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Comic Riffs: December 13, 2009 - December 19, 2009
Vote Here: Which is the 'Best Comic of the Decade'?
Your nominations are in -- now it's time to choose a winner. Last week, Comic Riffs solicited reader nominations about which strips should be considered for the "Best Comic of the Decade." Having whittled down the noms to the...
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Michael Cavna
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December 17, 2009; 9:05 AM ET |
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The Comic Strip
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The E-Mailbag
| Tags: Best Comic of the Decade
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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
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December 16, 2009; 12:20 PM ET |
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The Animation
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The Morning Line
| Tags: Charlie Brown Christmas, Michael Chabon, Rankin-Bass, Wes Anderson
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Really, TIME magazine? The 'Best'?? Here are 10 more editorial cartoons to consider
Declaring anything the absolute best -- short of da Vinci, Einstein or Derek Jeter -- is a fool's errand and the height of trivial human folly. (And if you disagree vehemently with dubbing the Yankee shortstop the "best" --...
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Michael Cavna
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December 15, 2009; 12:45 PM ET |
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The Political Cartoon
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The Rants
| Tags: Chip Bok, David Fitzsimmons, David Horsey, J.D. Crowe, Jen Sorensen, Matt Bors, Mike Luckovich, Nate Beeler, Scott Stantis, Steve Breen
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The death of Editor & Publisher: A cartoonist mourns
For years, upon being syndicated, a cartoonist could experience three things that made the dream feel real. Two of those, of course, were seeing one's cartoon in the newspaper and receiving your first check from the syndicate. The third...
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Michael Cavna
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December 14, 2009; 10:05 AM ET |
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The Riffs
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This Riffster's Reading List
| Tags: Editor & Publisher, Rob Tornoe, Steve Greenberg
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