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CSotD: Of macaroni and morons

Notice in today’s Blondie that, in this carpool of four white folks ticking off their favorite part of the Thanksgiving meal, not one of them said, “macaroni and cheese.”I’m highlighting the venerable old strip not because today’s installment cracked me up but because it segues neatly into an infuriating example of rampant online stupidity.In case […]

Staying offline for one more day

Sorry, all. Have a funeral in my extended family that I am attending today.Hope you’re Thanksgiving weekend was great. I’ll be back tomorrow.UPDATE: Looks like I have a few minutes before I head out of town, so I’ve thrown a couple of stories up.

CSotD: A new adventure

Well, not quite new, since this is Episode Two of The Conjurers, a weekly on-line strip by Brian Anderson that updates Mondays, but Episode One is only a click away, so catching up is no problem.Brian also does the very different syndicated strip “Dog Eat Doug,” which, I think, proves nothing except that it’s possible […]

Mike Keefe takes buyout

Sad news from Daryl Cagle: You?ve been with the Denver Post since 1975. What are you looking forward to most with the free time you?ve just given yourself? My wife, who is still working, asked me how I was going to spend my days. I said, ?Three words: Turner Classic Movies.? She was not amused. […]

CSotD: Scrooge shot first

In today’s Sally Forth, Ted shows that he is, in fact, not completely insane by taking a stand against Star Wars revisionism. Lucas’s constant tweaks are not only a betrayal of his fans but a distressingly unnecessary example of how history is not only written by winners but revised by them as well.Nothing against “director’s […]

Stephanie Piro posts thanksgiving tale

From Stephanie Piro:I’ve been meaning to put my “classic” tale of the Turkey Prince online for Thanksgiving for years. I wrote it in my 20’s and my style has really evolved since then though I still consider this one of my best and favorite works. Here it is finally… I re-wrote the captions because, believe […]

CSotD: Pizza and mushrooms

Over at Daily Kos, Jen Sorensen riffs on what happened when our children stepped into the crossfire between — among — those who care about them and the hordes of science haters, Obama haters, radical anarchists and lobbyists.Poor little mushrooms just popped up and got mowed down. Never had a chance.For those who missed it, […]

Profiled: Shannon Wheeler

Tim O’Shea talks to Too Much Coffee Man creator Shannon Wheeler to talk about the various projects he’s released including I Thought You Would Be Funnier, a Little Golden Book parody Grandpa Won’t Wake Up co-created Oil and Water. Tim O’Shea: Not many folks can say they’ve won an Eisner, but this year’s was actually […]

Cartoon Movement posts more Occupy sketchbooks

Cartoon Movement is publishing another Occupy Wall Street piece of comics journalism. Today’s new offerings come from Sarah Glidden who visited the Occupy Miami protest:“When we would start talking about OWS, the attitude seemed to be that it’s great that Americans are taking some sort of action against the system we’ve created,” she says. “And […]

Fantagraphics offers rarities with book purchases

From Fantagraphics Books:We are always grateful to readers who buy books directly from us, so we are pleased to offer a new series of mini-comics featuring fascinating, previously-unpublished (or at least way out of print) sketches, drawings and even full stories, which are available for FREE with the purchase of their matching tie-in books, or […]

New exhibit: Black and White and Read All Over

The Cartoon Art Museum will begin exhibiting “Black and White and Read All Over: Comics of the New Millennium” starting in December. The exhibit is a showcase featuring nine comic strips introduced between the years 2000 and 2010. From talking animals to beleaguered cartoonists, childhood fears to childhood nightmares, the perils of adulthood to the […]

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