Editorial cartoonist Paul Fell has passed away. Paul Henry Fell, Jr. 1946 – 2026 Friend and associate Shawn Peirce is reporting for the family that Paul Fell has died. If he were reading this, Paul might chuckle and humbly accept the praise – and then he’d likely say something like, “Don’t make a big deal […]
The day after French head coach Didier Deschamps learned of his mother’s death and excused himself from the French World Cup schedule, Charlie Hebdo posted its Cartoon of the Day depicting the coach lifting an urn labeled ‘mom’ along with the words “Didier Deschamps brings the Cup home.” The cartoon, drawn by Felix, has elicited […]
The future is fun! … The future is fair! … You may already have won! … You may already be there! — I Think We’re All Bozos On This BusWhat if they gave a Great American State Fair and nobody came? That was more or less the scenario on the National Mall this weekend, as […]
Mike Peterson’s Comic Strip of the Day brings up a sore spot with me: the quickly vanishing sources where one can find the Sunday Doonesbury title panel. At the beginning of this year I had three online sites to find that panel. Pete Hegseth took the Stars and Stripes (scroll down) opportunity away from me. […]
Cartoonist George Booth was born 100 years ago today – on June 28, 1926. A beloved cartoonist Lambiek Comiclopedia has a fine biography. Both Hogan’s Alley and The Comics Journal have extended interviews with the man from 2018 and 2013 respectively. More personally there are entries tagged “George Booth” from cartoonists Michael Maslin and Mike […]
Dark Side of the Horse doesn’t get a lot of exposure here because it’s not fair use to republish a cartoon without commentary, and there’s rarely anything to say except, “This made me laugh,” which doesn’t count as a critique. But it often makes me laugh.My commentary is that the cartoonist is a Finn, and […]
From Abie the Agent and Nize Baby to Edge City and Pajama Diaries Jewish families have been a part of the funny pages. Now meet The Kichels. From Steve Lipman and The Times of Israel. “The Kichels” is a comic strip that began as a three-month experiment, and will mark its tenth anniversary next year. […]
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 […]