Jungle Jim ran as a Sunday-only comic strip from 1934 to 1954. It was King Features Syndicate’s response to the Tarzan comic strip and began as the topper to King Features’ answer to Buck Rogers. above: the first Jungle Jim strip (hat tip Jim Keefe).Unlike Flash Gordon, Jungle Jim never got a daily strip.Though a […]
Prince Valiant is home and, as has become traditional, he and Aleta meet in a modest but passionate bit of underwater ballet which reminds me of the famous/notorious swimming sequence in the first Johnny Weismuller pre-code Tarzan both because it is joyous and sensuous and also because Maureen O’Sullivan had a body double.Aleta always keeps it […]
(Tom Toles)(Ann Telnaes)Let’s start the day with an all-WashPo Juxtaposition.I will confess, I gave up on Bob Woodward’s “Fear” about a third of the way through. As noted here before, it felt rushed, with a lot of incidents but without a unifying thread, which doesn’t make for engrossing reading.But it does start with the Hidden […]
Comedian Chili Challis has passed away.“I like flying kites, the higher the better. Sometimes I like doing it sober too.”BERT (CHILI) CHALLIS DECEMBER 27, 1950 – OCTOBER 9, 2018 Comedian, gag writer Chili has written for and worked with the likes of Jay Leno, Ron White, Fred Willard, George Lopez, Steve Harvey, Sinbad, Drew Carey, Ellen Degeneres, […]
The Lewiston (Idaho) Tribune is replacing their newest comic strip, Breaking Cat News, with Nancy, an old classic of sorts.As Managing Editor Craig Clohessy explainsOne thing I learned early on is that Lewiston Tribune readers take their comic strips seriously. Accidentally leave one out of the paper, change its size, or — heaven forbid — […]
Ben betrays his Canadian roots by talking snowbirds so close to Canadian Thanksgiving.When I lived by the highway between Montreal and warmer climes, we’d see the Quebecers heading south about now, having completed their holiday festivities, and it does fit with the time the geese also go to visit golf courses and public parks further […]
The past month has seen a number of editorial cartoons showing Lady Justice being assaulted by The Ruling Party. But one from Canada “went viral.”Bruce MacKinnon’s cartoon shows a blindfolded Lady Justice being held down on a bed by Republican hands with her mouth covered. The cartoon has received passionate responses on social media. Some believe it’s […]
Joshua Olsen has been named the winner of GoComics 2018 Short Shorts Animation Contest.Animators who entered their own 60-second-or-less video were eligible to win a $25,000 grand prize from GoComics.So Josh got a bit more than just a nice plaque.The GoComics blog carries the short notice with a link to ten finalists on YouTube. If you […]
Joy of Tech comments on the sort-of-sudden demise of Google Plus, and I find myself somewhat constrained to comment because I pretty much hated Google Plus from the start.It’s not them, it’s me. Back at the dawn of time, when AOL was new, I got on their Instant Messenger service long enough to start to […]
updated October 10:It seems the unusual obituary of Rick Stein, featuring the Baron Munchausen-like (Major Hoople-like?) achievements and adventures of the deceased has gained some notoriety across the internet. People have found it as entertaining and intriguing a read as I have. (I found it enjoyable enough to post here, though it is off-topic.)Jessica Bies, […]
Existential Comics explores the morality of sharing excess with the poor, a long enough comic that I feel constrained about re-printing the whole thing here, so go read the rest and be prepared for both a large laugh and an even larger twinge of “How did we get here?”Every major religion demands charity, though there […]
Garry Trudeau’s #SAD! Tour Has Reached UtahThe Park City Record interviews G. B. Trudeau in anticipation of his arrival. PR: While Trump was on the campaign trail, did you ever think he would become president? What was your reaction when the votes came in? GT: No, and: horror. Macanudo Tryout in The Oregonian Macanudo gets […]
A New York Times article features the latest MAD magazine. Mad Magazine, the 66-year-old humor publication, has been in free fall for years — in terms of both circulation and cultural relevance. This month, however, people as varied as the comedians John Hodgman and Patton Oswalt, as well as Lee Unkrich, a co-director of “Coco,” […]
Jules Feiffer has signed on to do a regular monthly comic strip for Tablet Magazine.Well, maybe not just a comic strip, maybe essays or a play or…It is my pleasure to announce, on behalf of the editors, a new feature at Tablet magazine, which will consist, beginning today, of regular contributions by Jules Feiffer. The editors […]
Here’s our regular roundup of comics-related letters to the editor.San Jose Mercury News: a reader calls Mallard Fillmore “disrespectful” and “insensitive”Coeur D’Alene (Idaho) Press: An editor recounts an editorial decision to ask readers for their comics opinion — cliche headline “Nothing to Laugh at” checks in.Statesboro (Ga.) Herald: A reader is disappointed in repeating comics.Santa […]