Comic Riffs Archive: The Morning Line
The Morning Line: Arizona cartoonist apologizes for Tucson tragedy remarks on CNN
GALLERY: Nation's cartoonists respond to the Tucson shooting (Cartoon: David Fitzsimmons / courtesy of cagle.com) Within hours of the tragedy, Arizona Daily Star editorial cartoonist and columnist David Fitzsimmons apologized for his politically charged remarks. Fitzsimmons was on the...
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Michael Cavna
| January 10, 2011; 8:30 AM ET |
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The Morning Line, The Political Cartoon
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David Fitzsimmons
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BREAKING: 'Judge Parker' artist Eduardo Barreto is 'gravely ill'; new artist sought
Beginning next week, readers will notice a significantly different look to the comic strip "Judge Parker." That is because Eduardo Barreto, the feature's artist since 2006, is gravely ill. "Eduardo is not coming back," Woody Wilson, the longtime writer...
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Michael Cavna
| February 12, 2010; 9:13 AM ET |
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Interviews With Cartoonists, The Comic Book, The Comic Strip, The Morning Line
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Eduardo Barreto, Graham Nolan, John Heebink, Judge Parker, King Features Syndicate, Woody Wilson
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2010: A SNOW ODYSSEY: 'I Can Haz feline Snowmageddon diversions'
[ NOTE: Updated at 9:50 a.m. with new cartoonage.] Ah, the Morning After. The groggy rise. Time to embrace the Big Dig-Out. To the shutters we go and...yeow, too bright, too bright. We need coffee. We need more time. And...
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Michael Cavna
| February 11, 2010; 9:50 AM ET |
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The Morning Line, The Political Cartoon
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From Saints to would-be sinners: our Fave Five picks this minute...
THE MORNING QUICKIE: From N'awlins to New Jersey, our fave five cartoon-related picks this minute... 5. FAVE POLITICAL CARTOON O' THE DAY: In the wake of the Supreme Court's recent ruling to remove curbs on corporate donations to political...
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Michael Cavna
| January 26, 2010; 9:05 AM ET |
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The Morning Line, The Political Cartoon
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Drew Litton, Fredo&Pid'jin, Mike Luckovich, New Jersey Comic Con
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The Post's new Sunday funnies lineup: What hath change wrought?
The official 'Riffs question of the day, my fellow Sunday funnies fans: "Why-oh-why was the beautifully and substantively artistic 'Mutts' comic moved inside today and squeezed within an inch of its life?" Braving such treacherous elements as slick ice,...
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Michael Cavna
| January 5, 2010; 9:05 AM ET |
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The Comic Strip, The Morning Line
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Baby Blues, Doonesbury, Mutts, Sherman's Lagoon
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Michael Chabon & Wes Anderson pick 'em: Their favorite Christmas animation
Michael Chabon is mulling the favorite holiday TV specials of his childhood -- as a man in his mid-40s, he was weaned on some of pop culture's "classics" -- but there is no hesitation when the Pulitzer-winning author has...
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Michael Cavna
| December 16, 2009; 12:20 PM ET |
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The Animation, The Morning Line
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Charlie Brown Christmas, Michael Chabon, Rankin-Bass, Wes Anderson
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