Hare Tonic
One Good Apple Proves a Barrel’s Worth
Untangling the surprisingly confused origins of Mary Worth. Continue reading
Jud Hurd and Cartoonist PROfiles
A remembrance of the late, great comic strip gadfly, Jud Hurd. Continue reading
Max Eastman, The Masses and the Invention of the Modern Gag Cartoon
A Lost Moment in the History of Cartooning Continue reading
Forty and Counting: Bill Griffith’s Zippy
Zippy, the character, not the comic strip, passed the forty-year milestone late last year. Continue reading
John Goldwater, the Comics Code Authority, and Archie
How a Poor Orphan Boy Invented One but Not the Other.
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Jim Davis and His Fat Feline Celebrate an Anniversary
Garfield is now 33 years old. And still likes lasagna. Continue reading



















