The March 12 item (the update is below the original entry):The Herb Block Foundation announced today it has awarded the 2026 Herblock Prize to Jack Ohman. Judges’ comments: From Marty Two Bulls, Sr.: Jack’s loose drawing style says more with a few strokes then any long winded editorial. His work comes from a vast understanding […]
The Cartoon Museum in London is turning 20. The museum is home to over 300 years of British cartoon and comic history including over 14,000 artworks and publications. According to their website in the last 20 years they have welcomed 500,000 local, national and international visitors, exhibited more than 200 cartoon, caricature and comic artists, […]
The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association has announced their finalists for their 61st Annual Awards. For The Daily Cartoonist audience, here are the finalists for The Nebula Award for Best Comic:Visit the Nebula Award site for nominees in the other categories.
After four months away from The Washington Post Opinion page Edith Prichett has returned.The Washington Post’s prominent placement of non-political cartoons by Edith Pritchett and others on the newspaper’s opinion-editorial pages have raised the ire of some in the past.Edith Pritchett began appearing weekly in early 2023 and by the end of that year was […]
French cartoonist Clément Oubrerie has passed away at the age of 59.Clément, born in Paris, studied art at Penninghen School of Art Direction and Interior Architecture in Paris before moving to the United States where he began his career as a children’s illustrator. His stay in the U.S. ended with time in a New Mexico jail […]
2026 Lucy Caswell Research Award winners, the art of Peanuts by painter Tom Everhart, finalists in the new science fiction Nebula Award comics category, and a new James Bond comic strip collection (again). Billy Ireland 2026 Lucy Shelton Caswell Research Award Winners: Dr. Standford Carpenter and Sebastian Martinez! The Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum […]
The difference between a skeptic and a cynic is that a skeptic demands proof while a cynic rejects it. The Irish believe in believing, and so take a middle ground, saying of the fairy folk, “I don’t believe in them, but they’re there.”This is the story of a pooka, or, in Irish, púca, which Rinacat […]
As the dogged Angoulême International Comics Festival tries to aright itself from the cancelation of this year’s festival and the scandalized past of the former organizer, 9eArt+, it has announced the first round of companies that responded to a call for new organizer. Two of the four have connections to the prior organizer.The list of […]
Cartoonist Biniam Solomon was arrested in Eritrea, never tried, and held in detention for 15 years before being released recently. The reasons for his arrest and detention were never explained by the Eritrea government.From the BBC: Known by his pen name Cobra, Biniam gained fame for his critical and witty cartoons tackling political and social issues. […]
Michael Catron, co-founder of Fantagraphic Books, has announced that two of their full print runs of The Atlas Comics Library No. 9: Adventures Into Weird Worlds Vol. 1 and Bitchy! The Exasperating Existence of Midge McCracken were aboard a cargo ship that was struck in or near the Strait of Hormuz. The books were printed […]
Granlund offers attractive art and an odd concept, which is how readily, and how quickly, we have allowed ourselves to be dragged back into another interminable, self-destructive war in the Middle East.After all, we haven’t finished killing our allies from our last glorious overseas adventure.But, of course, we didn’t get into this war in the […]
Below are some comic and cartoon books scheduled for March 2026 release (or so). Images and links from a variety of publishers and outlets, though ordering through your local comic shop or independent book store is a good idea.A new trio of classic comic strip books from Stefan Wood and the Comic Strip Appreciation Group.Peter […]
Comic strips from the present, the past, and the future. Plus a couple news items. St. Pat With the St. Pat’s holy day arriving soon was it unreasonable for me to expect the Bringing Up Father reprint for today to include a reference to corned beef and hash at Dinty Moore’s? And then I was […]
Riddell suggests that Fearless Leader doesn’t actually know where he’s headed or what he’s doing. It’s an interesting addition to other cartoons that have featured a maze, because we’ve even seen leaders with military experience and well-defined goals blunder into a labyrinth when they try their hands at asymmetric warfare.It’s often said that generals try […]
With Malcolm Evans, António Moreira Antunes, David Horsey, João Fazenda. Kevin Kallaugher, Bado, and Ann Telnaes. It’s a Disturbing World With the Whys of the United States attacking Iran on an ever-changing list of reasons, New Zealand editorial cartoonist Malcolm Evans brings up an old cartoon that illustrates one of the given rationales that changed […]