Fantagraphics Books is nearing completion of its ambitious mission to publish the entirety of master cartoonist Carl Barks's 1942-1966 run of Donald Duck comics for Western Publishing. Comics fans (full… Read the rest of the article: The Newest Complete Carl Barks Library volume has Donald Duck lost beneath the sea

Back in the Era of Twitter, comedian/improvisor/actor/writer/pop culture expert Connor Ratliff would do these GIANT threads, hundreds of tweets long, exhaustively covering a topic, like Elvis Costello or Goofy cartoons.… Read the rest of the article: Watch every Road Runner cartoon with pop culture expert (and comedian) Connor Ratliff

Tom the Dancing Bug: The MAGAs, in "Stigmatized!" -> Please join the team that makes it possible for your friendly neighborhood comic strip Tom the Dancing Bug to exist in… Read the rest of the article: Tom the Dancing Bug: The MAGAs do their own scientific research

Tom the Dancing Bug: A Busy, Busy Day at Washington DC's Freedom 250 Celebration -> Please join the team that makes it possible for your friendly neighborhood comic strip Tom… Read the rest of the article: Tom the Dancing Bug: A Busy, Busy Day at Washington DC's Freedom 250 Celebration

"Weird Al" Yankovic pulled out of his participation in a commercial for a business software company when he found out it is an artificial intelligence company. In Syracuse, NY for… Read the rest of the article: No AI for Al. "Weird Al" Yankovic yanks AI commercial

Tom the Dancing Bug: Super-Fun-Pak Comix, feat. Lester the Jester, Actually-Man, The Truth About 1969, and MORE! -> Please join the team that makes it possible for your friendly neighborhood… Read the rest of the article: Tom the Dancing Bug: Super-Fun-Pak Comix, feat. Lester the Jester, The Truth About 1969 and MORE!

Tom the Dancing Bug: Elon Musk and His DOGE Pals, in "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" -> Please join the team that makes it possible for your friendly neighborhood comic strip Tom… Read the rest of the article: Tom the Dancing Bug: Elon Musk and His DOGE Pals, in "Texas Chainsaw Massacre"

In colorful, funny, and appealing comics, Perrin Roosevelt Ireland's new book Poking the Squid describes the incredible, diverse array of sexual behaviors and anatomies in the animal kingdom. For years,… Read the rest of the article: A new book, Poking the Squid, tells the scandalous, salacious truth about animal sex, in comics form

MAD Magazine published its 600th issue this week, and celebrated with a gorgeous cover (and back cover) by the reigning champ of MAD cartooning, Sergio Aragonés. Aragonés's first appearance in… Read the rest of the article: MAD hits 600 issues; still, thankfully, hilariously juvenile

Tom the Dancing Bug: The Dementia Donnie TV Room -> Please join the team that makes it possible for your friendly neighborhood comic strip Tom the Dancing Bug to exist… Read the rest of the article: Tom the Dancing Bug: The Dementia Donnie Center for TV Watching

In a great interview on Frank Santopadre's podcast, "Fun for All Ages" promoting his book Where the Music Had to Go: How Bob Dylan and the Beatles Changed Each Other… Read the rest of the article: Watch an inebriated Bob Dylan troll a bored John Lennon about stealing "Norwegian Wood"

Project CETI (Cetacean Translation Initiative) has announced that it's analyzed sperm whales' pattern of vocalizations and broken it down into a complex phoenetic alphabet, including consonants and vowels. They are… Read the rest of the article: Decoding whale language could unlock new legal rights for them

Tom the Dancing Bug: They Walk Among Us. Trust No One. -> Please join the team that makes it possible for your friendly neighborhood comic strip Tom the Dancing Bug… Read the rest of the article: Tom the Dancing Bug: They Walk Among Us. Trust No One.

Disney is currently at work transforming the former Muppets Courtyard at its Hollywod Studios in Orlando into Monstropolis, the city of monsters from Pixar's franchise, Monsters, Inc. They've just released… Read the rest of the article: At Disney World, you'll soon be able visit Monsters, Inc.'s city to celebrate H.U.M.A.N. Day

Tom the Dancing Bug: The MAGAs swoon over the manliest man they've ever seen -> Please join the team that makes it possible for your friendly neighborhood comic strip Tom… Read the rest of the article: Tom the Dancing Bug: The MAGAs swoon over the manliest man they've ever seen

When the National Cartoonists Society has its annual conference in August, it will confer on cartoonist Jeff Smith its Milton Caniff Lifetime Achievement Award. Smith has produced many fantastic comics,… Read the rest of the article: Cartoonist Jeff Smith, author of "Bone," is getting comics' most prestigious honor

It's a rule of thumb that when an internet article's headline is a question, the answer to the question will be No. But in this case, I think it's a… Read the rest of the article: Freedomland USA: was this 1960s theme park just a five-year land scam?

Disney has announced that its iconic Walt Disney World attraction "Carousel of Progress" is getting a major upgrade, updating its animatronic-presented history of how technology affects American life. The attraction… Read the rest of the article: Disney World's "Carousel of Progress" now to include progress

Trudeau & Doonesbury: A Biography, by Joshua Kendall, was released this week by Abrams Press. It's a thoroughly researched biography of cartoonist Garry Trudeau and his epic, massively influential comic… Read the rest of the article: New biography captures Doonesbury's 50-year sweep of American life

Tom the Dancing Bug: Dementia Donnie settles with himself and grabs all the Teddy Grahams! -> Please join the team that makes it possible for your friendly neighborhood comic strip… Read the rest of the article: Tom the Dancing Bug: Dementia Donnie settles with himself and grabs all the Teddy Grahams!