Mr. Meglin was born Nick Megliola in Brooklyn on July 30, 1935. His father, Anthony, was a mason, and his mother, Elizabeth (Laganigro) Megliola, was a seamstress. Nick Meglin, William Gaines, and John Ficarra by Mort Drucker (1991)The New York Times obituary of Nick Meglin.Although his byline rarely appeared, Mr. Meglin refined Mad’s cover ideas, […]
In April of 2014 Prince Valiant by Mark Schultz and Tom Yeates contained a first. After 77 years the Prince Valiant comic strip bared its hero’s chest and revealed…….nipples. Michael J. Bayly, on his A Prince Named Valiant blog shares images, both before and after, of the historic first. And part of an interview with […]
From Mental Floss:After honing his skills, Pastis’s Pearls drew the attention of several syndicates. One of them, United, offered a “trial” run where they would verify he could turn in strips on a consistent basis before going out to newspapers. After that phase, Pastis expected to start appearing in print. But one salesman at the syndicate changed that with […]
UpdateReed Brennan is alerting its clients to the Wednesday June 13 Six Chix panel:King Features Syndicate has issued a correction for Six Chix panels and strips in black and white and color for 6/13. Due to the death of Anthony Bourdain, an updated version of this comic has been supplied.The original panel had mentioned Anthony […]
Editorial cartoonists struggled to say much of anything witty or insightful about the Trump/Kim Summit, though perhaps they’ll do better once there is more indication of what actually happened.Meanwhile, I like Mac’s take, if for no other reason than that I’ve seen some “Kim is crazy” cartoons, which makes me wonder who they think he’s […]
Updated June 11The Columbia Journalism Review is reporting on the controversy:Rogers took some time off from the Post-Gazette, but said he hopes to return to work this week. “I plan to draw the best work I can draw and submit it with the intention of getting it in the paper,” he says. “I know what […]
For sale on eBay: Prints of the art for a 1982 golf themed cover. Jam artwork by Hank Ketchum and Charles Schulz featuring Dennis the Menace and Peanuts characters.From the seller:I am offering a VERY RARE Peanuts / Dennis the Menace 1982 Golf Journal magazine cover print. Please see all photos and ask any questions, […]
The “official” Nick Meglin obituary:Nick Meglin was an American writer, humorist, and artist. He was known for his work as a contributor, comics writer, illustrator and editor for the satirical magazine Mad. He also scripted Superfan, a 1970s comic strip by Jack Davis. He was active as a lyricist of musical theatre and had columns […]
First and most important: Can anyone tell me if all is well with Jim Scancarelli? Gasoline Alley, in its centennial year, has been reruns since November 2017; and Jim doesn’t seem to be just fiddlin’ around. Why won’t Mark Schultz and Tom Yeates reboot their strip to “Tales of Young Val” like I want? What’s […]
Over at Hogan’s Alley, Tom Heintjes does an interview with “Cathy” cartoonist Cathy Guisewite.From the interview, Guisewite says:“It never would have occurred to me to put my thoughts into a comic strip if it weren’t for Peanuts. That strip was absolutely, 100 percent the guiding influence on my comic strip. I grew up reading Sparky’s strip […]
The New York Daily News has replaced the recently ended “Soup to Nutz” with Hector Cantu’s and Carlos Castellanos’ “Baldo.”
Signe Wilkinson leads off with the most trivial of today’s topics, the legalization of sports betting, or, more precisely, the ruling that you can’t forbid states from legalizing it.Most of the professional leagues and the NCAA are against it, because they feel sports betting can breed corruption.And, aside from the 1950 college basketball point-shaving scandal, and […]
The New Yorker Encyclopedia of Cartoons: A Semi-serious A-to-Z Archive :This monumental, two-volume, slip-cased collection includes nearly 10 decades worth of New Yorker cartoons selected and organized by subject with insightful commentary by Bob Mankoff and a foreword by David Remnick. “…the most ingenious collection of New Yorker cartoons published in book form, The New […]
Beloved cartoonist Nicole Hollander reflects on a life after ‘Sylvia’ in a 30 minute radio interview. above Nicole Hollander and Justin KaufmannGroundbreaking syndicated cartoonist and writer Nicole Hollander (“Sylvia”) joins Justin [Kaufmann] to discuss her new illustrated memoir, “We Ate Wonder Bread.” Nicole talks about her illustrious career, why she decided to write a graphic […]
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