Today’s “In the Bleachers” takes aim at a sports cliche so ingrained in the game of football that it seems more like terminology than jock talk.The sports department is an oddity at any daily paper. Even at a morning paper (as most are these days), the sports guys come in later and work later, because […]
The nomination of Thomas Nast to the New Jersey Hall of Fame as another opponent. Assemblyman Scott Rudder (R) has openly requested the founding father of editorial cartooning to be removed from the list.“Thomas Nast’s depictions of Santa Claus are beloved, but his portrayal of Irish Catholics was deplorable,” Rudder, an Irish-American, said. “Nast’s inclusion […]
Radio Netherlands Worldwide has interviewed Syrian cartoonist Ferzat Ali, whose hands earlier this year were beaten by Syrian Authorities to silence him. He reports that his hands are healing and when they do, he will return to Syria to continue cartooning. He is currently living in Kuwait.Mr Ferzat is busy retraining his fingers. Once he […]
Norm Feuti and King Features Syndicate launched Gil yesterday. The strip dates back to 2008 when Norm ran it as a webcomic after a first round of rejections by syndicates. After a couple of other submissions, Norm resubmitted the strip to King and was green lighted for a launch. From USA Today:“I don’t think the […]
The New York Daily News has named one of their own as their News Sportsman of the Year. Bill Gallo has worked for The Daily News sports department since 1960. He passed away this last May.Daily News’ Filip Bondy writes:It isn’t hard, really, to understand why so many people adored Bill Gallo and his cartoons […]
Beloved cartoonist Ronald Searle has passed away at the age of 91 on Saturday after a short illness. From the Guardian:Best known for his spiky comic drawings depicting the outrageous antics of the St Trinian’s girls, and for his illustrations of the Molesworth series, written by Geoffrey Willans and which, as any fule kno, tells […]
Matt Wuerker brings up an interesting — which is to say, potentially troublesome — issue in editorial cartooning.When you are a witness at a trial, it’s important that you only answer the question that was asked, lest you inadvertantly raise another question you didn’t want to be asked.Same rule applies in cartooning: Tread carefully.I’m in […]
Tom Spurgeon points readers to this collection of Winsor McCay editorial cartoons. They are presented without context and appear to be illustrations for editorials rather than freestanding cartoons, but they do have their years attached to their file names, and this one is from 1914.It immediately put me in mind of this passage from Jacob […]
I saw a couple of strips today that referenced the tradition that whatever you do on New Year’s Day is what you’ll do for the whole year.To which I can only add that, if so, it’s gonna be one helluva year for Jeff Corriveau’s Deflocked.There are plenty of strips that sometimes consist mainly of a […]