Posted on: November 19, 2015

Bob Englehart, who has been at the Hartford current for newrly 35 years, has announced he’s taken a buyout and his last catoon will run on Thanksgiving Day.He post the following on Facebook.The rumors are true. I?m taking the buyout from the Hartford Courant. I?ve read the tea leaves and consulted smarter people than I […]

From the New York Times:Hadi Heidari, a cartoonist at the Shahrvand newspaper, was arrested on Monday and sent to Tehran’s Evin prison, his lawyer told Reuters in a telephone interview from Tehran. “He was convicted two years ago for his cartoons and was sentenced to one year in jail. The authorities had a different interpretation […]

We’ll start today with a David Horsey “Throwback Thursday” panel from 1994, mostly to spare me from trying to pick from among the flood of Indian/immigrant gags that come along this time of year.Not that they aren’t relevant under the current circumstance, but given the gap between what we say we believe in and what […]

  Wednesday marked the 30th anniversary of the launch of Bill Watterson’s Calvin and Hobbes. To note the anniversary Lee Salem recalls working with Bill:You worked closely with Watterson for more than 10 years, remaining a friend after 30 years. Please share a few of your favorite memories of working with him. From an editorial perspective, Bill was […]