This Deep Cover doesn’t really plow a lot of new ground, but it’s something worth saying, and it dovetails nicely with yesterday’s Matt Bors cartoon, in that there should be conservatives calling b*llsh*t on those who claim to be Christian but who apparently haven’t done the reading, starting with that bit about praying on […]

If you’re a Scary Gary fan, you may know that Mark Buford has a book coming out. The book is entitled, “A Good Severed Head Is Hard to Find.” What you may not know is that right now Mark is taking pre-orders and Mark will be signing every copy that’s pre-ordered before September 1. Every. […]

Apparently not to be outdone by Lynn Johnston’s video I posted this morning about her memories of Charles Schulz (or ‘cuz writing profanity filled comics is less time consuming than coming up with something witty), Stephan Pastis has taken the time to post his own video remembering Lio creator Mark Tatulli.

Via Mike Lynch

Jon Carroll writing for the San Francisco Chronicle writes his fond memories of the great Pogo strip.Pogo had it all: love, fear, friendship, ambivalence, pails of water, morality, plus a love of high-flown language and, not incidentally, wonderful draftsmanship. Kelly was a master of getting a lot of stuff in one small panel. … One […]

Last week I posted a letter to the editor by a certain offended reader of the Baltimore Sun who decried the profanity in Pearls Before Swine. Just to be clear, we’re not talking real swear words – we’re talking characters like @#$@. Then on Sunday, Scott Hilburn drops the big #%@!* in his strip. Yesterday […]

Okay, here’s why liberals lose elections: They’re not afraid to make fun of each other for taking things way too seriously. Matt Bors, I’m looking at you.When I heard about the Bert-and-Ernie petition, I assumed it was a joke and wondered why PBS took it seriously enough to even bother responding. And I thought the […]

It appears the drama in Renton, WA is over and the individual (or in this case individuals) for posting cartoonish videos mocking the police department has been identified and punished. From the Seattle PI: The 87-page report condemns the sergeant and the the officers, including a deputy chief, who knew about the video. … The […]

Following up to the letter to the editor I posted last week expressing disgust with “profanity” in Pearls Before Swine, here’s this one by The Argyle Sweater’s Scott Hilburn posted on the GoComics blog that is just as flagrant. It’s just a matter of time before we start hearing our young children yelling obscenities like, […]

I’m getting sick of zombie jokes, but I’m also sick of hearing about gluten, so today’s Bliss is a nice mashup of tiresome subjects.I don’t doubt that some people are sensitive to gluten. I seriously doubt that everyone who thinks they’re sensitive to gluten actually is, but I can remember back when some people claimed […]

An long but interesting read by Daniel Best about the $1 million purchase of a near complete Archie original art collection drawn by Bob Montana by Diamond Distributor’s Steve Geppi.When art deals go wrong they generally go wrong due to the money involved. Virtually anyone who collects art can tell stories of paying too much […]

The Herald-Sun in Durham, NC has posted news that they are replacing Shoe with The Born Loser and brining back the Family Circus (replacing Bizarro). The editor cites saving money as one of the reasons for making the change.

Omaha World Herald political cartoonist Jeff Koterba was one of the featured guests on Michael Feldman’s Whad’Ya Know show on Saturday. You can still catch Jeff’s interview on the Whad’Ya Know website. Looks like his interview was during the first half of the two hour show.

Video: Team Cul de Sac’s sorting roomChris Sparks, the organizer behind The Team Cul de Sac project to raise money for Parkson’s Disease, has posted video of all the cartoon original submissions. It looks like a great collection and the scope of which the Cul de Sac cast can be inserted into other cartoons and […]

Robert Crumb was the headlining artist at the Australian Graphic arts festival in Sydney, but cancelled after a newspaper ran a headline that read, “Cult genius or filthy weirdo” and quoted anti-child abuse campaigner Hetty Johnsto who raised questions about the appropriateness of Crumb’s attendance.In an open letter published in the Sydney Morning Herald, Crumb […]