Posted on: December 20, 2010

   For some reason, today’s “Free Range” took me a minute. I think Tonto’s delighted expression and the word balloon drew my attention so well that I hadn’t even noticed what Kemosabe was up to.I like the ones that sneak up on me.Incidentally, this cartoon also has some resonance with the recent posting on cultural […]

I normally cringe at “absent father” motifs in comic strips because, much as the media loves the villainy of the deadbeat dad, bad parenting is an equal opportunity character flaw. But today’s “Watch Your Head” does more than feature a nice twist consistent with the character of Omar, whose sardonic outlook on life goes beyond […]

  Zapiro (Jonathan Shapiro) is one of the giants of political cartooning, though his firm anchor in South Africa makes much of his work a bit inaccessible to outsiders. Having a firm anchor, however, is a key to solid commentary, and, just are there are several African nations in a state of continual flux, so, […]

I reported earlier this week that GoComics.com removed the comment section for Brooke McEldowney’s Pibgorn and 9 Chickweed Lane. Brooke has posted on his blog two explanations: the first an explanation for the removal and the second his email response to those contacting him.So, I objected and objected and objected as time went on and […]

Muppet Central has disclosed the plot to the next Muppet movie that will be hitting theaters Thanksgiving weekend 2011. On vacation in Los Angeles, Walter, the world?s biggest Muppet fan, and his friends Gary (Jason Segel) and Mary (Amy Adams) from Smalltown, USA, discover the nefarious plan of oilman Tex Richman (Chris Cooper) to raze […]

In this week’s Tom the Dancing Bug, Ruben Bolling brings the Wikileaks case into focus: Although the Nixon White House attempted to keep the New York Times from publishing the Pentagon Papers, the Supreme Court ruled against them. And, as he notes, there is a long established tradition that the free press is permitted to […]

We’re closing in on the end of the year. 2010 was a good year, but mostly a blur. That said there were a lot of great books, services and products that came out this year. I’ve compiled a list of things I thought are above and beyond. If you’re still looking for a gift to […]

I noted earlier this week that it was 30 years ago that Bloom County debuted in newspapers. The Cartoon Art Museum in San Francisco will be running an exhibit of Berkeley Breathed‘s art work ranging from Bloom County, his children’s books, and movie projects. A reception will be planned in April. It should also be […]

Kevin “KAL” Kallugher gave the final address to the “World in 2011 Festival” put on by The Economist. Below is his speech. Visit his blog to see his sketches of the other speakers.

Writing on his blog, Bob Englehart notes he’s hit the 30 year mark as the staff cartoonist of the Hartford Courant. Today marks the first day of the thirty-first year of my tenure at the Hartford Courant. Thirty years ago yesterday, I walked into my office, the dumpiest I’d ever seen. It was small, oblong, […]

The Center for Cartoon Studies is now in its 5th year and are soliciting donations to raise money for the school. All proceeds are tax deductible (the school is a non profit company.) The Center for Cartoon Studies (CCS) opened its doors to the inaugural class of twenty students in 2005. Many dedicated individuals, organizations, […]

The Cartoonists Rights Network is calling on the Malaysian government to lift its sedition charges against Zulkiflee Anwar Ulhaque, the cartoonist better known as Zunar.The letter read in part: “While some of his cartoons may be embarrassing to certain important individuals, the contents speak strongly for Malaysia’s recognition of the importance of free speech in […]

Hindustan Times leads with news that The Simpsons creator Matt Groening is working with Lynda Barry on a comic book based on his travels to India. Not many details are given other than, “it’ll come out in the next couple of months.”

Editorial cartoonist Matt Bors has announced on his blog that he’s now the Comics Journalism Editor for Cartoon Movement – a new platform run by the Video Journalism Movement (VJ Movement), an organization “dedicated to the promotion of video journalism and press freedom.”Matt writes that the Cartoon Movement seeks to “publish four editorial cartoons a […]

The United Nations Correspondents Association has announced the winners of the Ranan Lurie Award for 2010. This brilliant caricature of North Korea’s Kim Jong-il is by Dutch cartoonist Tjeerd Royaards and is only one of 13 cartoons cited for excellence (First, Second, Third place and 10 citations). I chose to highlight it because (A) he […]