Comics

Dahl's Boston

Francis W. Dahl was a cartoonist for the Boston Herald Traveler from 1930 well into the 1950s. He died in ’73. When my family moved to the Boston area in […]

Dramatarchie

I’ve read this comic. The satires are ostensibly of movies, but of course any boxing drama cliches derive from Odets’ Golden Boy, and the legend of Caesar and Cleopatra were […]

Applauding the Furniture

I’ve lost the title and issue number this came from, but this is the final page from one of my all-time favorite Archie theater-themed stories. Stan Goldberg is clearly the […]

Theater Jerk Comics Section

Another crop of theater-themed comics, culled from GoComics.com and Comics Kingdom (formerly Daily Ink): Dana Simpson’s foxy Ozy and Millie, Mike Baldwin’s gag panel Cornered, the ever-brilliant Cul de Sac […]

Popeye Culture

          From the regularly magnificent Popeye comic book published by IDW, written by Roger Langridge and drawn by Vince Musacchia. Issue #11 is titled The Conniving […]

Beatle the Fifth

These Paper Bullets! (at Yale Rep through April 5) ain’t the only Shakespeare/Beatles blend out in the world right now. Towards the end of the graphic non-fiction narrative The Fifth […]

NHTJ Comics Section

More mirth drawn from the invaluable strip site GoComics. The comics this time are by Scott Hilburn (The Argyle Sweater), Brian Anderson (Dog Eat Doug), Dan Thompson (Lost Sheep), Tak […]

Stagelife with Archie

Splash page from the “Archie Marries Betty” section of the current (34th) issue of Life With Archie, the magazine which charts the romances and careers of the Riverdale gang as […]