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  • CSotD: Resorting to Humor Mike Peterson
    Boris sums up a truly wretched week and my morning perusal of the news made me angry enough that I decided maybe we need a second Humpday today. But the good news, and there is some, is that people don’t seem to be taking it all lying down, as indicated by this series of quotes […]
     

CSotD: Resorting to Humor

22 May 2026 at 11:03
Boris sums up a truly wretched week and my morning perusal of the news made me angry enough that I decided maybe we need a second Humpday today. But the good news, and there is some, is that people don’t seem to be taking it all lying down, as indicated by this series of quotes […]

Society of Illustrators 2026 Hall of Fame Inductees (an early report)

18 May 2026 at 16:18
The Society of Illustrators has announced the 2026 Honorees entering their Hall of Fame. The 2026 inductees were announced on the Society of Illustrators’ Instagram account. The Honorees are Joe Ciardiello Miguel Covarrubias Maira Kalman Zelda “Jackie” Ormes John Tenniel This item will be updated once these inductees are featured on the Society of Illustrators’ […]

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  • CSotD: Law & Order – Leafblower Division Mike Peterson
    Constant Readers know my feelings about leaf blowers, which I have often said should have governors in them so they can only run for 20 minutes a day. I’m adding another gripe, which is that I don’t know why “leaf blower” is two words when “lawnmower” is one. However, given that I refuse to accept […]
     

CSotD: Law & Order – Leafblower Division

13 May 2026 at 11:31
Constant Readers know my feelings about leaf blowers, which I have often said should have governors in them so they can only run for 20 minutes a day. I’m adding another gripe, which is that I don’t know why “leaf blower” is two words when “lawnmower” is one. However, given that I refuse to accept […]

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  • CSotD: Laughter in the Reign Mike Peterson
    Having deleted several cartoons, both strips and political, that referred to Dear Leader’s now-moribund slush fund, it was a surprise to find a case of coincidental timing that did apply to something in the news. Not that it’s all that encouraging, but these days you have to take whatever you can get. Enough politics: It’s […]
     

CSotD: Laughter in the Reign

3 June 2026 at 10:09
Having deleted several cartoons, both strips and political, that referred to Dear Leader’s now-moribund slush fund, it was a surprise to find a case of coincidental timing that did apply to something in the news. Not that it’s all that encouraging, but these days you have to take whatever you can get. Enough politics: It’s […]

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  • A Sunday Funny Supplemental (Banned in Boston?) D. D. Degg
    Mrs. Olsen is a lot more understanding than a lot of commenters on GoComics and Comics Kingdom who seem to be in a constant state of aggravation over a lot of comic strip characters. Some more than others: Comic strips are visual first script second and when Mallard Fillmore came up my first reaction was […]
     

A Sunday Funny Supplemental (Banned in Boston?)

11 May 2026 at 00:21
Mrs. Olsen is a lot more understanding than a lot of commenters on GoComics and Comics Kingdom who seem to be in a constant state of aggravation over a lot of comic strip characters. Some more than others: Comic strips are visual first script second and when Mallard Fillmore came up my first reaction was […]

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  • Comic Page Full Moons, Cracks, and Tight A**es Alan Gardner
    Recently while reading a review of Hal Foster’s Tarzan—The Complete Sunday Comics 1931–1937, I was dismayed to see a young Tarzan’s derrière directed directly in my direction. And it wasn’t just a delineation of a duff, but a full double-wide. With a dimple. If I did a double-take, did readers in the 1930’s? When did […]
     

Comic Page Full Moons, Cracks, and Tight A**es

8 June 2026 at 19:19
Recently while reading a review of Hal Foster’s Tarzan—The Complete Sunday Comics 1931–1937, I was dismayed to see a young Tarzan’s derrière directed directly in my direction. And it wasn’t just a delineation of a duff, but a full double-wide. With a dimple. If I did a double-take, did readers in the 1930’s? When did […]

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  • Exclusive! Dick Tracy 1961-1964 D. D. Degg
    Clover Press made its name in comic strip circles by publishing “The Master Collection” of Milton Caniff‘s Terry and the Pirates. Then there is The Complete Tom the Dancing Bug series. The publisher has recently switched their comic strip endeavors to affordable softcover editions of previously published hardcover collections. There was Dick Tracy Collection 1941-1944 […]
     

Exclusive! Dick Tracy 1961-1964

3 May 2026 at 02:09
Clover Press made its name in comic strip circles by publishing “The Master Collection” of Milton Caniff‘s Terry and the Pirates. Then there is The Complete Tom the Dancing Bug series. The publisher has recently switched their comic strip endeavors to affordable softcover editions of previously published hardcover collections. There was Dick Tracy Collection 1941-1944 […]

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  • The 10 Artists Who Influenced Garry Trudeau Alan Gardner
    Garry Trudeau didn’t plan on being a cartoonist. But he quickly became one of the most influential cartoonists in modern cartooning with his comic Doonesbury. Launched in 1970, Doonesbury quickly became a must-read for fans, politicians, and journalists. In the new Trudeau biography, Joshua Kendall writes, “at the annual dinner of the Radio and Television […]
     

The 10 Artists Who Influenced Garry Trudeau

10 June 2026 at 14:14
Garry Trudeau didn’t plan on being a cartoonist. But he quickly became one of the most influential cartoonists in modern cartooning with his comic Doonesbury. Launched in 1970, Doonesbury quickly became a must-read for fans, politicians, and journalists. In the new Trudeau biography, Joshua Kendall writes, “at the annual dinner of the Radio and Television […]

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  • Jeff Smith to Receive the NCS Milton Caniff Award D. D. Degg
    The National Cartoonists Society has announced that they will be presenting Bone creator Jeff Smith with their Milton Caniff Lifetime Achievement Award at this year’s 80th annual Reuben Conference. As the NCS says in their announcement Jeff Smith came to fame in the 1990s with his epic comic book series following the adventures of the […]
     

Jeff Smith to Receive the NCS Milton Caniff Award

8 May 2026 at 01:02
The National Cartoonists Society has announced that they will be presenting Bone creator Jeff Smith with their Milton Caniff Lifetime Achievement Award at this year’s 80th annual Reuben Conference. As the NCS says in their announcement Jeff Smith came to fame in the 1990s with his epic comic book series following the adventures of the […]

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  • National Cartoonist Day de Mayo D. D. Degg
    Nancy Beiman gave us a three week notice of the annual “holy day.” The others mostly waited until today. Today comic strips transition from World Press Freedom Day (not mentioned at all) and National Star Wars Day (many references yesterday) to National Cartoonist Day/Cinco de Mayo. Or Inko de Mayo.Lalo Alcaraz and Chip Sansom weren’t […]
     

National Cartoonist Day de Mayo

5 May 2026 at 16:56
Nancy Beiman gave us a three week notice of the annual “holy day.” The others mostly waited until today. Today comic strips transition from World Press Freedom Day (not mentioned at all) and National Star Wars Day (many references yesterday) to National Cartoonist Day/Cinco de Mayo. Or Inko de Mayo.Lalo Alcaraz and Chip Sansom weren’t […]

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  • This Week’s Comics Page Revue D. D. Degg
    Well That Would Explain It, If Only… On the last Sunday of 2002 a Mandrake the Magicain adventure ended and so did the Mandrake Sunday page. And today we learn why. Mandrake was kidnapped by Sea Hag’s witch sister and kept in her dungeons until now. Which would be a great reveal except Mandrake continued […]
     

This Week’s Comics Page Revue

14 June 2026 at 18:14
Well That Would Explain It, If Only… On the last Sunday of 2002 a Mandrake the Magicain adventure ended and so did the Mandrake Sunday page. And today we learn why. Mandrake was kidnapped by Sea Hag’s witch sister and kept in her dungeons until now. Which would be a great reveal except Mandrake continued […]

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  • Apple TV Announces New Peanuts Features Alan Gardner
    Apple TV has announced several new upcoming Peanut features. Season two of “Camp Snoopy” will debut in June, a new special “Snoopy Presents: There’s No Place Like Home, Snoopy,” will premiere at the end of July, and the Peanuts classics “This Is America, Charlie Brown” and “The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show” will debut in […]
     

Apple TV Announces New Peanuts Features

19 May 2026 at 23:39
Apple TV has announced several new upcoming Peanut features. Season two of “Camp Snoopy” will debut in June, a new special “Snoopy Presents: There’s No Place Like Home, Snoopy,” will premiere at the end of July, and the Peanuts classics “This Is America, Charlie Brown” and “The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show” will debut in […]

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