With editorial cartoonist Paula Pugh, the aftermath of Brad Holland’s death, more about a.i. Scott Adams, Henry Barajas and Rachel Merrill’s Death to Pachuco comic book, and the Ann Telnaes and Patrick Chappatte get together with Jason Chatfield viewing. We weren’t the only ones to notice Rob Tornoe’s interview with Walt Handelsman in Editor & […]

Obviously, the Supreme Court decision on tariffs was the major story, not just yesterday but for some time, and I’m not waiting around for cartoonists to catch up with it, because it should have driven them to their drawing boards immediately. Bennett is correct that it has ended the tariffs, or at least the president’s […]

Ottawa International Animation Festival 50th AnniversaryAbout the 50th Ottawa Animation Festival from Mercedes Milligan at Animation Magazine: To celebrate its 50th anniversary in September, the Ottawa International Animation Festival (OIAF), North America’s largest animation festival, has unveiled its official 2026 poster, created by acclaimed Canadian cartoonist and designer Seth. “For our 50th, I wanted to find […]

Caroline Cash is getting some press after taking on the Nancy comic strip this year. The latest is her old hometown alternative newspaper the Charleston City Paper where cartoonist Steve Stegelin profiles Cash. Cash left town in 2014 after graduating from SOA to attend the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC). “Even though […]

A busy week: In South Korea, former President Yoon Suk Yeol was sentenced to life in prison for having attempted to overturn election results and make himself president again, while in Britain, former Prince Andrew has been arrested and charged over his interactions with Jeffrey Epstein.And in the United States, President Trump has not been […]

Bob Whitmore – Philanthropist Bob Whitmore, editorial cartoonist who was in the news last Summer, came across the feed recently when he combined his political cartooning with public service cartooning for radio station WMNF Tampa. Bob shares some of his Creative Loafing Tampa cartoons with WMNF and also does some extra work for the station. […]

Headlining: Dennis the Menace, Torchy Brown, Thatababy, Dick Tracy, Frazz, and Birch Bark. New from the Mint: Dennis the Menace-themed Coins Next month Dennis the Menace celebrates his 75th anniversary and the Mint will join in the celebration by pressing a Dennis the Menace coin. But it is The Royal Mint and the Dennis the […]

Where to begin? Easy answer, thanks to Toro, who states today’s premise clearly. The next question is what to include, and in what order?We probably need one of those disclaimers, that this is entirely fictional and any resemblance etc, because none of this is Dear Leader’s fault.As he has explained, he has staff which stays […]

The magazine cartoons of Dick Cavalli, John Held, Jr., and Rea Irvin. Dick Cavalli’s “Girlie” Cartoons I have mentioned before that I grew up on a Newspaper Enterprise Association comics page so I was well aware of Dick Cavalli‘s Winthrop comic strip, and Morty Meekle before that. Like many comic strip creators of that time […]

Editor & Publisher reporter and cartoonist Rob Tornoe interviewed Walt Handelsman, who recently retired after forty-five years as a salaried editorial cartoonist for newspapers, most of that time since 1989 with The New Orleans Times-Picayune and The Advocate. As expected two editorial cartoonists talking makes for a fascinating dialogue about the state of the art. […]

Today being Ash Wednesday, Fat Tuesday cartoons are out of date, but it being our weekly Hump Day, you’ll see several cartoons that are slightly past their use-by dates. That’s the way it goes.I had a friend who went to Mardi Gras in 1969 and told me all about it. It sounded like great fun, […]

Cartoonist and caricaturist Kent Gamble has passed away. David Kent Gamble December 14, 1953 – February 13, 2026 Kent Gamble, cartoonist and caricaturist for satire magazines, has passed away due to complications of Alzheimers. From the obituary: At a young age, Kent’s mother described his energy as wild and boisterous, which foreshadowed his eventual love […]

A roundup of cartooning news with Drew Panckeri, Liza Donnelly and Kathleen Hughes and friends, Ralph Steadman, Mort and Brian Walker, and the threesome of Jason Chatfiled, Ann Telnaes, and Patrick Chappatte.A bit of serendipity Our recent posting of Linus getting a library card in Peanuts is followed up by cartoonist Drew Panckeri being profiled […]

Poor Pam! She wanted to come across as a really tough loyalist, but she ran into too many Julie Browns. Obviously, one of them was Julie K. Brown, who is to Jeffrey Epstein as Woodward and Bernstein were to Watergate, and so the Attorney General faced clear evidence that Something Wasn’t Right.But when she went […]

Musical Chairs Seven weeks plus two strips equal nine creators.Not yet 50 days into the new year and Gil Thorp has had three different artists (Rachel Merrill, Jason Margos, Louie Chin) drawing the coach’s and his family’s melodramatic story. Over at Dick Tracy there have been three writers (Mike Curtis, Matthew K. Manning, Eric Costello) […]