It is the end of an era for one of the most famous names in book publishing. Penguin is being sold by Pearson, its owner for the last half-century, as the company focuses its activities exclusively on education. The sale means that none of the so-called ‘Big Five’ of English-language book publishing remain in British […]
The New Zealand Media Council, a self-regulatory body funded by industry, has ruled that the Garrick Tremain “spots” cartoon “has no redeeming qualities.”The New Zealand Media Council’s findings relating to the Tremain cartoon:Cartoonists employ wit, satire, exaggeration, caricature and humour to make a point.A few deft stokes of the pen and a few well-chosen words […]
As The Philadelphia Inquirer says:Check out the cartoons previewing 2020 by Alli Katz, Andrea Beizer, Tom Stiglich, Jim Hunt, Terry Laban, Jeff Curnow, Rob Tornoe, Al Goodwun, Greg Kearney, Meghan Turbitt, Peter Evans, and Box Brown.The Inquirer’s Currents section, where these cartoons appeared in print, features opinions and viewpoints to help you better understand the […]
There have been some churches featured on Facebook and Twitter that have caged the Baby Jesus in their nativity sets, and I like Mike Luckovich‘s version of the concept.But lest we forget, this idea has Scriptural relevance:And when they were departed, behold, the angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, […]
The Joplin (Missouri) Globe has announced major changes to its comics pages.From a November Comics survey the newspaper determined that the favorite strips are Pickles in the daily comics and For Better or For Worse was the Sunday favorite.Zits came in #2 in both the daily and the Sunday polling. The Globe reports:The least favorite […]
I’m starting to get in the Christmas mood, but Dear Leader keeps dragging me back to Macroland.John Cole suggests a nice blend of myth and reality, much better than all the “Trump as Santa Claus” cartoons, because he blends Trump’s personal desperation with the idea that, unlike George Bailey, he’s taking counsel from someone dragging […]
December 20, 2019 Letter from the National Cartoonists Society calling for submissions. Note that membership is not a requirement to submit and be considered for the divisional awards and the submissions deadline is January 23, 2020.
Ye Gods! There’s some synchronicity among today’s comic strips. Dick Tracy The Phantom Mark Trail Curtis Pearls Before Swine Overboard
Vancouver Is Awesome, a part of the vast Glacier Media empire, has hired Geoff Coates as their weekly editorial cartoonist for the website.From V.I.A.’s introduction by editor Bob Kronbauer:I’m extremely proud to introduce you to our new (and first ever!) editorial cartoonist, the amazingly talented and witty Geoff Coates! If you recognize his name that’s either […]
Publishers Weekly has named Dav Pilkey their 2019 Person of the Year. Dav is the author/illustrator of the hugely successful Captain Underpants series, and has moved on to the just-as-successful Dog Man graphic novels. Pilkey’s Captain Underpants and the Terrifying Return of Tippy Tinkletrousers, the ninth book in his popular children’s novel series, published in […]
Sally Forth specializes in bizarre takes on holidays, but they get special credit for last Sunday’s take, which kept me wondering what the hell was going on until the last panel.A lot of their weirdness relies on your being familiar with the characters, but this is an excellent standalone — anybody could stumble into this […]
Dozens of New Jersey towns have found too much lead in their drinking water. More than 1.5 million are affected. Cancer-linked chemicals have also been discovered around the state. This year, Newark found itself consumed by a lead water crisis — one that a new NJ Advance Media investigation finds may have been preventable. The […]
Slate and the Center for Cartoon Studies are now receiving entries for their 2020 awards. The two award categories for the Cartoonist Studio Prize are Print Comic of the Year and Web Comic of the Year.Eligible print comics must be written in (or translated into) English and published between Jan. 1 and Dec. 31 of 2019. Creators or publishers […]
Phil Hands is the editorial cartoonist for the Wisconsin State Journal and the only political cartoonist on staff for a newspaper in the state.Phil explains that his cartoon mind doesn’t stop when his 37 hour work week does.Wisconsin Public Radio interviews Phil Hands and supplies a slide show of cartoons discussed.
From ABC7:It’s not your average suspect sketch, but Riverside police are hoping a drawing will help them find a man who is suspected of robbing a caricature artist. Police say the suspect approached the victim at the Festival of Lights event in downtown Riverside on Dec. 5 and asked him for a portrait of himself. […]