"The 2025 state of the climate report: a planet on the brink" by William J Ripple, Christopher Wolf, Michael E Mann, Johan Rockström, et al. academic.oup.com/bioscience/a...

Following several unnamed appearances, Snoopy's name was first used in "Peanuts" 75 years ago, on November 10, 1950:

The Spirit from November 10, 1940, featuring the Black Queen! Art by Will Eisner & letters by Sam Rosen.

A place for everyone: “after school”, text by Travis Diehl - e-flux Carnegie Museum of Art www.e-flux.com/education/fe...

"After School" exhibition - Carnegie Museum of Art. after school is curated by Theodossis Issaias, curator at Heinz Architectural Center, and Alyssa Velazquez, assistant curator, with McKenzie Stupica, curatorial fellow. carnegieart.org/exhibition/a...

Today is the birthday of artist Stan Drake (Nov. 9, 1921-March 10, 1997). He is most known for drawing the newspaper comic strip, The Heart of Juliet Jones, from 1953 to 1989, the comic strip Blondie from 1984 until his death, and the Kelly Green graphic novels.

Johnny Hart and Brant Parker's "The Wizard of Id" first appeared on November 9, 1964. Here's the first strip, which introduced the primary cast:

Entrevista con Jenny Gallego - Oxfam Colombia en @revistaraya.bsky.social revistaraya.com/movimientos-...

The Spirit from November 7, 1948. Art by Will Eisner, with letters by Abe Kanegson.

Little Nemo in Slumberland by Winsor McCay from November 6, 1910.

"The impact of handwriting and typing practice in children’s letter and word learning: Implications for literacy development" by Gorka Ibaibarriaga, Joana Acha Manuel Perea www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Mood

The first Superman Sunday newspaper strip was published on November 5, 1939.

I2 Revista Investigación e Innovación en Arquitectura y Territorio UA - Universidad de Alicante. "Agencias de calor. Experimentos pedagógicos para la arquitectura en estrés térmico" por Daniel Torrego, Marta Gayoso Heredia, Miguel Núñez Peiró, Carmen Sánchez-Guevara: i2.ua.es/article/view...

Mariano Dolci, el titellaire que va donar veu als infants www.rosasensat.org/mariano-dolc...

Gasoline Alley by Frank King from November 4, 1923.

Today is the birthday of cartoonist T.S. Sullivant (Nov. 4, 1854- Aug. 7, 1926). His work has influenced generations of cartoonists & animators, such as Walt Disney & Walt Kelly.

“The Golden Ratio in Learning Spaces: Cognitive Impact, User Preference, and Sustainability Implications” by Mar Llorens-Gámez, Juan Luis Higuera-Trujillo , carla sentieri omarrementería, Carmen Llinares lnkd.in/eHHZE9Va

"Bogotá reduce el hambre urgente en niños, pero crece el hambre silenciosa" entrevista con Felipe Mariño, director de Bogotá Cómo Vamos. www.lasillavacia.com/red-de-exper...

Ditko!

I2 Revista Investigación e Innovación en Arquitectura y Territorio UA - Universitat d'Alacant / Universidad de Alicante. Indexaciones: i2.ua.es/indexaciones

Cassandra Miller & Silvia Tarozzi: Bismillah Meets the Creator in Springtime www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_py...

Based on Alex Raymond's comic strip, the "Jungle Jim" radio show premiered 90 years ago, on November 2, 1935. Jungle Jim was voiced by Matt Crowley, who voiced other comics characters on the radio, such as Buck Rogers, Dick Tracy and Mark Trail. Here's the Jungle Jim strip from November 3, 1935.

Today is the birthday of Thaddeus "Ted" Shearer (Nov. 1, 1919–Dec. 26, 1992), cartoonist, advertising art director, veteran of WWII, & creator of the comic strip Quincy. He also illustrated the book series about young detective Billy Jo Jive, which became an animated segment on Sesame Street.

Is atmospheric CO2 concentration accelerating? Are humans the primary cause of this acceleration? Does more CO2 directly cause more planetary heating? The Climate 8-ball is lost in River City.

For the doomers who just can't get enough doom in their day to sleep well, David Spratt is like 200mg Trazodone: "and our government keeps on licensing new gas projects and you know each new license is another suicide note for part of humanity"" www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWVZ...

Your 'moment of doom' for Oct. 31, 2025 ~ The illusion of being eternal. "Last year was ... likely the hottest in at least 125,000 years. An international team of scientists warns that the world is sliding toward what they call 'climate-driven chaos.'" www.earth.com/news/study-s...

Gasoline Alley by Frank King from October 29, 1922.

La Tierra podría llegar a los 3 grados de calentamiento en solo 25 años: reportersonline.eu/earth-can-re...

Pre-Code horror: “League of the Damned!” from Witches Tales #7 (January 1952), page 2.

Will Eisner’s The Spirit from October 28, 1945. Art by Lou Fine & Don Komisarow, with letters by Martin deMuth.

The comic series Asterix was first published on October 29, 1959, in the French magazine Pilote. Written by René Goscinny & illustrated by Albert Uderzo.

"El espíritu de la juventud y las calles de la ciudad y otros escritos sobre educación y compromiso social" de Jane Adams en Ediciones Morata edmorata.es/producto/el-...

Little Nemo in Slumberland by Winsor McCay from October 28, 1906.

The newspaper comic strip Krazy Kat, created by George Herriman, premiered on October 28, 1913. The characters had previously appeared as a side strip to The Dingbat Family. Krazy Kat ran until Herriman’s death in 1944.

This PEANUTS comic strip was published #OTD on October 28, 1953.

Breaking News! Code UFB!!! October 25th, 2025 was the hottest on record for the date since records began in 1940, making it likely the hottest October 25th in the last 120,000 years. More records are forecast to be set over the next week. Stay tuned.

Your 'moment of doom' for Oct. 27, 2025 ~ No exit. "after several centuries of net negative emissions levels and gradual global cooling, the Southern Ocean abruptly released a burst of accumulated heat ... that led to a decadal- to centennial-scale period of warming." eos.org/research-spo...

Here’s a short piece by Mort Walker recalling the time a group of cartoonists invited Lichtenstein into the lion’s den.

Roy Lichtenstein, who took recontextualized comic art to fine art galleries and worldwide fame and fortune, was born on October 27, 1923. Years after his death, he remains a deeply polarizing figure (parody? homage? plagiarism?) among comics fans.

The Superman Sunday newspaper strip from October 27, 1940. With giant robots!

Gasoline Alley by Frank King from October 26, 1924. This is one of my favorites, but poor Avery.

Breaking News! Code Yikes! October 24th just came in at 1.75°C over the pre-industrial 1850-1900 baseline, making it the second hottest Oct. 24th on record and possibly the 2nd hottest Oct. 24th in the last 120,000+ years. And the peak of this spike is still ahead. Stay tuned!

Buena charla de Juan Navarro Baldeweg en el Museo Nacional del Prado. www.youtube.com/watch?v=usUs...

In which I (supposedly!) said something funny.

"Foro de investigación. La participación de los niños en el aprendizaje de su arquitectura y patrimonio". Facultad de Artes. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. 22 octubre 2025. osamenor10.blogspot.com/2025/10/de-i...

Okay, the guy who runs Classic Comics Press just said on another social media site that he just completed collecting a full run of daily strips for the Rusty Riley comic strip. 90% of you don't know what this means by I am so psyched! A beautifully illustrated comic strip.

Will Eisner’s The Spirit from October 24, 1943. Art by Lou Fine, with letters by Martin DeMuth.

El Gran Salto al Vacío. En TOC: crashoil.blogspot.com/2025/10/el-g...

Vintage ad (Stan and Jan Berenstain for Shell):