Posted on: May 5, 2020

On May 5, 1895 the first color Hogan’s Alley appeared in The Sunday New York World. May 5th is now recognized as National Cartoonists Day. above from Ohio State University  above via John Wells  above: the EC Comics bullpen by Marie Severin  above by way of Allan Holtz’s Strippers Guide  above from the National Cartoonists […]

Instead of pontificating for 1,000 words and ending with a video, I’m going to start with the video and then add the commentary.Matt Wuerker has been creating a series of videos on the topic of editorial cartooning, and this one is good, but struck several nerves.Check it out:Perhaps I should have said, “this one is […]