Polish police have arrested a man they suspect shot and killed Russian artist Semyon Skrepetsky. The Prime Minister of Poland, Donald Tusk announced on X/Twitter that the individual held a Georgian passport and that authorities “are working to identify the person who ordered the killing.”Other outlets have reported that the alleged killer is 36 years-old. […]
Jennings provides an overview of Trump’s adventure in Iran that emphasizes all the ways it was mishandled and winds up where most observers feel it did: With Iran at least “emboldened” if not actually stronger than before, though emboldened includes knowing they can turn the world’s economies on their heads by shutting down Hormuz.Though it […]
In late May Luann applied and was accepted as a Summer Camp counselor, a job she has shown quite an aptitude for in the recent strips. A maturing Luann just may have found her niche in life. But it is happening a year later than planned as this story was supposed to happen last Summer, […]
The winners of the 3rd International Trumpism Cartoon and Caricature Contest have been announced. The competition is based in Iran and consisted of two categories: “Political Cartoons” and “Caricature of Trump” The Tehran Times reports: “This artistic competition, featuring participants from 68 countries across five continents, proves once again that cartoons and caricatures remain one […]
This being a where-to-begin moment, we might as well start with Trump arriving late at the G7 Summit and declaring “I’m the Boss!” to a response of laughter that was either appreciative or mocking, depending on which reports you read. Obviously, MacKay was among those who were not amused.Nor was du Bus impressed. French President […]
I remain astonished at the lack of notices from newspapers about the weekday Big Nate ending and what is replacing the daily comic strip in the 200 (give or take) papers. We ran a couple notices from newspapers about what would be filling the space. This past weekend it was noted that Wallace the Brave […]
The Association of American Editorial Cartoonists has announced they are taking entries for the 2026 Rex Babin Memorial Award for Excellence in Local Cartooning. The award recognizes the best in political cartooning focusing on state and local issues. The award is named after the late The Sacramento Bee cartoonist Rex Babin who was influential in […]
Featuring the illustrated “Heroes! The Astounding True Story of America’s Comic Book Creators” by Roy Schwartz and Frank Stockton from the Summer 2026 issue of The Smithsonian magazine and the 1933 thesis A History and Analysis of the American Comic Strip by Harry Emsley Wood, Jr. The Summer 2026 America 250 issue of The Smithsonian […]
Yesterday was Bloomsday, in which people who have read Ulysses say “It’s Bloomsday” and if they’re in Dublin they can dress up as Leopold Bloom and walk around the places Joyce wrote about. And I suppose they might eat a kidney, masturbate, be cuckolded and get drunk to recreate the entire day. Keyes is unimpressed […]
Big Nate’s relief pitchers, a true comic strip crossover, not a boring Van Boring collection, the comic strip bad guys, and valuable comic strip art. Relieving Big Nate This past weekend it was noted that Wallace the Brave had replaced the discontinued Big Nate daily comic strip in The Washington Post. Mike Rhode at Comics […]
The night after Lee Mendelson Film Productions had sued a variety of companies for using Peanut’s songs without permission, Stephen Colbert talked about the news story while the house band played a “Linus and Lucy” behind him. Colbert then joked, “Oh no, I hope this doesn’t cost CBS any money!” It did. Billboard reports that […]
Russian artist, caricaturist, and frequent President Vladimir Putin critic Semyon Skrepetsky (real name was Robert Kuzovkov), was shot dead yesterday in Polish city of Biała Podlaska. The shooting is described at close range. Polish police believe the killing was a targeted, but have not offered a motive.Three days prior to the killing, Semyon had protested […]
The Utah Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) has shown their respect for Salt Lake Tribune editorial cartoonist Pat Bagley with their Lifetime Achievement Award.The Utah Headliners awards ceremony took place June 11, 2026. While Pat is in Portugal he did send his appreciation through an emissary: Last Thursday the Utah SPJ (Soc. […]
Huck and Bramhall both cite the similarity of Neville Chamberlain’s futile attempt to end World War II before it had gone that far and Donald Trump’s announcement of the purported end of his adventure in Iran. Huck gets extra credit for connecting it to Orwell, given that Chamberlain felt he was telling the truth while […]
I don’t know that I should call USA Today your neighborhood newspaper but tomorrow June 16 it will be friendly to Spider-Man and Marvel Comics fans as a Spider-Man comic returns to a newspaper.* They are playing it close to the vest but the promotional material is coming through the USA Today Play setup. That […]