Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame,With conquering limbs astride from land to land;Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall standA mighty woman with a torch, whose flameIs the imprisoned lightning, and her nameMother of Exiles. From her beacon-handGlows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes commandThe air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame.“Keep, ancient lands, your […]
This week’s comic-related rabbit hole is a somber one. I saw a Bluesky post about the sentencing of Texas tattoo artist Des Sanchez Estrada who was accused of transporting zines in his car. That post by Eisner-nominated author and artist Ryan Estrada (no relation) gained a lot of traction. He tells me he felt compelled […]
Movie News In August 1958 Charlie Brown first took pen to paper to write to a far away friend. That relationship lasted for forty years. Now, as they did with The Little Red-Haired Girl, the animated Peanuts is about to show us Charlie Brown’s mysterious pen pal. From Mark Kennedy at The Independent: The identity […]
9 Chickweed Luann – Two for Tuesday So we are accustomed to Arlo and Janis‘ subtle side glances to sex and 9 Chickweed Lane‘s more direct indications. But Greg and Karen Evans have taken syndicated mainstream comic strips to a new level this week, with two twenty-somethings naked all week long. Acknowledging Creators The week […]
A little rough, but rough times call for rough cartoons, and it’s reasonable to ask whether Dear Leader is a clever, conniving genius or, well, what Sheneman has him call himself. Though after 10 years of wondering whether he is a deliberate liar or believes the non-factual things he says, the rational conclusion is “What […]
“Paintoonist” Jerry Moriarty has passed away. Jerome Brien (Jerry) Moriarty January 15, 1938 – March 25, 2026 Chris Ware has called Jerry Moriarty “one of the great geniuses of the comic strip.” Michael S. Rosenwald at The New York Times is reporting the death of Jerry Moriarty. Jerry Moriarty, Painter Whose Brushstrokes Elevated Comics, Is […]
The nearly 18 year old Comics Kingdom, launched November 2008, had its “most profitable year on record” last year. Tamara Blazquez at NetInfluencer talks to CJ Kettler and Alex Garcia and reports on the success of the platform. Comics Kingdom is the direct-to-consumer platform operated by King Features, a Hearst division founded in 1915 to […]
There’s a lot to grouse about these days, and Wiley does a nice job of summing it up: We’ve got people regretting previous statements and people boasting over their insights, and a significant amount of it all is unearned. I wouldn’t attribute it all to podcasters, but they’re about the only commentators who revisit past […]
From GoComics: “What’s Changing and What to Expect” As of June 24, 2026, the GoComics commenting system has been upgraded. This article covers what’s new, what’s going away, and answers to the most common questions about the transition. Past experience teaches us what to expect – a rough transition. Some of the changes include: About […]
The Black drought in mainstream awards, ten years of the Comics Studies Society, cartoonists critiquing cartoonists – good or bad, mastercraft workshop NY cartoonist – that’s good, 30 years as a cartoonist in a specialize area, and more with the new cartoonist and the old(er) cartoonist.Stephanie Williams Breaks Through the Black Barrier In 1995 Dwayne […]
Katie Cook is a comic artist, illustrator, and a writer. She created the webcomics Gronk (2010-2015) and started a weekly comic called Nothing Special in 2017 that is still going string. You can read a new comic each Tuesday over at Webtoon. Nothing Special has also been printed in three volumes (I, II, III) by […]
A commenter responded to my recent complaint about Facebook postings of vacation photos by saying “On Facebook, everybody who is going on a vacation gets snoozed by me for 30 days.”This is such an excellent idea that I’ve begun doing it myself, and this Flying McCoys happens to have appeared just in time to serve […]
Earlier this month we reported on the Australian Press Council (APC)ruling that Cathy Wilcox “breached its Standards of Practice” when she published a cartoon in The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald.Now University of Technology Sydney publishes Centre for Media Transition fellow Alena Radina’s “Too Hot to Handle,” a deeper dive into “the contemporary conditions […]
The Berkeley Scanner is reporting that former museum curator and comics historian Andrew Farago was arrested. A prominent member of San Francisco’s cartoon community was arrested earlier this month after recording birthday party guests, adults and children, using the bathroom at his Berkeley home, according to court papers. Andrew Farago is a pop culture writer […]
There is not a whole lot more to report from our first post about the Big Nate newspaper replacements. Adding to that list in the link above is Wallace the Brave – Minnesota Star-Tribune, The Boston Globe, and the Sunday Washington PostThe Grizzwells – Dallas Morning News Rosebuds – The Kokomo Tribune, Logansport Pharos-Tribune****Brevity – […]