A lot of the humor at The Gutters is insider, comic-book stuff, which leaves me doubly on the sidelines, but this one is pretty mainstream and awfully funny.This whole dudecentric view of life is not confined to the realm of comic books, nor is it particularly modern, but it’s a lively topic in that world […]
Nearly four months after a claim of plagiarism and repurposing old cartoons were leveled at Bill Day, Bill has finally responded with his side of the story. This is first time I have spoken publicly and given my side. Most of you probably don’t even know it happened. I thank Daryl for this column he […]
Pardon My Planet and Willie ‘n Ethel score a particularly pleasing double today by over-thinking pop psych cliches.Of course, you’re not supposed to overthink these things. It’s like carrying a tray of soup: If you look, you spill.The rub being that the person who isn’t going to look at the soup doesn’t need the advice, […]
Today’s Rudy Park touches on something I really worry about. Well, two things.1. Are they going to change technology to the point where I can’t get anything done anymore?2. Am I just an old fart?I refuse to get sucked into “new is better,” but I’m also aware of times when the changes that upset me […]
I was saving this 1979 Shoe, which was over my desk for ages, for Monday, April 15, but a couple of other tax cartoons hit today, so let’s go. If, like me, you owe money, this weekend is when you bite the bullet, right?Yes, life is deductible, though — as my then-wife used to point […]
Last year I reported that Jayme Gordon had sued DreamWorks Animation alleging the studio stole their ideas for the feature film Kung Fu Panda. I didn?t see much more about that story and quite frankly just about every successful movie has to deal with someone who thinks it infringed on their previous work.But according to […]
The documentary Dear Mr. Watterson debuted in Cleveland yesterday. I?ve mentioned it several times on this blog. Word and Film talks to Joel Schroeder, the director. I know there?s been some criticism about the film as invading the privacy of Bill Watterson, but I think the record is pretty straight what this film is trying […]
Last January, the Daily Mail reported that Peter Robbins, the man who voiced Charlie Brown in the Peanuts tv shows, pled not guilty to charges of stalking a girlfriend and her plastic surgeon. The Daily Mail is now reporting that Robbins has now pled guilty. He will be sentenced next month and could get up […]
Dave Coverly does a sort of metagag, in which he takes an exceptionally lame old joke, puts a somewhat ghastly spin on it, and turns it into comedy.The great thing about this panel is that the joke works on two levels: Vulture gifts are a pretty funny idea to begin with, and even funnier with the […]
The Barn, one of my two favorite comic strips starring a sheep (that’s not a joke, but it’s funny anyway), is in the early stages of an arc about field trips.I’ve told the story before of seeing a cow on exhibit at the Lincoln Park Zoo, and I observed then that it’s not just poor, […]
The Palestinian cartoonist Muhammad Sabanah, who was detailed by the Israelis in February as he crossed to the West Bank, has finally been sentenced. He was charged with contacting “enemy entities” according to his attorney. He was sentenced to five months in jail and ordered him to pay a 10,000 shekel ($2,755) fine.From FARS News […]
Sad news from Bob Mankoff, cartoon editor of the New Yorker: Ed Fisher, who drew cartoons for The New Yorker from 1951 to 2000, died the other day, at age eighty-seven. Ed, on the other hand, did?all told, he contributed over seven hundred cartoons. Bob has posted several of his favorite Ed Fisher cartoons. The […]
Marian Kamensky bids farewell to the Iron Lady.The death of Margaret Thatcher on the same day as Annette Funicello suggests the aphorism with which Tolstoy began “Anna Karenina,” in that all beloved people are the same, but each despised person is despised in different ways.Neither death was particularly unexpected; both women were known to be […]
Universal Uclick editor Lucas Wetzel pulls a few of his favorite comics that reference the late Roger Ebert.While I could go on expressing my admiration for Roger and the joy de vivre with which he approached his life’s work, instead I’d like to pull a few classics from the GoComics vault to show how much […]
Salon looks at the reclusive nature of Calvin and Hobbes creator Bill Watterson: Some say that the “recluse” is an endangered species, but to my knowledge, there’s still one artist who is keeping the idea of the private public figure alive: Bill Watterson, writer and illustrator of the beloved comic strip “Calvin and Hobbes.” Depicting […]