From the late 1970s to the early 1980s when Fran Matera had lost his job ghosting the art for the Rex Morgan, M.D. comic strip (1975-1978) and had not yet started drawing The Legend of Bruce Lee (1982-1983) comic strip Matera was “slumming” in in comic books and other odd jobs. Matera was always submitting […]
That was exactly my response when I got my first pair of glasses in third grade. I had just assumed that, at a distance, trees looked like drawings of trees: A big blob of green, and you weren’t supposed to be able to see the leaves unless you got closer. And then Ben tossed another, […]
The Association of American Editorial Cartoonists (AAEC) convention is just three weeks away and events there and around it are taking shape. Members-only and the public schedules are available at the AAEC website. Sacramento organizer Maryellen Burns is involved in coordinating a number of events some lasting a month beyond the convention weekend. The Association […]
In the most recent entry of his Inkslingers series Rob Stolzer appreciates the talent of H. M. Wilder. Wilder was a wonderful figurative artist, much on the order of his contemporaries A.B. Frost and T.S. Sullivant. All three of the cartoonist-illustrators had the ability to capture a figure’s movement at the apex of an action. […]
Dolly Parton’s death dominates political cartoons today. I’m not a fan of obituary cartoons, but I think it’s fitting that so many cartoonists used her Coat of Many Colors as a motif, since it was not only a well-known crossover hit for her, but an indicator of her impact as a generous person who acknowledged […]
The Houses of Parliament has lost a number of pieces of art. The Lancashire Telegraph headline: Barbara Castle art among pieces missing from Westminster With the subhead: A satirical cartoon depicting Baroness Barbara Castle as Florence Nightingale is among dozens of missing artworks from the Houses of Parliament. While other news stories give prominent coverage […]
It is not unusual for editoonists to use sports in their cartoons, especially during the time surrounding The Super Bowl, The World Cup, March Madness, and other big sports events. It is natural for them to analogize the game of the day with the politics of the day. And of course they celebrate the home […]
Trump’s attempt to extort Canada continues to draw mockery, and Telnaes does the rest of the commentators one better by noting that not only are the Canadians not intimidated, but Americans are lining up behind Carney and his crew as they tell Dear Leader where to get off. A poll taken earlier this month shows […]
Here it is only a month to go in the 2026 Major League Baseball (MLB) season and we haven’t checked in with Eric White’s updated research into “Who Drew the Classic Topps Baseball Cartoons?” In previous installments White has identified many of the cartoonists who decorated the backs of Topps baseball cards from the “classic” […]
Jamie Lang at Cartoon Brew has excellent coverage of two Disney related news stories. Headline for the first: “Disney Profits Soar After Three Rounds Of Layoffs, Millions In Tax Credits, And $100M Tariff Refund” Headline for the second: “Disney To End Health Coverage For Thousands Of Employees’ Spouses.”And near the bottom of the second story […]
For the first time, I think, Randy Milholland has brought Whaler Joe into the Popeye comic strip proper. But who is Whaler Joe? As explained in the next panel Whaler Joe was Popeye’s foster father. Whaler Joe is not some johnny-come-lately, he and the situation was created by Popeye creator E.C. Segar. Popeye was created […]
Wuerker points out the many ways Dear Leader is interfering with the upcoming midterm elections, whining about alleged cheating in 2020 that only he can see, and insisting that it’s going to happen again. This time there may actually be cheating in the elections, but it will come from Trump ignoring the well-established Republican belief […]
Kinks Komiks For the second Sunday on a row The Kinks’ “Lola” lyrics are featured in The Funny Pages. Unlike last week when it was used as a sly quip about the subject of the song, this week it is a crack at the inebriated vocalist. And as we move down the comic strip feed […]
James Madden at The Australian is reporting (or here) that Cathy Wilcox has given notice to The Sydney Morning Herald that she will be leaving her position as editorial cartoonist at the company. Cartoonist Cathy Wilcox is leaving The Sydney Morning Herald, after a career spanning more than three decades. It is understood Wilcox, 63, […]
Brave, crazy, whatever. Wallace reminds me that summer vacation involved not just lying in the sunshine looking for shapes in the clouds but also some truly irrational adventures. Not that we didn’t come up with some loony things the rest of the year, but in the dead of winter, we were a bit more confined […]