Comics

Here be dragons!

[three behemoth-based cartoons from Mannequin on the Moon]

Jul 8 •

Doesn’t Matter

[a “5th Wave” comic by Rich Tennant]

Jun 24 •

Woof: Speed Bump’s ‘avant-guard dog’

[a favorite from cartoonist Dave Coverly]

Jun 10 •

Horton Hears the Who!

[a masterclass in technique from Bizarro cartoonist Dan Piraro]

May 13 •

My Easter cartoon: Death’s bad day

[from my 1989 collegiate archives!]

Apr 25 •

Last Supper book deals

A Passiontide-themed strip by Mad magazine cartoonist Glen Le Lievre

Apr 8 •

Visual flow in one-panel comics: A comic-strip clinic

[How could this “Mannequin on the Moon” strip have been improved?]

Mar 24 •

Fall of the Onomatopoeian Empire

[Pythonesque humor from The Argyle Sweater’s Scott Hilburn]

Feb 28 •

Razzing Saint Valentine in heaven

[a classic Catholic comic strip from Jason Bach]

Feb 14 •

The Phish fan and the jukebox

[an intergenerational Asher Perlman cartoon gag]

Feb 11 •

Calvin & Hobbes Sunday: Do you want to build a snowman?

[silence speaks, part 2: a Cartoon Critic appreciation]

Jan 26 •

Heavenly obituary cartoons and Jimmy Carter tributes, ranked

[LONGREAD: Obituary cartoons as “reverse icons”—or the real thing]

Jan 14 •

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