March 30: BATMAN – Atonement without Resolution
by BATMAN: First appearance, Detective Comics #27, on March 30, 1939 I just celebrated my 45th birthday, and my family made plenty of good-natured jokes at …
Category: Cartooning / Comic Books
January 27: FRANK MILLER – When Battling Monsters
FRANK MILLER: born January 27, 1957 I was recently talking with an acquaintance about a crime that had been committed. His reaction to the crime …
October 29: BILL MAULDIN – A Fabric of Lies More Honest Than the Truth
Bill Mauldin: October 29, 1921 – January 22, 2003 When my great-uncle Jack’s landing watercraft approached Omaha Beach on June 6, 1944, a superior officer …
February 12: CHARLES SCHULZ – A Love Bigger than Life
CHARLES SCHULZ: November 26, 1922 – February 12, 2000 When my grandfather died from emphysema on May 2, 2000, my grandmother was devastated. My grandfather …
February 1: THE CROW – We Are What We Focus On
THE CROW: Issue 1 released February 1, 1989 I met The Crow writer-artist J. O’Barr at a comic convention in Chicago in the late 90s. …
January 16: GARTH ENNIS – The Power of Perspective
GARTH ENNIS: Born January 16, 197 A friend shared this video from YouTube the other day and sparked an interesting discussion on privacy in the …
December 31: CALVIN & HOBBES – Exploring and Imagination
CALVIN & HOBBES: Final strip published December 31, 1995 When I was 11, I got my first paper route. Every morning, I would deliver The …
December 7: BERKELEY BREATHED and BLOOM COUNTY – Pastiche, part I
BERKELEY BREATHED: Bloom County launches December 8, 1980 Berkeley Breathed’s comic strip Bloom County has been around for seven years when Breathed won the Pulitzer …
December 6: JAMES THURBER – The Soul of Wit
JAMES THURBER: December 8, 1894 – November 2, 1961 The Ohio State University had a long history of important political cartoonists when I joined the …