Harry Allard’s 1974 book “The Stupids Step Out” has been banned in many places because it’s not funny to refer to people as “stupid,” though you might try the transactional explanation, “It’s not that you’re stupid. It’s that you do stupid things.” Which seems worse, but I’m not going to defend the term, having merely […]
A few years back The Daily Cartoonist reported Darrin Bell had signed a two book deal with Henry Holt & Company. Now three years later the first book is being released. From the Publishers Weekly review: … Later, after Bell’s white mother prohibited him from playing outside with a water gun, she attempted “the talk,” […]
The National Cartoonists Society has disclosed the dates and place for the 2023 Reuben Award “Weekend.” The Reubens will take place at the Hyatt Regency Jersey City on September 6-8. Lock it in your calendars & stay tuned for updates. We have a really fun one planned for you! The NCS announcement was made on […]
Francis (AMS) combines the dread news of the new report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change with the beginning of Ramadan to make a point about the sudden urge to Do Something as compared to having an ongoing tradition of Doing Something.Ramadan began this week, but, of course, an observant Muslim like Gabby not […]
84th Annual Overseas Press Club Awards Honors the Finest International Reporting in 22 Categories Adam Zyglis was named winner in the 2022 Best Cartoon division. THE BEST CARTOON AWARD Best print or digital graphic journalism, including cartoons, on international affairs Sponsor: Mercedes-Benz Adam Zyglis The Buffalo News Judges: Zyglis submitted a portfolio of consistently high-quality […]
Comic strip and comic book artist Joe Giella has passed away. From the Joe Giella – Artist Facebook page: The Giella family wishes for all to celebrate the incredible life of Joe Giella. Joe passed peacefully on March 21st at the age of 94. Joe was such a special person. His presence alone would put […]
Bill Watterson, Charles Schulz, Frank Engli, Alan Foster, and more.News of new Bill Watterson material prompts Colin McEvoy at Biography to recall what the cartoonist has done between the end of the Calvin and Hobbes comic strip and the impending The Mysteries. Needless to say, Watterson’s fans are overjoyed about his first major book since […]
In case you’ve somehow missed it, today’s headline echoes a popular online comment, “Tell me you don’t understand XXX without telling me you don’t understand XXX.” It’s used as a snarky commentary when someone posts something totally off base. It is not a compliment.However, I’m featuring Pedro X. Molina (Counterpoint)‘s cartoon because he does appear […]
How he does a Sally Forth pseudo-wallpaper strip. From cartoonist Jim Keefe: Artist Fun Fact: When working on a Sunday page where I’m holding on the same framing for each panel, I work backwards from the sixth panel in regards to the layout – working from how much room I have with the lettering in […]
October and November of 1936 saw dozens of newspapers print six daily format comic strips relating some catastrophes of the past in America and how the Red Cross was there to ease the suffering. And that’s about as much is known. The newspapers printed the strips with no introduction of any kind, nor with any […]
Let me lead off today’s retrospective by admitting I don’t have dates on all of these cartoons and they may well not be in chronological order, nor were they all preserved in the best possible format for use here. However, I do know that Peter Schrank’s 9/11 cartoon should be first, because I used it […]
The National Newspaper Awards announced the nominees for the 23 categories. The National Newspaper Awards were established in 1949 by the Toronto Press Club, and developed a new governance structure in 1989 under the auspices of the not-for-profit Canadian Daily Newspaper Awards Programme Administration Corporation. The National Newspaper Awards were created to encourage excellence in […]
Willie Ito, Michael Maslin, Vonn Sumner, Charlie Daniel, Ed Steckley, Trina Robbins, Lee Mars, Jules Rivera, moreLong time animator (1954 – 1999) who frequently dabbled in other comic arts … I also was involved with magazine cartoons (Car-Toons magazine in the 1950s), comic strips (four episodes of the annual Disney Christmas comic strip for King […]
Flo’s Diner in Non Sequitur (AMS) had a new customer this past week, one who could rival Captain Eddie in the slinging of entertaining baloney. The arc concluded Saturday with, as Eddie said, a chilling bit of reality.It’s no secret that the Orwellian-named “Freedom Caucus” has control of the House, but it helps to have […]
Joshua Benton at Nieman Lab: Gannett, America’s largest newspaper chain, should wake up each morning thankful for the existence of No. 2 Alden Global Capital. It’s the type of company that inspires debates over whether “vulturous” is too kind of an adjective. If you’re writing an Atlantic cover story on “Who Killed America’s Newspapers?” Alden […]