{"id":86,"date":"2005-05-06T11:35:45","date_gmt":"2005-05-06T15:35:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=86"},"modified":"2005-05-06T11:35:45","modified_gmt":"2005-05-06T15:35:45","slug":"a-missed-holiday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=86","title":{"rendered":"a missed holiday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It could be because the only cartoonist&#8217;s blog (do other cartoonists have blogs?) didn&#8217;t mention it until 11:45 p.m. EDT. Or it could be because I didn&#8217;t see yesterday&#8217;s paper to see the fun gags they pulled in the comics (did they pull any?).<\/p>\n<p>But either way, I managed to miss National Cartoonist&#8217;s Day on May 5, and I&#8217;d like to formally apologize here and now to my favorite cartoonists.<\/p>\n<p>So, I include here links to some of them:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/intrepidadventure.com\/\">Intrepid Adventure<\/a>, by my best friend, Danny Atwood<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.overduemedia.com\/\">Unshelved<\/a>, by fellow library conference exhibitor Bill Barnes and his librarian pal Gene Ambaum<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sfgate.com\/cgi-bin\/article.cgi?file=\/comics\/Mutts.dtl\">Mutts<\/a>, by <a href=\"http:\/\/muttscomics.com\/index.asp\">Patrick McDonnell<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.comics.com\/comics\/forbetter\/\">For Better or For Worse<\/a>, by Lynn Johnston<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.comics.com\/comics\/roseisrose\/\">Rose Is Rose<\/a>, by Pat Brady<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxtrot.com\/\">Foxtrot<\/a>, by Bill Amend<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sfgate.com\/cgi-bin\/article.cgi?file=\/comics\/6Chix.dtl\">Six Chix<\/a>, by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kingfeatures.com\/features\/comics\/sixchix\/about.htm\">Isabella Bannerman (Mondays), Margaret Shulock (Tuesdays), Rina Piccolo (Wednesdays), Ann Telnaes (Thursdays), Kathryn LeMieux (Fridays), Stephanie Piro (Saturdays)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sfgate.com\/cgi-bin\/article.cgi?file=\/comics\/Rhymes_with_Orange.dtl\">Rhymes with Orange<\/a>, by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rhymeswithorange.com\">Hilary Price<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sfgate.com\/cgi-bin\/article.cgi?file=\/comics\/Zits.dtl\">Zits<\/a>, by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kingfeatures.com\/features\/comics\/zits\/about.htm\">Jerry Scott and Jim Borgman<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.comics.com\/comics\/getfuzzy\/\">Get Fuzzy<\/a>, by Darby Conley<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.unitedmedia.com\/comics\/peanuts\/\">Peanuts<\/a>, by Charles Schulz (did you really think he would be left off?)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ucomics.com\/calvinandhobbes\/\">Calvin and Hobbes<\/a>, by Bill Watterson (retired, but not forgotten) [author&#8217;s note: the official site is littered with ads, but it&#8217;s the best I could find]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You might also find <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lambiek.net\/artists\/index.htm\">Lambiek&#8217;s Comiclopedia of Artists<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/happychaos.com\/wci\/\">Women&#8217;s Cartoon Index<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.onlinecomics.net\/pages\/index.php\">Online Comics<\/a> interesting resources.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It could be because the only cartoonist&#8217;s blog (do other cartoonists have blogs?) didn&#8217;t mention it until 11:45 p.m. EDT. Or it could be because I didn&#8217;t see yesterday&#8217;s paper to see the fun gags they pulled in the comics (did they pull any?). 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