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!

24 hours after CBS/Paramount pulled the plug on Stephen Colbert's Late Show, Colbert turned up guest-hosting a local public access television show in Monroe, Michigan, "Only in Monroe," as reported… Read the rest of the article: Paramount backs off attempt to suppress Stephen Colbert's post-Late Show public access party

On July 1, 2015, shortly before taking over "The Late Show" on CBS, Stephen Colbert unexpectedly spent an hour at midnight guest-hosting a public access television show in Monroe, Michigan,… Read the rest of the article: Stephen Colbert follows up Late Show finale by hosting Michigan public access program

Tom the Dancing Bug: The Shadow Docket comes out of the shadows! -> Please join the team that makes it possible for your friendly neighborhood comic strip Tom the Dancing… Read the rest of the article: Tom the Dancing Bug: The Shadow Docket comes out of the shadows!

The best time to start keeping track of the saga of Lapis and Lazuli building their nest in a garden birdhouse, laying six eggs, incubating them, hatching them, and feeding… Read the rest of the article: Livestream: Bluetit nest has six hungry babies

A new New York state bill would ban the use of an ingredient used by most bread bakers in the state, including the makers of New York City's iconic bagels… Read the rest of the article: NYC's iconic bagels and pizzas could change because a carcinogenic ingredient may soon become illegal in NY

Tom the Dancing Bug: Chagrin Falls, Iran -> Please join the team that makes it possible for your friendly neighborhood comic strip Tom the Dancing Bug to exist in this… Read the rest of the article: Tom the Dancing Bug: Your average family in Chagrin Falls, Iran