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Toon Brew
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A blog about anything and everything related to comic strips, Toon Brew especially focuses on exploring the history of comics, discussing cartoon theory, and analyzing daily strips in as much or as little detail as I feel like!
Recent Posts
Garfield Minus Garfield
I found this via those rapscallions over at Unshelved. Words fail me. Here’s what the site’s author has to say: Who would have guessed that when you remove Garfield from the Garfield comic strips, the result is an even better comic about...
Surrealistic “It”
The amorphous “it” factor has been applied to everything from quarterbacks to apple pie. In comics, Pogo had “it;” Peanuts had “it;”Calvin and Hobbes had “it.” Showing no ill effects from his significan...
The opposite of wordless comics
Today’s Dinosaur Comics made me laugh, so I’m gonna post a link to it. So there! I worry about the same thing as T-Rex all the time…...
Ode to wordless storytelling (part 2)
I still love wordless comics, but more importantly, I love wordless stories. There’s a reason for the cliche, and the uber-talented David Wiesner proves it. While not a cartoonist, he is a premier children’s book illustrator, and his rece...
And so have I! (Sort of)
Hello there. I think I’ll start posting again… This time I’m going to be completely self indulgent. I’m going to post comics that I like and talk about things that I like. And I won’t give a second thought at all to what...
Buttercup Festival has returned!
After a three year hiatus, Buttercup Festival, one of my favorite comics, is back. For fans of the whimsical, this fantastically conceptualized comic is well worth checking out. Go here!...

