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Mort Walker, Beetle Bailey, and the decline and fall of newspaper comics

Frank M. Young | January 7, 2026

Roy Kuhlman

Roy Kuhlman, graphic designer and hidden cartoonist

Steven Brower | November 13, 2025

Articles

Gilbert Hernandez

Latesploitation: An examination of recent works by Gilbert Hernandez

How do we read Gilbert Hernandez? The question gets harder, not easier, the more Hernandez adds to his body of work, but Greg Hunter takes a stab at answering it anyway.

Greg Hunter | November 12, 2025

Vaughn Bode

‘See My Light Come Shining,’ an excerpt from Bob Levin’s Messiahs, Meshugganahs, Misanthropes and Mysteries

Today we are pleased to provide an excerpt of Bob Levin’s essay “See My Light Coming,” about famed underground cartoonist Vaughn Bode, which was originally printed in The Comics Journal Special Edition Vol. 5 2005.

Bob Levin | October 16, 2025

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