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  • Maggie’s World 080: Changes

    MAGGIE’S WORLD BY MAGGIE THOMPSON Maggie’s World 080: Changes Just when you think you’ve figured out what “life as usual” is … Every once in a while, I plan ahead.…

    Maggie’s World 080: Changes
  • Jesse Hamm

    Carousel 021: Drawing vs. Cartooning

    CAROUSEL BY JESSE HAMM Carousel 021: Drawing vs. Cartooning Read any collection of single-panel cartoons, in which the cartoons are organized from the early 20th century to the present, and…

    Carousel 021: Drawing vs. Cartooning
  • Maggie Thompson

    Maggie’s World 079: Beginnings

    MAGGIE’S WORLD BY MAGGIE THOMPSON Maggie’s World 079: Beginnings In a 2015 Heritage auction, I bought an Anglican prayer book for $56. The description was that it had “modern leather…

    Maggie’s World 079: Beginnings
  • Katie Cook

    You Can Draw with Katie Cook 070: How to Draw Pong … No, NOT Pong!

    LET’S DRAW BREAKFAST! You Can Draw with Katie Cook 070: How to Draw Pong … No, NOT Pong! Written by Published Updated

    You Can Draw with Katie Cook 070: How to Draw Pong … No, NOT Pong!
  • Jesse Hamm

    Carousel 020: Problem Solving

    JESSE HAMM’S CAROUSEL Carousel 020: Problem Solving Most lessons on cartooning are meant to be applied under ideal circumstances, when no special problems block the cartoonist’s goals. But in practice,…

    Carousel 020: Problem Solving
  • Maggie Thompson

    Maggie’s World 078: 60 Years Ago

    MAGGIE’S WORLD BY MAGGIE THOMPSON Maggie’s World 078: 60 Years Ago In the most recent installment of this column, I waxed nostalgic about “the Olden Days of Comic Books.” But 1960 received…

    Maggie’s World 078: 60 Years Ago