One of the delights of Cul de Sac is that, unlike the characters in other strips about imaginative little children who live in their own dream world, Alice is not withdrawn, unpopular and ignored by her peers. I do not believe that this means that, unlike other cartoonists, Richard Thompson spent his formative years […]
Kevin Kallaugher AKA “KAL” is back from St. Petersburg, Russia where 43 of his cartoons were part of an exhibit sponsored by the US Consulate about American and Russian cartoons. He’s posted photos on his blog.In a related news, KAL will also have a show of his work at the Cartoon Art Museum in San […]
Tonight is a big night for editorial cartoonists. Those wanting to see how a cartoonist covers an election can see a few examples. Arizona Republic’s Steve Benson will be streaming live tonight from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. drawing reader requests. Chicago Tribune’s Scott Stantis will be live cartooning, blogging and “punditing” on WGN America […]
While doing some research for a serialized novel about a kid during Prohibition, I came across this Dorman H. Smith cartoon, which ran in the Plattsburgh (NY) Daily Press on August 27, 1924. I’m not sure it really qualifies as a “classic” except in terms of its age, but it’s an interesting document of a […]
The comic page landscape is still unsettled after Cathy Guisewite’s retirement. Here a few more reports on who’s running what:» The Mansfield News Journal (OH) has picked up Cul de Sac» Big Nate and Freshly Squeezed are picked up by the Appeal Democrat (CA)» Richmond Times-Dispatch (VA) is now running Freshly Squeezed in trialUPDATE: The […]
I’m a weeeee bit late on this one. Tom Racine of Tall Tale Radio has posted his latest podcast last week. Guests include Brookes Eggleston, creator of the webcomic Also Bagels. Also contributing are Jonathan Lemon (Rabbits Against Magic) who talks about cartoonists in movies and I give an audio report about the recent Festival […]
Editorial cartoonist Rob Tornoe’s goal of publishing a humor magazine is finally coming off the press. Back in May when the endeavor was announced, Rob wrote: People are quick to point out that with the internet, they can read everything they want on their glowing, irritating computer screen. And for the newspapers it makes sense, […]
After all the sweetness of last night’s candy binge, a little curmudgeonly snicker — it’s not plural and there’s no capital “S” — from Non Sequitur.And an award for Wiley’s choice of characters to carry this gag: The person in the strip least likely to actually do anything to materially aid whatever cause he claims […]