The Simpsons co-creator Sam Simon is donating millions of dollars to charity after being given prognosis of terminal colon cancer with three to six months to live.From Hollywood Reporter: THR: You said to Marc Maron on his podcast that you’ve been aggressive about the giving you’ve done, that you are giving most of all you […]
Joe Macare of Truthout interviews editorial cartoonist Matt Bors.From Truthout: JM: Your work, as the book showcases, includes editorial cartoons, graphic journalism and prose essays. Can you talk a little about why you do each type of work? MB: I consider comics a writing job and I’ve always wanted to stretch out and make longer […]
(Saturday) (today)Deflocked begins a back-to-school arc before anyone else dares, and for a good reason: Jeff Corriveau is riffing on the disappearing summer vacation.It’s getting hard to keep track of the school year. When I was growing up in New York, school started shortly after Labor Day but then dragged on into the third week […]
Rudy Park on the phenomenon of the partisan press.My only quibble is in the last panel: The president’s middle name is only used by his enemies, more or less the same people who were convinced that FDR was Jewish rather than Dutch Reformed, with the difference that Roosevelt didn’t have any Jewish relatives and Obama […]
Pajama Diaries on the nonsense of “healthy snacks” in an unhealthy world, or, as I like to think of it, the persistence of comforting delusions.Dear-lord-forty-years-ago, I belonged to a food co-op in Denver that, when we joined, was one of those co-ops where you ordered your three pounds of raw cheddar, your two pounds of […]
Chris Britt notes the expanding range of the right-wing’s appeal to bigotry, and, unlike others who have marveled at the phenomenon, he does not assume that they are painting themselves into a corner.Nor does he play the game of “They all do it,” in which we throw up our hands over the perfidy of Congress, […]
Jeff Parker has announced that after 21 years at the FLORIDA TODAY, he’s leaving the position to spend more time working on the comic strip Dustin that he does with cartoonist Steve Kelley. From FLORIDA TODAY: “I just can’t keep up that pace anymore,” he said in announcing his decision. “Comic strips have always been […]
In case you missed it because you were working 80 hours a week for minimum wage, Brian McFadden brings you up to date with even more tips from McDonald’s on how to live on the crappy pay from two crappy jobs. Because, y’know, you can’t make it on the crappy pay from one crappy job.Even […]
There are several cartoons about the birth of the fresh prince, most of them asking “Who cares?”It’s a good question. In fact, if the mark of a classic question is one that we have struggled to answer over the years, “Why do people care about stupid bullshit?” is a great question.”Because they’re stupid,” is clearly […]
(Artwork by Mr. Fish)The sculpture created by legendary editorial cartoonist Paul Conrad is in danger of being removed by Santa Monica unless $400,000 is raised by February of next year. The sculpture depicts a nuclear mushroom cloud made out of chains. The city has fenced the sculpture after concerns that it is structurally insecure. The […]
Jake Tapper of CNN talks with editorial cartoonist Matt Bors about the state of the editorial cartooning industry.Not exactly stunningly new information, but I like that Jake has a soft spot for cartoonists and features them on his program.
Entertainment Weekly is reporting that a cross-over episode is planned for The Family Guy and The Simpsons. Simpsons castmembers Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith and Hank Azaria will lend their voices to the installment, in which Peter and the rest of the Griffins embark on a road trip and wind up in […]
Between Friends is dealing with Kim’s son heading for college, which, by the way and not at all by coincidence, is happening in cartoonist Sandra Bell-Lundy’s life as well, though not — as in Kim’s case — for the first time. Yet they both face the empty nest.There are so many ways I’m already enjoying […]
Chris Sparks, the leader of Team Cul de Sac, was nominated for four Eisner awards at this year’s San Diego Comic Con, but he walked away with one that he wasn’t even nominated for. He was awarded the Bob Clampett Humanitarian Award for his anthology “Team Cul de Sac: Cartoonists Draw the Line at Parkinson?s” […]