Arlo and Janis once more taps into my life.While I sit here praying that, as the newspaper industry implodes around me, my skill set will get me through just a couple of more years until Social Security kicks in, Arlo notes that, yeah, most of what we know seems to be fading into oblivion.Fortunately, our generation […]
PBS videos Rob Rogers (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) and Scott Stantis (Chicago Tribune) engaged in a “draw off.”
Another classic Learn to Draw with Tom Gammill.Best line as Tom sits between Al Jaffee and Arnold Roth, “Between the three of us, we have two Reubens.”
At least two editorial cartoonists are covering the Republican National Convention in Tampa, FL. The local cartoonist at the convention is Andy Marlette of the Pensacola News Journal. Flying in from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette is Rob Rogers.From Andy’s coverage: The halls are filled with star-shirted delegates from Texas, camouflaged-capped NRA members, at least one Lincoln […]
Pearls Before Swine creator Stephan Pastis continues to roll out books – the latest isn’t even a comic book.Here’s what he wrote on his blog: If you’ve ever walked into a bookstore and taken a glance at the gift book section, it’s enough to make you cry. Not in an emotional, “I feel kinda touched” […]
I’ve mentioned that there have been way, way, way too many political cartoons showing a hurricane with some label on it bearing down on Florida, but Jim Morin uses the actual hurricane to make a political point. That’s diffo!Not only are we going to see a large amount of taxpayer money dished out by the […]
A cartoon by on display at the caricature museum in the German city of Kassel is raising a ruckus. The cartoon depicts Jesus hanging on the cross and words coming down from heaven, “Hey, you. I f—– your mother.” Religious officials have called it offensive and have asked the museum to remove it to which […]
Robert Duncan, a Jr. High teacher, was dismissed earlier this month after six months of paid administrative leave after a parent took cell phone photos of two disturbing posters. One of the posters was a cartoon depicting Daffy Duck, Bugs Bunny and a caricature of Mitt Romney standing next to a poster stating “Obama Season” […]
Today would have been Jack Kirby’s 95th birthday. Tom Spurgeon has two excellent posts to commemorate the day: Jack Kirby, The King Of Comics, Would Have Been 95 Today: A sample of Kirby artwork Random Jack Kirby Links And News Round Up: Links to several notable articles, posts and interviews related to Kirby.
I suppose this counts as more of a “classic” than a “comic strip of the day,” since it’s not new. But I hadn’t seen it before Mark Anderson posted a blog entry yesterday entitled “Business Cartoons You Don’t Want in Your Employees’ Cubicles.” Good title. Confucius asked, “How can one be said truly to love who […]
The Cartoon Art Musuem in San Francisco is wrapping up its “What, Me Worry?” 60 Years of MAD Magazine exhibit in a couple of weeks. Giving it an appropriate send off. We’re celebrating and saying farewell to one of our most popular exhibits, “What, Me Worry?” 60 Years of MAD Magazine which ends September 16th. […]
The Oatmeal’s Matthew Inman is fundraising again. This time he’s thrown his weight behind an effort to purchase Nikola Tesla’s old laboratory and turn it into a museum. Here’s how The Christian Science Monitor describes how Matthew got involved: Then this summer Alcorn learned that Matthew Inman, a cartoonist who runs theoatmeal.com, posted a tribute […]
For any strips with families, and certainly for any that feature kids in starring roles, back-to-school cartoons are one of those tiresome annual required arcs, most of which can be safely ignored, except that then you’d miss a headspinner like today’s Agnes.Much of what makes this work is that it uses the concept of back-to-school […]
Brad Diller’s salute to marital empathy and engagement in Funday Morning struck me at the right moment. I’ve been streaming Netflix while doing dishes recently, and, in particular, the “American Experience” series on presidents. Apparently, finding a spouse who even knows what you do for a living, much less gives a rat’s patootie about it — […]
Pat Bagley notes the plight of a soldier in a war with no direction and that calls upon no American to sacrifice except him. The only thing we learn from history is that we learn nothing from history. I’m really sorry, guys. Wish I had more to offer than “You’re not the first.” In 1985 […]