Arthur VK on The Platinum Comics group has posted pictures of his new aquisition – the first original edition of Lenardo and Blandine by Joseph Franz von Goez from 1783 Germany. Andy Bleck presents and translates an edition of the graphic novel.
For not the first time Tom Batiuk gets serious with a Crankshaft “comic” strip storyline this week. Batiuk reaches back 53 years to revisit the subject of a week of strips he did back in the day. While that week of Funky Winkerbean from 1973 was played for laughs Chris Raymond at the GoComics Blog […]
The United States and Architectural Record had Alan Dunn, the United Kingdom and Architects’ Journal had Louis Hellman. “Had” because at the age of 90 Hellman will no longer contribute to Architects’ Journal. Emily Booth reports for The Architects’ Journal (or here) that Hellman “is stepping back from his regular slot” and represents a 50th […]
Index on Censorship, a British non-profit organization that campaigns for freedom of expression worldwide, has nominated Ashraf Omar for their 2026 Freedom of Expression Award in the category of Arts. The arts category “celebrates artists and arts producers whose work challenges repression and injustice and defends artistic freedom”Other nominees in the Arts category include Iranian […]
I’ve seen several cartoons over in the humor aisle decrying political ads, but that’s such a common complaint in election years that it suffers from a “boy who cried wolf” element: Complaints in normal campaign races make it hard for the point to stick out in years in which the ads are bitter and rely […]
The Borowitz Report Climbs the Charts after Adding Cartoons After Andy Borowitz announced he was adding cartoons to his The Borowitz Report the site moved up the charts. Said Andy on Facebook: “One day after I announced that TBR would be publishing cartoons, this happened. Note to the mainstream media outlets that are cutting cartoons: […]
Art Spiegelman Employs AI for Newest Work See that gold and white sticker in the upper left corner of the 25th anniversary edition of Art Spiegelman’s In the Shadow of No Towers graphic novel in the above photo? That is AI generated.In an interview with Zach Rabiroff for Publishers Weekly (or here) Spiegelman revealed that […]
I remember when the polls told us Hilary Clinton was going to win and she didn’t. Then again, they didn’t predict a blow-out, and the current polls are calling for a truckload of Democratic Party victories by large margins.This might explain why Dear Leader is not only predicting that, if he loses, it will be […]
Some AI Nonsense Ron Winkler asked AI to imagine comic strip characters as real people and what we got was a few possibilities but mostly bunk. Beetle Bailey with eyes, Dagwood with glasses and no cowlicks, Cathy with a regular nose, the Danish Ferdnand with an English mustache, and more. Mad Cave’s King Features Comic […]
The horrible thing about the Two Minutes Hate was not that one was obliged to act a part, but, on the contrary, that it was impossible to avoid joining in. Within thirty seconds any pretence was always unnecessary. A hideous ecstasy of fear and vindictiveness, a desire to kill, to torture, to smash faces in […]
Some new information, at least for me Philip Potempa for The Post-Tribune/Chicago Tribune passes on a hamburger soup recipe (or here) and as an introduction to the dish he recalls the Wimpy character from the Thimble Theatre comic strip. In that process he mentions the distribution numbers of the current Popeye comic strip: “Once seen […]
The Australian Cartoonists Association has announced the finalists in the running for the 2026 Gold Stanley.From the Secretary of the Australian Cartoonists Association (ACA) Peter Broelman: “The Australian Cartoonists Association is pleased to announce the five finalists for its prestigious Gold Stanley award for Cartoonist Of The Year to be announced at the 42nd Annual […]
Okay, one political comment and then we’ll move on. I liked it when you no longer had to stop to pay tolls, though whether you had a transponder or were billed by a camera, it meant there was a record of where you had been. And for that matter, if you bought gas or food […]
Earlier this month the Roy Lichtenstein: Like New exhibit opened at the Whitney Museum in N.Y., N.Y. Jamie Martinez for Arte Fuse toured the exhibit and shares his thoughts. “At first glance, and on my first visit, the exhibition seemed a bit flat. But as I walked through the fifth floor, with a few pieces […]
TV anchor and journalist and part time cartoonist Jake Tapper has turned into a graphic novel historian with The Butcher: The Decades-Long Hunt for Klaus Barbie, One of the World’s Most Notorious Killers as the writer and artist of the true story of the Barbie escape and the Nazi hunters who tracked him down.From Top […]