(I began to reply to Dann’s comment about “jumps” in regards to this post, but decided that the way newspapers are laid out is of interest to both general readers and cartoonists. So here’s an Afternoon Special on the topic.)Here’s the inside view of how the daily grind happens at newspapers:Step one in laying out […]
I’d like to thank King Features Syndicate for sponsoring The Daily Cartoonist this week and for being a great organization to work with in general. Their stable of cartoonists are pretty cool too! King Features just launched a complete revamp of their DailyInk comic portal under their Comics Kingdom branding. You can read all of […]
Pickles creator Brian Crane is a cool Mormon. A lot cooler than other celebrity Mormons according to a Utah magazine polling readers for their top 50 Coolest Mormon Men Alive. Brian came in at #16 beating out nationally and internationally men such as #40 Mitt Romney (politician), #19 Brandon Flowers (frontman for The Killers), #32 […]
The Cartoon Network has pulled a subscription-only cover to the sixth issue of the IDW Publishing?s The Powerpuff Girls comic book series because of complaints that the cover created by Mimi Yoon depicts the Powerpuff Girls in an overly sexualized manner. The girls were drawn in skintight mini-skirts and white stockings. The Powerpuff Girls are […]
Palestinian cartoonist Majedah Shaheen has posted an apology on her Facebook page after many Palestinians denounced her as a “Zionist agent,” “traitor” and “prostitute” according the the Jerusalem Post. From the Jerusalem Post: The controversial cartoon refers to Hamas efforts to rein in Islamic Jihad’s military wing, Al-Quds Battalions, whose members are believed to have […]
Buried at the end of this interview between John Seigenthaler of Aljazeera and Executive Editor of the New York Times Jill Abramson is an admission that if there was one thing that was missing from the New York Times is that there are no cartoons. Here’s the pertinent snippet: What do you think is missing […]
Sometimes it’s hard for cartoonists to keep up with reality and impossible to be sillier. Ted Rall serves up this commentary on the latest bizarre vision from Amazon.This whole concept is mind-boggling, but, of course, not because they don’t have the capability to tell what you like. We already know that, if you happen to […]