I'm not one who's given to reading self-help columns, though I'm up for a good piece of advice now and then (people around me say I need advice more t...

You were an icon, but a quiet one. You were famous without reveling in celebrity, and you never forgot your mission, which was to help people. Like the best writers, you used your wits and talents and common sense to serve your readers.

Dave's beat allowed him to have close interactions with columnists like Ann Landers, Dear Abby, Walter Cronkite and just about every cartoonist who has ever walked the planet. He writes about those people and experiences in Comic (and Column) Confessional.

Here's a fun game: Spot the difference between "Partly sunny" and "Partly cloudy" icons. There isn't one.

In 2007, "Dear Abby" author Jeanne Phillips publicly -- and controversially -- spoke out in support of gay marriage. Since that time, she has become a...