I always wondered when Pixar was going to jump the shark.

  One of those rare two-fers, in part because I don’t think this general topic is going away soon but I don’t want to turn into a one-issue blog, and in part because, while I like both cartoons, they feature different but critical takes on the issue.At the top, Clay Jones goes after the alleged […]

The Dallas-Fort Worth Tribune reports that Warner Bros. has a new animated video due out in March entitled, “Happiness is a Warm Blanket, Charlie Brown.” The Schulz family agreed that the work had to stay true to Charles Schulz the late director Bill Melendez’ earlier animations. The new video will be directed by Pixar director […]

I’m finding it interesting that conservatives in Wisconsin are happy that Wisconsin State Journal editorial cartoonist Phil Hands (a self described progressive) has taken their side on state budget issues.I can only assume that Phil is being honest about what he feels is best for the state regardless of the party in power. The caricatures […]

  Sherman’s Lagoon is a successful strip, but, for some reason, Jim Toomey’s masterful cartooning seems to fly under the radar. There is occasionally some buzz when he takes on an ecological issue, like the brutal and wasteful massacre of sharks for shark fin soup. But, on a daily basis, he produces a strip that […]

Nothing to add to this 1895 Punch classic, except that it is the work of George du Maurier and that it added a phrase to the lexicon that has not lost its value over the years. (If the caption is not legible, click on the picture for a larger version)

Stuart Carlson not only calls upon the Old Testament concept of the scapegoat, but depicts someone already living on hay, which brings to mind a Joe Hill parody of an old hymn. (Those links provide the lyrics to each)The issue in Wisconsin, and of public employees generally, is not as simple as either side paints […]

Yesterday I wrote that attorney’s representing Funky Winkerbean creator Tom Batiuk sent a cease and desist letter to WordPress.com asking for them to remove two blogs that allegedly infringed on Tom’s intellectual property. WordPress.com shutdown the blogs and the blog author has since moved his blog to a private server and removed the Funky Winkerbean […]

The Wilton Patch profiles Hi and Lois cartoonist Chance Browne and his non-cartooning interests – namely playing in a band named Chance Browne and Friends where he plays guitar. They play tonight in Georgetown, CT.Moving first to Cambridge then to Burlington, Vermont in the late 1970s, Browne broadened his artistic scope as a graphic illustrator, […]

Just noticed Dan Piraro’s blog has moved to its own domain bizarrocomics.com. He used to host it on Blogger.Welcome to my first post on my new blog site. There are lots of posts before this, but they were imported from my previous blog site by a genius Interwebs guru. Now that I’m trying to take […]

The nice people over at the Johnny Hart Studios mention that this week is not only Johnny Hart’s birthday, but also the anniversary of the launch of B.C (February 17th, 1958). Johnny’s birthday was the 18th. To commemorate, they’ve posted early samples of the icon strip.

Another individual has filed a suit against DreamWorks Animation alleging the studio stole their ideas for the feature film Kung Fu Panda. The new suit is by Jayme Gordon who claims he pitched the idea for a film with similar characters back when DWA CEO Jefferey Katzenberg was with Walt Disney Studios.In the suit, Gordon […]

Today’s xkcd has one of the best fourth-panel surprise punchlines I’ve seen in a long time, and put me on the floor possibly because the precise topic of trying to get things done amid such distractions just came up in a Facebook comment about yesterday’s CSotD.comI wish old Ben’s disembodied voice would occasionally tell me […]

Pretty cool. Anyone know which app he’s using?H/T: GoComics and Comics Alliance

WordPress.com received a cease and desist letter from attorney’s representing Funky Winkerbean and Crank Shaft creator Tom Batiuk demanding they remove two blogs: sonofstuckfunky.wordpress.com and stuckfunky.wordpress.com for violations of “unauthorized use of the Funky Winkerbean name, trademark, or comic strips.” The site was a daily commentary blog – similar to Comics Curmudgeon – that focused […]