An Association of Political Artists The Association of American Editorial Cartoonists 2026 convention is winding up today with a meet and greet at the Crocker Art Museum in Sacramento as part of CrockerCon. Saturday night the cartoonists gathered at the Sacramento History Museum for the “Awards Reception.” Graeme MacKay won “The Rex Babin Memorial Award […]
We’ve discussed this expression before, but it’s a good starting point for today’s conversation and, besides, it’s so universally misunderstood that it doesn’t hurt to point it out again: First of all, for the record,it’s apocryphal and Marie Antoinette never said it. But the way it is phrased in English sounds like she was offering […]
Baseball comic books, didactic comic books, and really old comic books. The 2026 Major League Baseball (MLB) post-season is coming up later this month and All Baseball Comics has issued a trio of MLB licensed comic books telling the history of three of their most enduring franchises. All are written by Josh Frankel while Chicago […]
The New York Times is celebrating its 175th anniversary, part of that observance is a series they are calling Overlooked where they write obituaries “about remarkable people whose deaths…went unreported in The Times.” Yesterday the remarkable person was cartoonist Hilda Terry (or here). The obituary comes 20 years after Terry’s death and author Joanne Kaufman […]
I’m not sure there are any nurses these days who still tell kids a shot isn’t going to hurt. I know my son the nurse is quite honest about it, explaining that, yes, it’s going to hurt, but only for a minute and it’s really important.I also know that when I told him about a […]
Magazine cartoonist P. C. Vey has passed away. Peter Christopher (P.C.) Vey October 23, 1955 – September 17, 2026 Michael Maslin shared the news today that Vey died due to an aggressive cancer: “We’ve received the exceptionally sad news that Peter Vey, who signed his cartoons P.C.Vey, died yesterday. His wife, Tina Vey, announced his […]
Six years ago editorial cartoonist Jeff Koterba was abruptly dismissed from the Omaha World-Herald and went through the stages of grief as he saw it as the end of the world. Looking back he sees it as a blessing: “Six years ago, exactly. The day I’d thought my cartooning career was over. Little did I […]
News and commentary are full of coverage of Canada’s potential to become the first “associate member” of the European Union, and Loper provides a simple explanation of a complex situation. Misused and insulted by its nearest neighbor and largest trading partner, the geese are stretching their wings and seeking safe harbor elsewhere.There have been a […]
Once upon a time in the late 20th Century there was a period when women were offering commentary to the wild and wooly state of Texas. Molly Ivins, mostly based in the state, amused not just the state but the nation with her sarcasm. At the same time politicians locally and nationally had to bear […]
It is check-in day today, the fun and games start tomorrow. The Association of American Editorial Cartoonists (AAEC) has posted the schedule for their 2026 convention. Friday’s featured speakers included AAEC President Marc Murphy (Welcome and The Future), David Horsey (Surviving), Clay Jones (Continuing Despite Health Issues), Chip Bok (Press Freedom), and Steve Artley (On […]
Start the day with a very old memory. In first grade, we got straws with our milk and we got butter on small plates on the cafeteria tables. In those days, O Best Beloved, the paper wrappers on straws were loose, so if you dipped one end of a wrapped straw in the butter, you […]
After 35 years Lincoln Peirce slowed down on the his Big Nate comic strip output, now it is a Sunday-only project instead of having an everyday deadline. In an interview with Rob Tornoe of Editor and Publisher he says the plan is to continue Big Nate as a Sunday strip for many more years. Peirce […]
In 1935 Noel Sickles and Milton Caniff were riding high having transformed the daily comics pages with their comic strips. Sickles influenced the black and white comic art with his work on Scorchy Smith, while Caniff had brought a new phase of adventure with his writing on Terry and The Pirates. And since they shared […]
Editorial cartoonist Andy Donato has passed away. Andrew Anthony (né Andrea Antonio) (Andy) Donato January 13, 1937 – September 15, 2026 The Toronto Sun is reporting that their longtime editorial cartoonist has died a week after he retired. The Toronto Sun family is in mourning after legendary political cartoonist Andy Donato died Tuesday. He was […]
There’s not really a Chinese curse, “May you live in interesting times,” but we sure do seem cursed with them. I feel particularly sorry for satirists like Tom Tomorrow and Andy Borowitz, who have built their careers on exaggerating things so you can see the toxic absurdities in them, and this episode of This Modern […]