivia Jaimes. http://bit.ly/2tkdIDv From PRI:While Jaimes wants to stay true to the spirit of Bushmiller’s classic “Nancy” comics, she’s also bringing a feminist perspective that is generating resistance among internet commenters. But she gets […]
I’m not too sure about parchment paper, but bulldog clips — as seen in this Barney & Clyde – are the greatest. For the cost of one of those plastic bag clips that will break the first time it is dropped, you can get a whole jar of bulldog clips that will hold bags closed and will […]