The whole issue of St Patrick’s Day is fraught, given that it grew to prominence as a kind of civil rights march in the era of Know-Nothing bigotry and morphed into a nationalist event each year, raising money for the liberation of Ireland but has since somehow became the Stepan McFetchit monstrosity it is today.I […]
One of the rules around here is that an editorial cartoon is “live” until the artist publishes the next one, and that’s good, because I’ve been pondering this Matt Bors cartoon for a couple of days.He often makes me think, because, while there are cartoonists with whom I almost always agree and some with whom […]
(Drew Sheneman) (Clay Bennett)There are plenty of serious issues out there and plenty of depressing cartoons addressing them, and to hell with it. Drew Sheneman and Clay Bennett go for the chuckles, proving that even silliness can be used as a weapon.I addressed the “presidential dignity” strawman two days ago and wouldn’t have come back […]
Interesting find. Jack Kirby appeared briefly as a police sketch artist on the 1970’s Incredible Hulk series.
Last week the Comic Art Professional Society (CAPS) launched an auction to benefit Stan and Sharon Sakai. The money raised will go toward medical care for Sharon who has been battling a debilitating brain tumor for some time. There’s some great pieces of original art up for grabs for a really good cause. The art […]
Culled from Youtube: Beetle Bailey Episode 2 Halftrack’s Navy (1963) cartoons
It’s pretty nerdy out there, on a holiday that I think can only be celebrated in the US of A, with Frazz the best of those marking it in the funny pages.We’ll have to make a much bigger deal of this in two years, assuming we’ve all recovered from the whole Y2K scare enough by […]
Library of Archives Canada has acquired over 3000 original drawings, watercolors, textual material and photographs from For Better or For Worse creator Lynn Johnston.From the press release:“This is a remarkable addition to our holdings. Lynn Johnston’s work is significant to Canadians. We recognize ourselves in her characters’ reaction to everyday life.”
Interesting piece over at Fast Company by Ed Catmull, president of Walt Disney Animation Studios and Pixar Animation Studios, on creativity. You may be thinking, How is the Braintrust different from any other feedback mechanism? There are two key differences, as I see it. The ?rst is that the Braintrust is made up of people […]
Off the Mark cartoonist Mark Parisi has a new eBook out perfectly themed for cat-lovers. The book is entitled Cartoons Your Cat Doesn’t Want You to See. Even if you’re not a cat-lover, Mark’s an ace cartoonist.From the book: Mark uses his zany sense of humor to illuminate the mysteries of the feline species while […]
Thankyouthankyouthankyou Signe Wilkinson, for allowing this topic to be addressed without a violation of the Prime Directive.We only show good cartoons here. We don’t mock the off-key, “don’t you people read the papers?” commentaries that should embarrass their creators, though the temptation does become almost overwhelming at times when the facts are easily found but […]
Another serial comic is changing hands. Long-time Mark Trail cartoonist Jack Elrod is retiring and his assistant James Allen is taking over. The strip has been primarily guided by its creator Ed Dodd and Jack, but a lot of cartoonists have had a hand in the strip over the years including the great Jack Davis […]
)I love Steve Martin. Hits theaters November 26th.
Bug Martini either works on wicked-tight deadlines or stumbled into this topic just at the right moment: Keith Richards is now writing a children’s book.As mentioned recently, I read to my own kids and have read to my grandkids. And I know the feeling of having a small child come up with a book and […]
The Advocate newspaper in Pictou, N.S. has issued an apology for a cartoon that they ran depicting a Nazi swastika flag flying over the Parliament Hill in Ottawa. Readers found the cartoon offensive.In part the paper’s apology included these lines: The cartoon was simply meant as a satire, or exaggeration, on Harper?s Economic Action Plan […]