So Tom Batiuk’s recent email newsletter started off with this December 2008 strip:
Comic Book Harriet wondered why Batiuk chose to highlight this seemingly random strip in his email newsletter. I have a different questrion:
Why did Tom Batiuk choose to include this absolutely disgusting strip in his email newsletter? Continue reading “Bad Parenting From Beyond The Grave”
Happy Birthday Tom Batiuk!
I went back in my archives to see if ol Tom ever saddled one of his characters with his own birthday to celebrate. But I couldn’t find anyone with Pi Day, as their Cake Day. Really, I couldn’t find many places where he acknowledged the date even obliquely. Unless this Crankshaft strip from 2018 counts.
I got a lovely little newsletter last week from our favorite septuagenarian strip writer. One of the singular perks of being on the official mailing list. I thought I’d pass on the highlights, with CBH commentary.
Poster Y. Knott and I have been talking about Tom Batiuk’s history of Pulitzer Prize nominations, and I need to correct the record about something.
Tom Batiuk was a genuine Pulitzer nominee once, in 2008, for the year of work when Lisa died. You can view the list of Pulitzer winners and Finalists for the Cartooning category at https://www.pulitzer.org/prize-winners-by-category/215. He was not a finalist in 1987, which I’ve long incorrectly claimed he was. So that’s my fault, and I apologize to poster Y. Knott for not checking my facts first. I have a journalism background and I need to be better than that. Continue reading “Is Tom Batiuk Really An Award-Winning Writer?”
Oops! longer posts are hard! Take this bit of Csroberto inspired nonsense in the meantime!
Son of Stuck Funky 