The San Francisco Cartoon Art Museum closes, Pat Oliphant bushwhacks Trump from the grave, Wolfoo succumbs to Peppa Pig, the 2026 Harvey Award nominees, and AI generated China racism. The San Francisco Comic Art Museum is closing its doors The Cartoon Art Museum in San Francisco will be closing after this weekend: For nearly 42 […]
Earlier this week we learned that Portugal’s Public Prosecutor’s Office had indicted nine individuals on terrorism charges. The far-right neo-Nazi group members allegedly had a target list of individuals they viewed as a threat due to their alignment with “immigration, anti-racism, anti-fascism, diversity, social inclusion, and minority rights.” That’s also when two cartoonists on the […]
First, this update: Infantino has withdrawn his cunning plan to sell off part of FIFA to a consortium. Seems the universal hatred of the idea got through to him.That’s why people should speak up. On a related note, the public comment period for the FCC’s attack on the ABC network’s owned-and-operated stations has ended. According […]
The Economist cover designer Graeme James has passed away. Graeme James Ca. 1960/61 – July 2026 The Economist is reporting the death of Graeme James (or here), the magazine’s cover designer since 1995. THEY SAY never to judge a book by its cover. But The Economist is defined by the face it shows the world. […]
The Reuben Awards will be presented on August 7, 2026 but the Reuben Weekend starts August 6. If you can’t make it to Columbus Ohio you can “distance attend” some of the events. The National Cartoonists Society has Livestream-Only Tickets On Sale for some August 6th events. Can’t make it to Columbus for the National […]
Back in May the Society of Illustrators (SoI) posted the names of the inductees for their 2026 Hall of Fame inductees on Instagram. Now, two months later, the honorees have gotten their names on the SoI website. The most famous of the new Hall of Famers would be John Tenniel, while Jackie Ormes is the […]
I like Molina’s political commentary and agree that it feels as if the Trump gang just pulled an oldie-but-goodie campaigning point out of the files. Maybe it’s a hangover from Dear Leader’s early reliance on Tailgunner Joe’s old lawyer, Roy Cohn. It’s a stupid, pointless, evil thing to grab at, but we’ve seen stupid, pointless, […]
Australian cartoonist and comics historian Vane Lindesay has passed away. James Vane Crawford Lindesay, OAM October 2, 1920 – July 28, 2026 The Australian Cartoonists Association (ACA) has announced the death of Vane Lindesay: It is with the deepest of sadness that we report the passing this afternoon of Patron of the Australian Cartoonists Association, […]
The 2026 The Mike Wieringo Comic Book Industry Awards nominees have been announced. The Ringo Awards is an “annual celebration of the creativity, skill and fun of comics.” Here are the categories and nominees. Voting is open to comic pros until Aug. 26. The awards will be presented on Sep. 26 at this year’s Baltimore […]
Jay Edwards for WRNJ reports that the Joe Kubert School, famous for teaching future professional comic artists the ways and hows of that career, has been integrated into the County College of Morris curriculum. RANDOLPH TOWNSHIP, N.J. (Morris County) — County College of Morris has acquired The Joe Kubert School of Cartoon and Graphic Art, […]
In a column today for The Chronicle Herald editorial cartoonist Bruce MacKinnon says “I’m not retiring, but . . .” (or here). August 10 will mark my 40th full-time year with this newspaper. Although quitting drawing cartoons would be a bit like cutting off my right hand (something that would be hard not to notice […]
It’s interesting that satire can bring a smile even when there’s nothing funny about it, and by framing this in a well-established, popular satire, the Simpsons, Ruben Bolling boosts the humor quotient to compensate for the horror he’s describing. Then he touches it off by having the Haitian Simpsons sheltered by their silly, fatuous neighbor, […]
Animator Glen Keane, the son of cartoonist Bil Keane and brother to cartoonist Jeff Keane (and the Billy in Family Circus), needed help getting down from an Arizona mountaintop Wednesday. Arizona’s Family carries video of the rescue and Glen Keane’s reaction to the episode. Oscar-winning animator Glen Keane said he was hiking in Paradise Valley […]
True Grit Texture Supply provides us with Guy Lawley’s history of the development of color in the Sunday Color Supplement and the comic books of the 20th Century in The Origins of Vintage Comics. Just about every illustrator on the planet has a soft spot for the warm, nostalgic aesthetic of vintage comics. The visible […]
Filipino cartoonist Elmer Saflor, who goes by pen name Superelmer, has filed a complaint against Memes App, LLC, the operator of Memes.ai and Memes AI Studio, for alleged copyright infringement when they began selling a commercial template subscription plan that includes his viral cartoon Running Away Balloon. First published in 2017, his cartoon has been […]