Richard Thompson's CUL DE SAC won the Harvey Award for best syndicated strip on Saturday night.Congratulations! Also from the off...

There is that old business joke sign that says "You Don't Have to Be Crazy to Work Here -- But It Sure Helps." For cartoon...

Here's a 1934 daily sequence from E.C. Segar's THIMBLE THATER, wherein the Popeye has decided to run a newspaper. Chaos, as only...

Above: a "SELF-PORTRAIT: RICHARD THOMPSON" / Special to The Washington Post from Michael  Cavna's 2011 interview with him....

Above: Tom Armstrong at work on a MARVIN Sunday page. Photo by Richard Dymond for the Bradenton Herald. Tom Armstrong reflects on his ...

Sandra Bell-Lundy shares some of her childhood drawings (like the "Mad Whirly Bird: comic above) and tells parents about encouragi...

Some rarely seen press photos from the life and career of Al Capp. July 14, 1946: HOME FROM EUROPE - Al Capp, creator of "Li'l...

Jim Unger, creator of the long running newspaper panel HERMAN , died in his sleep on May 29, 2012, after a long illness in Saanich, Brit...

Cartoonist Leigh Rubin, who draws the RUBES newspaper cartoon panel, is interviewed in the Modesto Bee. Who's your sounding boa...

   1932 photo of Swinnerton at his desk from the fotosdecomics blog.  James Swinnerton (1875-1974) was one of the early giants of Am...

 Above: A STEVE ROPER AND MIKE NOMAD Sunday strip courtesy of Comic Book Catacombs. Francis "Fran" Matera , best known for dr...

From the Library of Congress, here's my friend, the Reuben Award winning Richard Thompson , who appeared at the 2011 National Book Festi...

Above: a 1970 self-portrait. Remembering Bil Keane, who died at the age of 89 on November 8, 2011. Here are a few Bil Keane photos a...