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today: ‘If you really hate someone… ‘

Randall Munroe of the web comic xkcd today covers the bane of existence for all type geeks: Randall was all over the death of Steve Jobs and the great East Coast earthquake, as well. xkcd updates three times a week. Find the strip’s home page here.

Feb. 3: Doonesbury takes on QR codes

Doonesbury took on QR codes Thursday: Doonesbury of course, is by Garry Trudeau. Find the strip’s online home here. Previous mentions of Doonesbury here in the blog: Sept. 17, 2008: “You’re being offered a buyout. You’re one of the lucky ones.” March 2, 2009: “About to scratch myself, stand by.” June 29, 2009: “No, thanks. I hear they’re dying.” Jan. [...]

Jan. 28: Your weekend belly laugh

The San Francisco Chronicle‘s Don Asmussen just keeps getting funnier and funnier. Brilliant stuff. Find Don’s online comic archive here. Previous times I’ve blogged about Don’s work: Various headlines Katy Perry and Sesame Street Chilean miners and a new logo for al-Qaeda The Tucson shootings Bankruptcy of Borders bookstores Charlie Sheen‘s nutty behavior The Osama bin Laden story Fake pictures [...]

Jan. 21: Don Asmussen’s take on the GOP primary and the cruise liner wreck

Funny stuff as usual from the San Francisco Chronicle‘s Don Asmussen: With just the Republican primary alone, Don’s had plenty to work with over the past few weeks: Find Don’s online comic archive here. Previous times I’ve blogged about Don’s work: Various headlines Katy Perry and Sesame Street Chilean miners and a new logo for al-Qaeda The Tucson shootings Bankruptcy [...]

Jan. 12: The future of advertising and media (1)

Forget everything you’ve read about the future of media and advertising. I saw this brilliant, brilliant cartoon today by Zach Weiner of Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal. I can just about see this really happening… You saw it here first. Zach’s work is terrific. He posts daily. Find SMBC here.

Nov. 23, 2011: Calling all comic strip fans: Soon, you, too, can go Pogo (1)

Hitting bookstores right about… now… is a new collection of classic Pogo comic strips by Walt Kelly. Published by Fantagraphics books, this book collects the very first of Kelly’s syndicated Pogo strips, starting in May 1949 and running through the end of 1950. Also included are Sunday strips from that same period and Pogo strips from the New York Star [...]

Nov. 2, 2011: The last word on the Herman Cain controversy…

…comes today from Don Asmussen. Brilliant. Don is the artist and writer for Bad Reporter, a regular online feature of the San Francisco Chronicle. Find the Bad Reporter web page here. Previous times I’ve blogged about Don’s work: Various headlines Katy Perry and Sesame Street Chilean miners and a new logo for al-Qaeda The Tucson shootings Bankruptcy of Borders bookstores [...]

Oct. 31, 2011: The conclusion of the Victoria Advocate’s Halloween-themed graphic novel

For each of the past four Sundays, the Victoria Advocate — a 28,300-circulation daily in Victoria, Texas — has published two full broadsheet-sized installments of a Halloween-themed graphic novel written and illustrated by staffer Robert Zavala and using images of local folks as “actors.” The first two installments were published Oct. 9. Click for a larger look:   The next [...]

Oct. 30, 2011: ‘Dilbert’ takes on ‘digital media curation’

Boy, is there a lot of truth in this one. That’s today’s Dilbert comic strip by Scott Adams. Previous times that strip has appeared here in the blog: Dilbert takes on creativity Dilbert takes on social media Dilbert takes on art departments Dilbert takes on aggregation Find Dilbert‘s home on the web here.

Oct. 24, 2011: The next two installments of the Victoria (Texas) Advocate’s graphic novel (1)

As we’ve mentioned before, one of my favorite small papers in the country — the 28,300-circulation Victoria (Texas) Advocate — is publishing a supernatural-themed graphic novel this month. Every Sunday, the Advocate runs two full-page broadsheet installments. Parts one and two ran on Oct. 9. Click for a larger view.   Parts three and four inserted Oct. 16.   Parts [...]

Oct. 16, 2011: Who is that mysterious stranger in Camelot? (1)

Do you get Prince Valiant in your Sunday comics section? We do. The Virginian-Pilot‘s new-and-improved comics are smaller than ever before these days, making it very difficult to read Prince Valiant. But we still enjoy it every Sunday. Which brings me to the strip’s new storyline. A mysterious blonde man appeared in the story this week. He appears what seems [...]

Oct. 10, 2011: For your Halloween entertainment: A graphic novel from the Victoria Advocate

Looks like the Victoria Advocate — a 28,300-circulation daily in Victoria, Texas — has done it again. The paper has long been a place that has the wackiest ideas for features presentation. And then puts those ideas into print. Creative director Ryan Huddle did wonderful work there for years, much of which you’ve seen featured here in the blog. Ryan [...]

Oct. 7, 2011: Dilbert takes on creativity

Today’s Dilbert comic strip by Scott Adams. Click for a larger view: Ouch. As someone who makes his living mostly by consulting these days, that strikes just a little too close to home. Hilarious, though. Made me snort coffee out my nose. Which was a neat trick: I was drinking Diet Coke at the time. Find Dilbert‘s online home here.

Oct. 6, 2011: One of the most brilliant Steve Jobs memorials you’ll see today (1)

This is an “eternal flame” for fallen Apple computer leader Steve Jobs, as imagined by Randall Munroe of the web comic xkcd: Pure brilliance. Randall was all over the great East Coast earthquake, as well. Find that one here. xkcd updates three times a week. Find the strip’s home page here. Find my previous Steve Jobs posts here and here.

Sept. 22, 2011: Lament of the journalist blogger

Garry Trudeau today zinged the journalist blogger. And, as usual, he’s right on target. Find Doonesbury‘s online home here.

Sept. 21, 2011: This goes to the top of my wish list (3)

I’m a huge fan of Art Spiegelman. And especially Maus, Spiegelman’s cartoon retelling of the Holocaust and a son’s struggle to understand his Holocaust-survivor father. Maus won a Pulitzer Prize in 1992, and rightfully so. It’s powerful work.   Previously, Spiegelman had been a big part of the underground comics movement of the late 1960s and early 1970s. But without [...]

Sept. 9, 2011: For your consideration…

This explains a lot, doesn’t it? Sure, al Qaeda is hiring cheap interns to fill key positions. But I’ll bet folks like Osama bin Laden got sweet, sweet bonuses. That, of course, is the Bad Reporter web comic by Don Asmussen of the San Francisco Chronicle. He’s the same guy who blew the lid off of the time al Qaeda [...]

July 20, 2011: Going to the San Diego Comic-Con? Keep an eye out for Paul Horn

Former San Diego Union-Tribune news artist and illustrator Paul Horn is preparing for yet another crazy week at the San Diego Comic-Con. A 1991 graduate of the University of Nevada-Reno, Paul spent a year as an illustrator for the Daily Sparks Tribune of Sparks, Nev., before becoming assistant graphics editor of the Reno Gazette-Journal in 1990. He moved to the [...]

July 12, 2011: When grammar freaks get freaky (1)

A very funny cartoon today from Randall Munroe of the web comic xkcd: The cartoonist adds: The best thing about Strunk/White fanfiction is that it’s virtually guaranteed to be well written. Find the xkcd web comic home page here. Thanks to Melissa Umbarger of the Greensboro, N.C., News & Record for pointing this out tonight via Facebook.

May 18, 2011: Best take I’ve seen yet on the Schwarzenegger story

This was posted today by Don Asmussen of the San Francisco Chronicle on his Bad Reporter web comic page. Sheer brilliance. Find Bad Reporter here. Previous times I’ve shown you Don’s work: Various headlines Katy Perry and Sesame Street Chilean miners and a new logo for al-Qaeda The Tucson shootings Bankruptcy of Borders bookstores Charlie Sheen‘s nutty behavior The Osama [...]

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