Our staff artist since pretty much the inception of DK Pittsburgh Sports had to shut down this past winter because of shoulder surgery, but he stopped by our Downtown HQ the other day to let us know he's ready to come off the IR and resume the Cartoon Canon feature that illustrates Pittsburgh sports history.
For anyone who's new, this was one of my favorites from a year ago:
The way this will work moving forward, Cartoon Canon will have its own feed and, in the spirit of the old daily comic strips, he'll have an entry up each morning, Monday-Thursday, then a brand new entry Friday. This will be found on our home page right there with Hot Stove.
I've always loved Rob's work and this feature, so I'm super-stoked it'll be back.
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Dejan Kovacevic
4:47 am - 07.26.2025Latrobe, Pa.Site Stuff: Cartoon Canon's back!
Rob Ullman's back! And he'll be better than ever!
Our staff artist since pretty much the inception of DK Pittsburgh Sports had to shut down this past winter because of shoulder surgery, but he stopped by our Downtown HQ the other day to let us know he's ready to come off the IR and resume the Cartoon Canon feature that illustrates Pittsburgh sports history.
For anyone who's new, this was one of my favorites from a year ago:
ROB ULLMAN / DKPS
And here's a much larger sampling.
The way this will work moving forward, Cartoon Canon will have its own feed and, in the spirit of the old daily comic strips, he'll have an entry up each morning, Monday-Thursday, then a brand new entry Friday. This will be found on our home page right there with Hot Stove.
I've always loved Rob's work and this feature, so I'm super-stoked it'll be back.
INSIDE THE WORKS
• Hope it's been noticed that Chris Halicke and I are giving everything we've got out in Latrobe, and that's every single day. Been a while since we've done something like this at Saint Vincent, if only because it's a challenge and a half, but we feel it'll be worth it to all facets of the business.
• Paying subscribers live ad-free here. If you aren't subscribed yet or if your subscription's expired: This is our subscribe page. From there, make sure you're logged in, tap on the link, and thumb down to the bottom for the SUBSCRIBE button to buy/restart at the monthly or annual level. We also offer mega-discounts for students, seniors and special workers.
• Feel free to add a generous review on our Google business listing, our Apple and Spotify podcast channels and, arguably most important, our own official app pages, whether it's the Apple or Android version. It makes a difference.
BACK TO BUSINESS
• Our page-view numbers were 868,566, with 30,067 unique users over the most recent full seven-day span, July 18-24. Our most-read original piece was my column from PNC Park calling yet again for Ben Cherington's firing, at 28,390.
• Our video views for the past week, also July 18-24, were 224,446. Our most-watched show was the live Double Shot of Steelers on T.J. Watt's signing, at 12,727.
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