There are so many political cartoons now that are based on outright fabrication or deliberate misinterpretation that the Prime Directive is sorely tested each morning, because the part of the mission that says “made me think” is clearly being pinged by them. But, since what they make me think is that either the cartoonist is a […]
Last week, I praised Humon as an artist willing to try variety and new things.Now the latest Tom the Dancing Bug makes an argument about the web as innovation killer, which, at first glance, seems counterintuitive. The promise of the web was that artists and musicians would no longer be in thrall to gatekeepers.And that’s true, […]
I posted the teaser a while back. I’m excited to see this one.
He told us so. Ruben Bolling reposts a Tom the Dancing Bug from 2002.As was noted in the comments yesterday, it’s not like nobody saw this coming. But nobody in power saw it coming, or, if they did, they pretended they didn’t. I railed against chickenhawks, but it’s not that simple: Some of the people who […]
New Yorker cartoonist Charles Barsotti has passed away at age 80.From the New York Times:“He got the maximum out of the minimum,” said Robert Mankoff, cartoon editor of The New Yorker magazine, which has published nearly 1,400 Barsotti cartoons since the 1960s. “With just a few lines he could delineate a hobo, a spy, a […]
Please, let’s start with the funny one: (Between Friends) (Zits)Between Friends has had a wonderful arc going that might be called, “Fine, Make Your Own Damn Lunch!” except she couldn’t quite say that. However, the first strip in the arc — complete with family friendly substitution — starts here. The arc is well worth the clicks.The […]
The SFJ Excellence-in-Features awards have been announced. The Washington Post’s Michael Cavna places in three categories. Michael takes first place win in the Blog category for his Comic Riffs blog, a second place win in the A&E Commentary, a shares a third place with Tall Tale Radio’s Tom Racine in Video Storytelling.Congratulations to Michael and […]
On a Claire Day creators Carla Ventresca and Henry Beckett have announced that they are bringing their comic strip to an end. The feature launched eight years ago, but as Carla writes, “we?ve done it for eight years now, and with all that?s happened with the newspaper business (going away, basically!) we?ve had to bring […]
I said the other day that I have mixed feelings about the World Cup. And the metaphor is “mixed” feelings because they’re not blended: They’re quite distinct, one from another.1. I love seeing the best footballers of each nation get together once in four years for a great tournament.2. I hate the greed and corruption of […]
O Jenny, dinna toss your head, An’ set your beauties a’ abread! You little ken what cursed speed The blastie’s makin! Thae winks an’ finger-ends, I dread, Are notice takin’!O wad some Power the giftie gie us To see oursels as ithers see us! It wad frae monie a blunder free us, An’ foolish notion: What airs in dress an’ gait wad lea’e us, An’ […]
One of the odd aspects of Facebook is the sudden appearance of intriguing but unanchored stuff, which usually flies by in the “gotta get to the next thing” pace that Facebook seems to impose, which is why so much silly stuff gets liked or shared or commented on by people who clearly aren’t reading the […]
Cantor was dead: to begin with. There is no doubt whatever about that. The register of his burial was signed by the clergyman, the clerk, the undertaker, and the chief mourner. … Eric Cantor was as dead as a door-nail. Even conservatives like Glenn McCoy acknowledged it, though the cartoon doesn’t make it entirely clear whether […]
Drew Litton with a sports-cartoonist’s confession on the eve of the World Cup.There is more joy in Rio over one commentator who repents than over 99 who got it from the get-go.American indifference to the World Cup I can sorta kinda understand, at least if you add “Over 50” as a qualifier. Most Americans under […]
Back in February, Calvin & Hobbes creator Bill Watterson was awarded the grand prix de la ville d?Angoulême at this year?s Angoulême International Comics Festival in France. The festival is one of the largest in the world. The prize honors an individual who has influenced the evolution of comics. The winner typically draws the event […]
Darrin Bell makes the iconic statement. I like Clay Bennett’s declaration that school shootings are the new normal, but here’s the distinction that I see:Bennett’s cartoon suggests that we’re still trying to protect our children.Bell’s says, rather, “Here is where we are.”And, by God, here is where we are.We’re not trying to protect our children. We […]