Mike Lynch
@mikelynchcartoons.bsky.social
Clients worldwide. Natl Cartoonists Society. Jack Davis Award. NH Teaching Artist. NEC Adjunct.
Here's my (much-needed!) spotlight on an extraordinary, and mostly forgotten Danish cartoonist-illustrator, Povl Norholt (1908-1993). A feast for the eyes!
Povl Norholt’s Danish Delights
« Denmark is like a secret little place with its own special language. » — Helena Christensen Here’s a post that has been a looong time coming. To wit: back on May 14th, 2015, I wrote: …
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The garden as of mid-July. We are getting the orange, cloudy sky the past couple of days due to smoke from Canadian wildfires. Zucchini is a little slow for now, and very few cucumbers. But soon, the cucumbers, peppers, zucchini will start churning out more and more. #gardening
Here’s the garden as of mid-June. Everything is coming up fast: cucumbers, peppers, zucchini tomatoes, runner beans. I’m mowing the lawn ever 5-7 days. The birds are eating a lot. #gardening
A grand time at this month’s #BerndtToastGang luncheon where chapter chair Adrian Sinnott rcvd the Tim Rosenthal award. My thx to Karen Evans, Johnny Sampson, & Ray Alma for asking me if I would, as former BTG Chair, come down from New England & present it to him. It was my honor. #berndttoastgang
A book on manga history that was so full of errors and false claims that I felt like I had to write a blog post about it to warn people got nominated for an Eisner Award for Best Academic Work. Truly post-truth society 🤷♂️ eikeexner.com/2025/11/26/n...
Early Manga Historiography, the Importance of Consulting Primary Sources, and the Limits of Peer Review
There’s a new book on manga history, Manga’s First Century: Creators and Fans Make Japanese Comics, 1905–1989, written by Andrea Horbinski and published by the University of California Press.…
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Yoshiharu Tsuge (1937-2026) Obituary by Zack Davisson in The Comics Journal: www.tcj.com/yoshiharu-ts...
Yoshiharu Tsuge, 1937-2026 - The Comics Journal
I had a conversation the other day about “manga style.” They insisted that there was an identifiable, imitable art style from Japan that could be replicated for other audiences. I said Japan’s legacy ...
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“There is no longer a shared sense of what is true. I know first-hand that when facts are questioned, rather than verified and used to build common ground…” Growing up abroad, there is a lot here that most US citizens will fail to understand (re: healthcare). Brilliant article. Read:
Pat Bagley@bagleycartoons.bsky.social · 5mo ago“access to affordable health care and education has become radicalised in the US. To a Ukrainian, or indeed most Europeans, these are simply what people expect from a functioning state” www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
Ted Lasso Season 4 official AppleTV trailer! #tedlasso youtu.be/PxZg4SfIURg?...
Ted Lasso — Season 4 Official Teaser | Apple TV
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A 1970s Yankee Doodles lunchbox based on a same name bicentennial themed comic strip. As Allan Holtz writes: “Given that Americans aren't all that keen on ridiculing the founding fathers, the gags could often veer from tepid to mildly offensive.” strippersguide.blogspot.com/2013/01/obsc...
Putting in alfalfa meal, bone meal, kelp meal & garden lime to refresh raised beds. Burying a couple of metal colanders with fresh compost in each bed. It was 29 degrees last night - too early to plant. The trillium & periwinkle don’t care. They r happily blooming away. #garden
Many happy returns to my Dad on what would be his 89th birthday today. He's been gone over a year and is dearly missed.
I tend to not post sketchbook drawings. A sketchbook is to try things out and make a mess and not worry about whether something is "good" or "bad." Anyway, here are a few drawings from my sketchbook, some good, some bad. Much more here: mikelynchcartoons.blogspot.com/2026/04/some...
Frank Godwin’s comic strip Connie, about an adventurous female reporter & detective, ran from 1927 to 1944. There have been a few collections of the dailies, but for the 1st time, Classic Comics Press is working on it. mikelynchcartoons.blogspot.com/2026/03/clas... #frankgodwin #newspapercomics
Just looking through some old comics and found a mail order advert for Small Prophets
The crimes committed by ICE and CBP aren't accidents or outliers. They're the point. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
Courts have ruled 4,400 times that ICE jailed people illegally. It hasn’t stopped.
The decisions amount to a huge legal rebuke, one the administration has ignored.
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I met a traveler from an ancient land…
Sanho Tree@sanho.bsky.social · 7mo agoWe all know how this ends.
TAPPER: You called Renee Good a "domestic terrorist." Why did you not wait for an investigation? NOEM: Everything I've said has been proven to be factual and the truth. This administration wants to operate in transparency. T: What you said is not what happened N: It absolutely is what happened
17 GOP defectors broke with their party to protect health subsidies—a sharp rebuke to Speaker Mike Johnson.
House passes three-year ACA extension
17 GOP defectors broke with their party to protect health subsidies—a sharp rebuke to Speaker Mike Johnson.
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Another inch or two of snow. Just enough to shovel, clear the car and the feeders. I put out fresh seed, mealworms and suet. Tonight: ice and snow and rain. #newengland #winter
Watching the narrative fall apart in seconds.
Trump Official Tries To Claim Antifa Is Top National 'Threat'—Then Flails Over Simple Questions
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Please pardon the commercial Interruption: Comics Kingdom is offering 50% off EVERYTHING in the Bizarro shop, not just prints. Apply code bizarroholiday25 at checkout shop.comicskingdom.com/collect.../b...
Brr. Cold, snowy, but still beautiful on the coast of Maine. Not that we lasted long sitting out here! #Maine #crescentbeach
