Feminist cartoonist and Sylvia creator Nicole Hollander has passed away. Nicole Hollander (née Garrison) April 25, 1939 – April 23, 2026 It is being credibly reported on social media that cartoonist Nicole Hollander has passed away.From Michael Bonesteel: NICOLE HOLLANDER, the edgy and entertaining creator of “Sylvia,” passed away last night. She was 86. Jules […]
The Graphic Medicine International Collective (GMIC) has announced their shortlist for their GMIC Awards for outstanding health-related comic projects completed and/or published in 2025. There are three categories, long-form, short-form, and educational, with five finalists in each category. Winners will be announced at their annual conference in Baltimore on July 25.Here are the finalists:EducationalLong FormShort […]
The Freedom Cartoonists Foundation will be marking World Press Freedom Day on Monday, May 4 with two events: the inaugural “Cartooning for Freedom” Exhibition and a ceremony to present the 2026 Kofi Annan Courage in Cartooning Award. “Cartooning for Freedom” ExhibitionThe exhibit opens today and runs through May. It features 60 cartoons selected by FreedomCartoonists […]
A few things that stood out this week. Scott Ketcham‘s wildly off-model Dennis the Menace and Joey didn’t bring about the amount of comments I thought it would. Though it sticks out like a sore thumb I am not bothered by it. For those who are there’s another Scott Ketcham panel coming next week. Will […]
Today is May Day, which is International Workers Day, aka Labour Day, marking the Haymarket Square Riots, which began May 1, 1886, and culminated in the explosion four days later.Whamond notes the calls this year for a general strike, but I don’t think America is a general-striking sort of country. I recall that the Mai-Juin […]
Comics and Libraries, Mafalda and Montreal, and N.Y. Times on Gerry Conway.A Digital Catalog for Libraries I’m sorry to say it has been a long time since I regularly patronized my local libraries. It seems they are far more modern than what once was and comics are a large part of that new century look. […]
When cartoonists get together they talk about any number of things: non-Euclidean geometry, post-Rawlsian public reason, the price of tea in China, etc. GoComics has taken that idea and narrowed it down to comics.Kathy Hilliard tells us: GoComics is rolling out a new feature that might be of interest: “Cartoonist to Cartoonist” – in which […]
Acclaimed editorial cartoonist Ann Telnaes offers a razor sharp critique of American political hypocrisy. Can the nation preserve its democratic ideals, or will it fall prey to an authoritarian takeover? For four days, beginning May 1, 2026, Ann Telnaes and Friends are making the Laura Dix documentary Democracy Under Siege available in the United States. […]
The familiar expression is that even a broken clock is right twice a day, but I’d add an amendment to point out that some clocks are cuckoo all the time. Ohman makes a vital distinction, in that although it is paranoid and foolish to see a conspiracy in the attempted shooting at the WHCA dinner, […]
The discovery of an old coverless book leads David Geffen on a quest for the cartoonist who chronicled Israel’s formative years through his cartoons. The Jerusalem Post carries the profile. The opening drawing in the book shows Mr. Yisrael wearing the military-folded cap of the Israeli soldiers and holding a dumbbell high up in the […]
Cartoonist Ashraf Omar will be tried in Egyptian court beginning May 10. He’s been detained since July 2024 on four charges. According to his lawyer, three charges have been dropped but the prosecution added a new charge and will move forward to charges related to terrorism.The Initial charges are:Charges 1, 3, and 4 have been dropped […]
From Guy Badeaux’s (Bado) blog we learn the winners of the 26th World Press Freedom International Editorial Cartoon award. The theme this year was “Times are tough.” Taking the top first, second and third place are: Darko Drljevic of Montenegro, Joel Pett of USA, and Patrick Lamontagne of Canada.Ten cartoonists were honored with an Awards […]
Scottish cartoonist Tom Gauld is the first non-French cartoonist to be honored with the Le Prix Gotlib (The Gotlib Prize) for humorous cartoon book. Until this year, the prize for humor has been awarded solely to a French cartoonist or French language book of humor. His book “Physics for Cats” was originally published by Drawn […]
Free Comic Book Day this Saturday, Michael de Adder with another win, Silver Reuben nominees get pressed, R. Crumb gets swiped again, and a report on The Billy Ireland and why the museum and library should be a stop on your summer vacation.May 2 is Free Comic Book Day Let’s start this midweek roundup by […]
We missed all the speeches the other night — okay, we didn’t miss them, but we didn’t get to hear them — but here’s the speech you should have heard at graduation but didn’t.I realized halfway through senior year that the campus placement bureau never had anyone there interviewing for Philosopher Kings, and started thinking […]