Comics

Desert-island comics and the apocalypse: Two 21st-century takes

[Bizarro and Tom Toro offer opposite takes on how the world will end]

May 18 • SDG

‘The Far Side’ of the Strait of Hormuz

[Gary Larson joins ‘The Simpsons’ in foretelling the future?!]

Apr 20 • SDG

Inside ‘Hand to Hand’

[Back story, interpretive notes, and a teacher who changed my life—and my appreciation of my own work]

Apr 6 • SDG

‘Hand to Hand’: Genesis to Revelation in 16 simple images

[Creation. Fall. Incarnation. Paschal Mystery. Eternal life.]

Apr 6 • SDG

Is there a doctor of philosophy in the house?

[philosophy nerdery cartooning with an unexpectedly dark twist]

Mar 26 • SDG

‘The Far Side’ of God and the devil

[cartooning and theology notes on the work of Gary Larson]

Feb 4 • SDG

‘Peanuts,’ Christmas, and Jesus: 30 years of returning to Bethlehem with Charles Schulz

[LONGREAD: Linus the prophet, the ‘Peanuts’ gang, and the Gospel infancy narratives, 1958–1988]

Dec 29, 2025 • SDG

‘Peanuts’: Suffering, baseball, and religion

[comics and the problem of evil]

Nov 25, 2025

‘Peanuts’: The Great Pumpkin, God, and toxic faith

[Happy Halloween!]

Oct 28, 2025

All the world’s a panel: Cartoon Shakespeare

[nine Bard-themed comic strips from Ellis Rosen]

Sep 18, 2025 • SDG

Music of a sphere—and a pack

[Will Santino’s panelological poem]

Aug 2, 2025 • SDG

Jul 18, 2025 • SDG

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