Tony Dipreta who drew Joe Palooka and Rex Morgan, M.D. died last week at the age of 88. Eventually, DiPreta made his way to New York City, where he met legendary comic book writer and editor Stan Lee, who gave him “Porky Pig” to ink. From 1945 to 1955, DiPreta also worked on the popular […]
A simple joke, but Mike Luckovich is good at assembling parts to create “simple” jokes.I was curious to hear how the people blaming Obama would have handled the spill differently, given that the permits for this elaborate project were, no doubt, negotiated well over a year ago and that, no, the Coast Guard doesn’t have […]
(This profile of Jan Eliot, creator of Stone Soup, is one in a series I wrote in 1993 for the Post-Star of Glens Falls, NY) They say “Write what you know.”With Jan Eliot, it’s “Cartoon what you know.” Jan Eliot knows all about stone soup.As a comic strip, “Stone Soup” is Eliot’s popular feature about […]
Michael Cavna interviewed Washington Post humor columnist Gene Weingarten about the upcoming launch of his new strip Barney & Clyde (drawn by David Clark). MC: So what was the genesis of “Barney & Clyde” — how did you come to sire this strip”? And speaking of siring: Can you tell us exactly how this brainchild […]
Pakistan has re-opened access to Facebook, but only after Facebook assured the Pakistani government that the offending material has been removed. “In response to our protest, Facebook has tendered their apology and informed us that all the sacrilegious material has been removed from the URL,” said Najibullah Malik, secretary of Pakistan’s information technology ministry, referring […]
A couple of weeks ago, I reported that Julie Larson, creator of The Dinette Set, had signed with United Features Syndicate only after a few months of leaving Creators Syndicate to try self-syndication. I asked her why she’d return to a syndicate when she seemed so set on taking on the do-it-yourself route. Her response: […]
Okay, I had this other strip pegged for Comic Strip of the Day.com. It was very intelligent and made some good points about an important topic, and the art was good … and then I came to Medium Large and it’s good I’m not a liquid-out-the-nose type because I was drinking hot coffee.Francesco Marciuliano is […]
Earlier in the month, Daryl Cagle posted news that Slovakian cartoonist Martin “Shooty” Sutovec was being sued by Prime Minister Robert Fico for the sum of EUR33,000 (US$43,000) and an apology after a Shooty political cartoon was published that depicted the PM without a backbone.According to Chorlter.com, Shooty has raised $85,000 from thousands of contributers […]
Hat tip to Mike Lynch for finding this tribute video to Mike Luckovich created to commemorate his winning of the Georgia First Amendment Foundation’s 2010 Weltner Award.
Based on the content, this was probably first broadcast soon after Mark Fiore won the Pulitzer.
I like being lured along with three panels of intelligent commentary, then dropped by a punchline in the fourth panel. I particularly like it in a case like today’s Doonesbury, where the punchline is a splash of ice cold water.Would applying common sense solutions work in the chaos that is Afghanistan? And, as long as […]
The 19 Pulitzer Prize winning editorial cartoonists who signed a statement condemning the alleged threats against South Park creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker have opened up the petition to others to sign as a show of support. Those wanting to sign the statement can go over to Cartoonists Rights Network International website and post […]
I was sent the following transcript from an appearance by Steve Jobs to D8 where he was interviewed about Apple and its products. During the interview, he mentioned Mark Fiore’s animated editorial cartoon app. He later mentioned when apps are rejected, “people lie” about the rejection to get press attention. Here is the transcript section […]
The Cartoon Art Museum will host “Before Sita Sang The Blues: Spotlight on Nina Paley.” This is the first comprehensive exhibition of Nina, creator of the animated feature Sita Sings The Blues. This retrospective will feature a selection of Paley’s syndicated comic strips, illustrations, and a series of prints, paintings and behind-the-scenes materials from Sita.The […]
Matt Groening’s character, Home Simpson, has been named by Entertainment Weekly as “the most recognizable and greatest character created for TV and Film of the last 20 years.” “People can relate to Homer because we’re all secretly propelled by desires we can’t admit to,” Groening was quoted as telling Entertainment Weekly. “Homer is launching himself […]