I thought this morning’s Candorville was unusually prescient until I thought about it a little more and realized how many times this could have run in the past few months and seemed unusually prescient.Then I pulled down my copy of The Quote Verifier and confirmed what I suspected, which is that there is no evidence […]
No, no, no – Signe Wilkinson is not retiring. But that was my first thought when I saw the headlinePulitzer Prize winner, ex-Hiller, reflects on careerwith a Signe self-caricature attached to the article.The lead didn’t ease my fears:Famed Philadelphia Daily News and Philadelphia Inquirer political cartoonist Signe Wilkinson was the first female political cartoonist to […]
Glenn has decided to stop his syndicated editorial cartoons after he left the Belleville (Ill.) News Democrat last week.More to come.
Glen Keane “I always wanted to draw ever since I can remember.” And why not, with a cartoonist for a father he grew up around art and art supplies and Bil Keane for inspiration. But Glen’s cartooning took a different route.In September 1974, he accepted a position at Disney as an animator, and spent three […]
Team Cul De Sac chief Chris Sparks is helping throw another Drink and Draw at this year’s Heroes Convention in Charlotte.https://www.heroesonline.com/heroescon/From Chris’ Facebook post: Heroescon(June 15th-17th) is right around the corner. Guess what folks, it means it is time for me to ask for more wonderful donations for this years Drink and Draw! Which will be held […]
Ginger Meggs, New Yorker and MAD Magazine cartoonist Jason Chatfield is dandruff.See the video proof here: https://www.ispot.tv/ad/wvMO/selsun-blue-date-night photo from Jason’s site.
Friday Funnies is supposed to be a refuge from ponderous significance, but we’ll start and end with wisdom today and I hope sprinkle in a little more throughout. After all, humor is derived from wisdom, in that you have to know how things work before you can appreciate seeing them twisted.This includes understanding that wisdom is, […]
You may think Ginger Meggs is Australia’s favorite and longest running comic. But allegedly (fwiw, we have not been able to independently confirm that this ran) the editors at The Advertiser in Adelaide, Australia thought it was a great way to describe England’s favorite engaged couple.
Lynda Jean Barry – NCS Cartoonist of the Year nomineeLook at that photo above, now look in a mirror – what are you doing? If you are anything like me you are smiling. Every time I see that wonderful young lady I smile. For that alone she should receive awards.From her agency’s introduction:Lynda Barry has […]
In the tangy and delicious honeycomb mold of Tom the Dancing Bug’s Inner Hive subscription model, Herblock-Prize and RFK Journalism-Award winning editorial cartoonist Jen Sorenson has announced the launch of the “Sorenson Subscription Service” or “S.S.S.”From Jen’s site: Those who join the S.S.S. (which may eventually take on a more novel name — The Eagle’s Clutch, anyone?) […]
Pretty harsh treatment by Belgian cartoonist Luc Descheemaeker, and, yes, it’s pretty easy to yell “Hitler!” Calling people “nazis” has weakened the insult over the years, and comparing egotistical leaders to Hitler has weakened that simile as well.I guess the neglected part of the story of the boy who cried “Wolf!” is that he wouldn’t have pulled […]
Bill Amend of Foxtrot, Brian Gordon of Fowl Language and Nick Seluk of The Awkward Yeti will be boothing proximity partners at this weekend’s Motor City Con in Detroit.
Dana Simpson of Phoebe and Her Unicorn and Andrews McMeel/GoComics will be a special guest at this weekend’s Everfree Northwest Show in Seattle.According to their site:Everfree Northwest is a 3-day all-ages convention for fans of My Little Pony set in beautiful Seattle, Washington. With a Grand Galloping Gala, musical concert, vendors, 24-hour activity rooms, and […]
From last year’s McSweeney’s #50 comes an essay on reality. Not sure if the story came first or was inspired by the panels. Most of us have experienced the inkling that there is a world behind the world.“Nancy, All Too Nancy” by Jonathan Letham, illustrated with selected Ernie Bushmiller panels.
Foolish Questions, I’m the Guy, Boob McNutt, Mike and Ike, Pepsi and Pete, Life’s Little Jokes, Sweep Out the Padded Cell, and, of course, The Inventions of Lucifer G. Butts. Oh, and over 70 other titles, along with sports and (Pulitzer Prize-winning) editorial cartoons. Those would be the creations of Rube Goldberg.The introductory paragraph from […]