Recent Comments

1. almost 8 years ago on Wallace the Brave

   This is gorgeous. Please let “Watercolor Wednesdays” be a continuing thing.

2. almost 9 years ago on Origins of the Sunday Comics

   This has been so fun—and so educational. Thanks for all the effort. I’m sad to see Origins end.

3. almost 9 years ago on Origins of the Sunday Comics

   “As we near the final Sunday…”

   Say it ain’t so! I’ll really miss this feature, if so.

4. about 9 years ago on Wallace the Brave

   Oh, man, that beast design is so great!

5. about 10 years ago on Origins of the Sunday Comics

   Absolutely amazing the way motion is handled here…

6. about 10 years ago on Origins of the Sunday Comics

   Feininger’s stuff is so amazing. Thanks for running these!

7. over 10 years ago on Origins of the Sunday Comics

   Wow… such an interesting drawing style: completely uniform line weight and a highly selective/limited use of perspective (like the boxes and ship in panel 7, or the brick wall in panel 5). It reminds me a bit of playing card art.

8. almost 11 years ago on Origins of the Sunday Comics

   Just discovered this feature. Can’t wait to see more of this stuff!

9. almost 12 years ago on Bloom County

   The reduction in strip size has been steady and pretty dramatic. This great image popped up online last week—size comparison of a single 1928 newspaper comic with the entire comics section from a 2013 paper:

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