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Candorville lampoon of Senator Bunning "treasonous and traitor-like"

Blog: July 20th, 2006

From yesterday’s Lexington Herald-Leader:
Sen. Jim Bunning made newspapers across the United States again yesterday — this time in the funny pages.A national cartoonist with a reputation for wry political humor took a swing at Kentucky’s Hall of Famer after Bunning called for The New York Times to be charged with treason.Candorville, which runs in about […]

Candorville on Stem Cell Research

Blog: July 25th, 2006

Chuck posted the following:
I’d like to make a comment on today’s strip–but I’m afraid it would take too much time. Suffice it to say: We apparently value our own citizen’s lives over those of other country’s citizens. But 10000 in 4 years is less of a holocaust than millions over 30 years. 
First of all, it’s […]

Candorville book sells out (sort of)

Blog: July 30th, 2006

Thanks to those of you who still had a little money left after your job was outsourced and Exxon-Mobil mugged you on your way to the unemployment office, I’ve just sold my last copies of the Candorville: Thank God for Culture Clash book! A new batch should arrive tomorrow, so if you ordered a book […]

Calling all spinners — explain how Bush has "made us safer."

Blog: September 25th, 2006

There are times when being right makes you the happiest person in the world, and then there are the times it makes you crap your pants. Guess which one of those times this is. I want every angry, slogan-spouting flag-waiver who’s ever written in ordering me to “leave the President alone, he’s making us safer” […]

New Candorville book, collector’s edition available here!

Blog: October 1st, 2006

The new Candorville book, “Another Stereotype Bites the Dust,” isn’t in stores yet, but I have managed to get my grubby hands on a few dozen copies, so you can get it today from the Candorville website!Book 2 picks up where the first one left off. Lemont’s recent disastrous date with the Crazy Vegetarian Chick […]

Appearance: Schulz Museum, October 21, 1p.m.

Blog: October 17th, 2006

As part of the Schulz Museum’s celebration of the 40th anniversary of “It’s the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown,” they’re hosting a panel featuring myself and three other cartoonists, all discussing how Peanuts influenced our work and the industry. The other talking heads will be Keith Knight (of “K Chronicles” fame), Paige Braddock (Jane’s World) and […]

Vote and be deported

Blog: November 2nd, 2006

One reader wrote in to complain about today’s strip, which he’s absolutely, positively, “150% sure” is an example of Candorville “makeing up stuff all thu time!” (Since he was so creative with the spelling, I figured I’d leave it as it was). I was very surprised to learn that Mr. “Fuk off looser” (well, that’s […]

Channeling one’s inner loser

Blog: December 2nd, 2006

Not a week goes by that I don’t check my inbox and see a variation of the following question: “Mr. Bell/Darrin/Moron, how do you get the characters in ‘Candorville’ to seem so three-dimensional? I want to work long hours for 1970’s wages as a cartoonist someday, but my characters seem so flat and lifeless.”Here’s how […]

Candorville on YouTube

Blog: December 18th, 2006

According to Time Magazine, we are all the “Person of the Year,” and much of the credit for that goes to YouTube. YouTube’s begun to fulfill the promise of the Internet: Just a few short years ago, the national pastime of America’s youth (myself included, I confess) was sitting in front of a flickering TV […]

Chicago Cancels Candorville

Blog: January 1st, 2007

What a New Year’s present. Today the Chicago Tribune cancelled Candorville, as well as Prickly City. This was in my inbox this morning:
Dear Mr. Bell: My New Year’s present from the Chicago Tribune was dropping your strip. Every morning it has been my pleasure to read Candorville. I am angry (pissed is better). […]