A few links

Rare political cartoon by Lucy van Pelt found.

For the sake of the children, Batman must die!

And meanwhile, Superman vs. Jesus by Ty Templeton.

A look at just a few months of 1950s Prize romance comics with lots of Kirby.

Communist super-villains from Steve Bissette's upcoming return to 1963 TALES OF THE UNCANNY.

Sluggo and the Cookie Shortage.

I've posted a bunch of 1950s Ditko stories recently, I especially like this one, check it out and if you like follow the links for more, there are some 125 or so full stories available so far, expect about another hundred of them in the next year.

Cathy, 1976-2010

On the news that "cartoonist" Cathy Guisewite is ending her comic strip, am I the only one who first thought of this:

1994 comic by Evan Dorkin, available in his collection WHO'S LAUGHING NOW? if you want to appreciate him with money.

It took 16 years, but the children will soon be safe.

Strange Schulz...

One day I'll have to go through the full run on Peanuts and try to identify the dozen strangest images, in or out of context, that Charles Schulz put in there. It's sometimes very jarring, when there's a run of perfectly standard, amusing strips, and then you turn the page and see something like this:

Yes, really.

Early 1967 seems to be an especially good time for some mildly unsettling images.