The long awaited Team Cul de Sac book is now ready for pre-order and you can even order a signed and numbered copy. The non-signed book is $35 (signed $65.50). The book will be available through Amazon, but if you order it through Chris Sparks the price includes a donation to the Michael J. Fox […]

A report from the The Herb Block Foundation declares the “golden age of editorial cartooning is dead.”A couple dour quotes from the report: The Golden Age for editorial cartoonists at the nation’s newspapers is over. At the start of the 20th century, there were approximately 2,000 editorial cartoonists employed by newspapers in the United States. […]

Real Life Adventures features a real life issue, but one I kind of hope is a little misaddressed. Or maybe, like a lot of domestic comedy, based on something that would have happened a generation ago but not now.Please?Okay, probably not.Real Life Adventures is a cartoon I really enjoy, in large part because the blandness […]

With Tundra now in over 500 papers, I wondered how exclusive that milestone was. I estimate there are about 230 features in syndication (excluding Sunday only illustration/puzzle type features or those aimed at a foreign language). I asked each of the syndicates which of their features are running in more than 500 papers. Of the […]

According to Poynter, Cleveland Plain Dealer readers complained loudly after the paper pulled a rather benign Non Sequitur last Friday. Readers sent in letters to the editor and posted “175 comments on former columnist Connie Schultz’s Facebook page.”Poynter asked Universal Uclick President Lee Salem how often features are dropped and what impact they have.Lee Salem […]

Oatmeal(Animated gifs can be a little tweaky when transplanted, so you may want to check this out at his web site if it seems to not be working here. Besides, he’s got a little more to say and it’s well said.)

Brad Guigar, creator of Evil Inc. and the editor of Webcomics.com was interviewed by Brigid Alverson for Comic Book Resource’s Robot 6 blog about Webcomics.com that went behind pay-wall two years ago. Robot 6: I want to start with a general question: Are webcomics still an important sector of the comics world? And how do […]

Cul de Sac creator Richard Thompson has announced on his blog that he is taking a 3-4 weeks hiatus from the strip to start a physical therapy session for those with Parkinson’s disease. Well, I’m taking some time off. Some more time off, three or four weeks. I’m about to start a program of physical […]

The Piranha Club looks at TV news, with Arnoldine dressed up as a sexy blonde who delivers only the most mundane headlines at the expense of real news, competing against a chimp hired on the basis that people love chimpanzees.Fourth panel says it all.I worked in TV back when the “happy talk” format began, in […]

Chad Carpenter’s Tundra has joined the exclusive club of running in over 500 newspapers. The Anchorage Daily News has a nice write-up of Chad’s early career and success as a popular regional strip in Alaska. Carpenter graduated from high school in 1985 and considered a career in law enforcement as he bounced among various jobs: […]

Timing is everything in comedy.I was notified Friday that a client had direct-deposited a substantial amount of money to my bank account, but apparently it didn’t actually get posted to the account before close of business Friday, and so, what with the MLK holiday today, I won’t see it until tomorrow.Which I understand and which […]

Tank McNamara on the transition from sports to soap opera. And we’re not that many months away from the next Olympics, folks.Many of you are old enough to remember when ESPN was a sports network and would show all sorts of odd and interesting events, most memorably Australian Rules Football, which became so popular that, […]

It’s been a week of painful parental flashbacks at Baby Blues, which is part of the strip’s appeal, of course. For those with young kids, the message is “You are not alone.” For those of us whose kids are grown and gone, the message is, “Thanks for reminding me.”As Zoe says, it all comes with […]

Today’s Non Sequitur was a bit much for the Cleveland Plain Dealer who opted to leave the space blank with a reported note to readers stating, “Editor’s Note: Today’s ‘Non Sequitur’ strip was withheld because it was deemed objectionable by Plain Dealer editors. A replacement strip was unavailable by press time.”The comic depicts a rabbit […]

When celebrities ask for original MAD Mag art from Tom Richmond he provides an oversized print of the art as published in the magazine and requests they autograph their name next to their caricature. He’s built up an impressive collection which he terms his Wall of Shame.