Editorial and sports cartoonist and sports reporter Tom Bone has passed away. William Thomas (Tom) Bone III September 11, 1954 – October 20, 2025 From the obituary: William Thomas (Tom) Bone III, cartoonist and writer, died on October 20, 2025 at Roanoke Memorial Carilion Hospital in Roanoke, Va. He graduated from Union High School in […]
The Berndt Toast Gang gathers; Tom Bone exhibit; Chris Ware stamps; New Yorker cartoonists Substacks; David Levine remembered; Kevin KAL Kallaugher coasters; and Jim Davis’ anatomy class.Berndt Toast It’s the last Thursday of the month, and as it has for more than 50 years, one of Long Island’s more exclusive clubs is meeting. Some of […]
There’s a lot going on in the world and it’s tempting to just throw some pies, squirt a little seltzer and take a break from it all, but, then again, we’re at a moment when not talking politics is in itself a political gesture.Still, we can take a moment to watch Mr. Fitz attempt to […]
Today’s Loose Parts is delightfully meta.Larson’s 1984 gag played on the fact that the whole notion of opposable thumbs was something we learned in biology class and then didn’t even file away: We just tossed it into the junk drawer of our minds until the moment it became his punchline.And it worked so well for Larson […]
Thought we’d just hit an odd moment the other day, but the end-of-life jokes are still coming. It’s not a trend over at Stone Soup, but rather a story arc, as Evie tries to reassure Val that things are fine. For regular readers, the secondary joke here is a running gag over the fact that everyone […]
Okay, it’s always stuff I like. That’s the format.But here’s #4000 for Prince Valiant, which is not only an impressive record for a Sunday-only strip but a good example of a re-invigorated zombie strip as well as a strip that happens to be a foundation for my love of comics and a very fine piece […]