I’m going to start with an encouraging word from Mark Anderson at Andertoons, in these days of shutdowns and cutbacks and layoffs.There’s something worse than getting fired.Not getting fired.I’ve popped around a fair amount and I’m very familiar with the job that is fun until your boss leaves or until the place is sold and […]
above: Macanudo by LiniersHere are some comic strip and cartoon books scheduled for March 2019 release. Images and links via Amazon (though ordering through your local comic book shop is a good idea.) Laptops Are So Warm: An Ask a Cat Collection Just Like Rube Goldberg: The Incredible True Story of the Man Behind the […]
What type of content seems to go over well in Madison? People really like it when I make fun of Donald Trump. It’s a pretty liberal community here in Madison, so people always really love that. People always loved it when I when I would make fun of Scott Walker, the old governor of Wisconsin, […]
King Features has noted the passing of Tom K. Ryan. Tom’s Tumbleweeds collections were some of my most favored comic books. Ger Apeldoorn has a few Tumbleweeds comic strips at his site, including some of the first ones. Here’s the beginning of a site dedicated to Tom and Tumbleweeds. And here’s Tom’s Tumbleweeds site. A proper obituary as details emerge.
Not to worry, Pig. It’s Friday Funnies! And you don’t have to actually turn it off, as Clyde demonstrates. You can just blow it off. People like Winslow and Carmen will take care of everything for you. Hope you like their plans, by the way.The difference between Pig and Clyde being that Pig will eventually complain about […]
Only two months left to get your plans in order to attend the first NCSFest. Join thousands as they enjoy a Comics and Cartoonist Carnival. Here are a few that have already made plans to attend: All the information you need at the NCSFest website.The NCSFest Facebook page will keep you up-to-date.
An Unapologetic Political CartoonistWELLS: I saw on Twitter, I mean I just saw a bit of it, but he apologized and then he sort of apologized for the apology. But people started giving a hard time for apologizing. MACKAY: I think the big difference there is that he’s a freelancer so he doesn’t answer to […]
Congrats to Dave Granlund, mostly in contrast to those cartoonists who did cartoons about the Max8s still being in the air, only to have Dear Leader come sliding in, spikes high, at deadline time to announce he was grounding them.Trump could really mess with the press by doing that more often — serve up an […]
The dust-up with Mehgan McCain has raised Eli Valley‘s visibility.In an interview at Popula Eli establishes his Jewish bona fides vis-a-vis Mehgan and dicusses the politics of Israel in the U.S.First of all, I had no idea that Meghan McCain is Jewish. What’s the story behind that? It’s been fascinating just from the point of […]
I know it goes against the rules of editorial cartooning, but let’s start with what Nancy Pelosi actually said:While Pelosi’s statement has drawn condemnation from several cartoonists at the left end of the spectrum, their outrage seems more idealistic than practical, little more than the same chants that MAGA crowds aimed at Clinton, with the […]
Steve Sheinkin is an author of fiction and non-fiction works and he is an illustrator of fiction and non-fiction works. Sometimes he blends the fiction and non-fiction and sometimes he blends the prose and the illustrations.Anyway…Steve also does graphic interviews with authors and illustrators, which he calls Walking and Talking with…Here he is Walking and […]
Whhhiirrrrr…clik…clik…clik…clak Awards The Slate Book Review and the Center for Cartoon Studies are proud to announce the nominees for the seventh annual Cartoonist Studio Prize. The winner in each of our categories will be announced April 12. Each winner will receive $1,000 and eternal glory. On the shortlist of nominees for Best Web Comic of the […]
This Pat Bagley cartoon has been hanging around too long, but I’m going to feature it anyway because it’s such a good introduction to the blatant disinformation circulating in our system.Of course, nobody said we needed to do away with cattle entirely, but having even said that (A) they produce a lot of methane and […]
Cartoonist Joe Ruisi has passed away.Joseph A. (Joe) Ruisi November 4, 1936 – March 10, 2019Joe was a magazine, gag, and editorial cartoonist; a children’s book and greeting card illustrator. Life began for Joe Ruisi in beautiful downtown Buffalo, New York. At about the age of three, little Joey began to exhibit anomalous tendencies. His […]
Interview: Bill Griffith, Nobody’s Fool, and a Grand Career in ComicsIn 1976, Zippy began to appear in about 50 alternative weekly newspapers–syndicated only by me. From ’76 to ’85, Zippy was a weekly strip that I syndicated alone. In 1985, the San Francisco Examiner, a daily Hearst paper, was given over to a new generation. […]