In the first row, second from the left, is Charles M. Schulz at Camp Campbell, Kentucky, in 1943. Schulz was in Company B of the 8th Armored Infantry Battalion, which is why I picked this cartoon by Sparky’s good buddy Bill Mauldin.
70 years ago
Category: Cartooning
The Ditko Public Service Package
Legendary comic book artist Steve Ditko, co-creator of Spider-Man and the creator of Dr. Strange, has long been an adherent of Ayn Rand’s so-called Objectivism. I read both Atlas Shrugged and The Fountainhead in college, while studying for my B.A. in Economics, and I think Rand’s ideas are ludicrous, but I enthusiastically support Ditko’s work.
The Ditko Public Service Package on Kickstarter, run by Robin Snyder, Ditko’s publisher, is reprinting an unusual book that came out over twenty years ago. The campaign has two more weeks to go, and I am very pleased that the fund has more than the $4900 that’s needed for the project. I contributed $106, with the extra six bucks for shipping.
The Big Snit
If you like cartoons, and you have never seen The Big Snit, you should watch The Big Snit.
It was 20 years ago today
For only $12/year you can subscribe to GoComics. And if you do, you will find Calvin & Hobbes. This installment is one of the more famous Sunday strips by Watterson.
Stan the Man
Love him as I do, or despise him as some others do, Stanley Martin Lieber turns 90 years old today.
Santa’s Helper
Haddon Sundblom is a name you may not know, but when we think of Santa Claus it’s Sundblom’s classic depictions of him in paintings for Coca-Cola that we’re thinking of. His last painting wasn’t of Santa, but of one of his helpers, and it wasn’t commissioned by Coca-Cola.
