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Harry Bliss (Tribune) arrives in the nick of time and we’re gonna take a break from the apocalyptically insane political goings. I need the comic relief and I also need to catch up with what’s on the funny pages. Though Ben (MWAM) is closer to the mark than Bliss, because all the leaves are brown...
Comic Strip of the Day – The Daily Cartoonist
I like David Cohen‘s take because it really does seem like Trump is grabbing random screwballs for his cabinet rather than carrying out some cunning plan. Granted, anyone who listened to his speeches during the campaign shouldn’t be surprised that his actions now are similarly incoherent and inexplicable, but it would be nice if he...
Comic strips – The Daily Cartoonist
November 11th, 2024, (LOS ANGELES, CA) — There have been many firsts on the Zoop crowdfunding platform lately. And today is no different. For the first time ever, the entire syndicated comic strip, Mullets by Steve McGarry and Rick Stromoski is being collected all in one glorious graphic novel package. The book will also feature...
Cartoons – The Daily Cartoonist
Architect and cartoonist Roger K. Lewis has passed away. Roger Kutnow Lewis January 1, 1941 – October 2, 2024 The Peace Corps Commemorative Foundation announced the death of their President and gave a profile: It is with a heavy heart that the Peace Corps Commemorative Foundation announces the passing of our President, Roger K. Lewis,...
Dilbert 1989 – 2023 – The Daily Cartoonist
Mar 12, 2023 · Dilbert by Scott Adams has ended its syndicated newspaper run. Dilbert debuted in 1989. It is unknown if the Sunday April 16, 1989 issue appeared in any newspapers, but a few newspapers did begin showing the strip on their comics pages on Monday April 17, 1989. above: the first Dilbert Sunday strip; below the first...
Current Comics – 75 Years After 1948 – The Daily Cartoonist
Nov 23, 2023 · Of the two-score-minus-one comic strips Mike Peterson displayed from 1948 seven are still being syndicated with new content in 2023. None of which will be highlighted in this post. Which is not to say some oldies won’t be here. The Phantom was around then and is now.. At the risk of stepping on the toes of the excellent blogger Joseph Nebus, there’s a plot development in The Phantom Daily ...
Editorial cartooning - The Daily Cartoonist
Christopher Downes offers some laughs as the Trump administration begins to take shape, but his exaggerations are well grounded. Trump truly is advancing Christian nationalism despite having no real sense of what’s in the Bible. He went to church as a kid, but the Trumps were congregants of Norman Vincent Peale, who wrote The Power...
Following Non Sequitur for 30 Years – The Daily Cartoonist
Feb 13, 2022 · We were going to set up an anniversary post for Wednesday but Wiley beat us to the punch with today’s Non Sequitur.. Wiley, who has better resources than we, works a very clear shot of that original panel from February 16, 1992 into the February 13, 2022 Non Sequitur strip.Wiley admits in the strip he is a few days early in celebrating, but the debut date was a Sunday so this is the right ...
Comic Art – The Daily Cartoonist
Jan 4, 2024 · With Brenda Starr, Girl Reporter; 19th Century Haitian caricatures; PS: The Preventive Maintenance Monthy magazine; and The U.S. Army Air Force and Warner Bros and Private Snafu Commercial Article 16 – Dale Messick and Brenda Starr: Breaking Barriers and Hitting Deadlines Steven Heller interviews James Sholly about the latest issue of Commercial Article, which “explores...
Caricature – The Daily Cartoonist
V. T. Hamlin’s Alley Oop; Bob Chambers’ Halifax; Pogo’s letterers Walt Kelly, George Ward, and Henry Shikuma; and a couple cartoonist self-portrait galleries. Sunday Adventures in History with Alley Oop Alley Oop portrays the exploits of a time-traveling caveman (yes, you read that correctly). The comic, which has been running since 1932, was created by...