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CSotD: Hence the Avatar

I’ve used JJ O’Malley as my avatar since joining Facebook, but I used him as a screen name well before that, and, before I even had an Internet connection, I had a dog named JJ O’Malley.I’ve mentioned this several times, how, as a wee lad, I would take down my parents’ “Barnaby” book and, even […]

Nemo to wander off. Again

Deadline.com is reporting that Finding Nemo writer/director Andrew Stanton will be producing a sequel to the famed lost fish. I’m told he’s now officially come aboard the Finding Nemo sequel and has a concept the studio loves. Pixar continues to not be helpful on this, as they don’t comment on development. It’s understandable why Disney […]

Tornoe retroactively updates Paterno obit cartoon

Like most cartoonists Rob Tornoe drew an obit cartoon featuring Joe Paterno being welcomed into heaven upon his passing, but with the recent news that Paterno was much more complicit in the Jerry Sandusky abuse cover up, Rob decided to “retroactively updated my obituary cartoon and redrawn it to expel Paterno from paradise”Here’s the original: […]

CSotD: RWO: Not classics, but they will be

To say it again, timing is everything in comedy, and when the first of these Rhymes With Orange comics appeared last month, it put me on the floor but it also happened to coincide with the verdict in the Jerry Sandusky trial, which demanded more urgent cartoon commentary.So I filed it away because I wanted […]

Search through 10,788 Garfield comics by keyword

I’m not sure who’s behind this Garfield search engine, but it claims to allow you to search through 31 years (1978-2007) of Garfield comic strips by keyword or browse by date. Search returns strip date, character dialog, as well as an image of strip.The screenshot below is me searching on the keyword “bored” and finding […]

CSotD: Happy birthday, all things considered

Nelson Mandela — “Madiba” (his clan name in Xhosa, used affectionately throughout his multicultural nation) — turns 94 today, and South African cartoonists joined in a sort of benevolent conspiracy to wish him a happy birthday. My favorite is this gentle thank-you from Nanda Soobben, which is not only a very nice caricature of the man […]

Kathleen Parker remembers Doug Marlette

Washington Post columnist Kathleen Parker remembers Doug Marlette five years after his untimely death in an auto accident in Mississippi in 2007. I know I speak for dozens of close friends and family members ? and even a good number of enemies ? when I say that Marlette was that rare creature who could size […]

MAD Magazine to release 60th anniversary collection

From Tom Richmond’s blog comes news that MAD Magazine is releasing a 60th anniversary collection due out in October. The book will be 256 pages that includes 12 classic front covers, Spy vs. Spy, Al Jaffee’s MAD Fold-in, Sergio Aragones’ A MAD Look At…, David Berg’s The Lighter Side of…, Outrageous artwork of Don Martin […]

Check out Dr. Seuss’ WWII editorial cartoons

Best known for his children’s books, Theodor Seuss Geisel or Dr. Seuss, was an editorial cartoonist for two years (1941-1943) for the short-lived “PM” newspaper in New York City. The Jewish Journal has a write-up about the round-up of Jews in France 70 years ago this month and Seuss’ editorial cartooning reaction. In one important […]

2012 Eisner award winners announced

Last weekend was the Sand Diego Comic-Con and the announcement of the Eisner Awards. This year’s winners are:Best Short Story “The Seventh,” by Darwyn Cooke, in Richard Stark’s Parker: The Martini Edition (IDW)Best Single Issue (or One-Shot) Daredevil #7, by Mark Waid, Paolo Rivera, and Joe Rivera (Marvel)Best Continuing Series Daredevil, by Mark Waid, Marcos […]

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