Seems Dennis is right:I love books. The problem is that my book-buying habit outpaces my ability to read them. This leads to FOMO and occasional pangs of guilt over the unread volumes spilling across my shelves. Sound familiar? But it’s possible this guilt is entirely misplaced. According to statistician Nassim Nicholas Taleb, these unread volumes […]
We’ll start in the literary corner today, with a recommendation that is a bit ironic since it was inspired by a passionate screed against asking artists to work for free and involves my suggesting that you get the Kindle edition of W. Somerset Maugham’s “Of Human Bondage” which is free.However, Maugham is dead and wouldn’t […]
Excerpts from a short item on Poynter:McClatchy, the second largest chain of local newspapers in the United States, filed for bankruptcy Thursday… The company has struggled in recent years to meet pension demands, including $124 million in pension funding due in 2020… The Chapter 11 filing will let McClatchy eliminate some pension obligations. In a […]
The Berryman Award is open to U.S.-based editorial cartoonists for work that exhibits power to influence public opinion, plus good drawing and striking effect. The cartoons should represent the highest standards of journalism.Roll Call reports:CQ Roll Call cartoonist RJ Matson will receive the 2019 Berryman Award for editorial cartooning at the National Press Foundation’s annual […]
I don’t think you can call Jeremy Banx’s work “deceptively simple” because the depth in his simple work is not at all deceptive or hidden.In this case, the commentary on Trump and Barr etc is like Dali’s (Duh. Picasso. See comments) bicycle-bull sculpture in that, yes, you immediately see the simplicity but you also immediately […]
Twenty years ago was a very sad weekend for comics fans.Already dismayed with the news that the Peanuts comic strip was ending, the day of February 12, 2000 became unbearable when news broke that cartoonist Charles Schulz had died. The very next day came the announced end of Peanuts, a planned end and so we […]
Drawing is something all little ones do. Occasionally they don’t give it up. If you are a cartoonist and want to learn how to become professional, there’s an opp for that. The opportunity is to learn from professionals. Craig Boldman has a course coming up in March for the still young.Students will learn about character development, […]
So the Primary is over and we’re back to being invisible.Someone will ask for our vote in November, but with only four electoral votes, that’s all they’ll do: Ask. The begging is now officially over.And I guess I’m not an influencer after all, because I read a couple of analyses of the vote that expressed […]
Art Van Rhyn, The Cambrian cartoonist for 30 years, has decided to retire. Kathy Tanner writing for both The Cambrian and the San Luis Obispo Tribune:He joined the newspaper’s cadre of freelancers in 1991, soon after I became a reporter there. The Cambrian’s editor asked Art to submit a cartoon, which he did. “The next week,” […]
Famed French cartoonist Claire Bretécher has passed away.Claire Bretécher April 7, 1940 – February 10*, 2020 * A number of early reports gave February 11 as the date of passing.“Women in comic strips are usually portrayed either as shrews or movie stars. But in real life, women, like men, are neither of these extremes, so […]
We’ll let New Yorker cartoonist Lila Ash lead off today, though I’m hoping it won’t take months for the nattering nabobs to stop talking about caucuses.I’d like today’s New Hampshire Primary to shift their attention away from whatever happened or didn’t happen or should have happened in Iowa, not because what happens here will be […]
above: the February 10, 2020 issue of The Flying McCoysThe National Cartoonists Society has announced that it will be awarding its Silver T-Square to Andrews McMeel President and Editorial Director John Glynn:From NCS President Jason Chatfield:On behalf of the board of directors of the National Cartoonists Society, It is my great pleasure to announce that […]
Let’s start with a timely Juxtaposition:(Darrin Bell)(Jeff Danziger)Bell is specifically referring to the Iowa Caucus, while Danziger seems more to be looking towards tomorrow’s NH Primary, but they’re both casting the remainder of the race as being between Pete and Bernie.It’s part of the horserace style of reporting that is the bane of small-d democratic […]
Cartoonist Jim Rose has passed away.James A. (Jim) Rose August 7, 1932 – January 24, 2020 From the obituary:Savannah political cartoonist and artist JIM ROSE passed on January 24, 2020. He was 87. His cartoon, “Phrogg,” ran in the Sunday edition of the Savannah Morning News for many years commenting on local and national news and […]
Archie artist and editor Victor Gorelick has passed away.Archie Comics announced on Twitter: Victor Gorelick April 5, 1941 – February 8, 2020 From the CBR (aka Comic Book Resources) notice:Gorelick joined Archie Comics at 16 and served in a variety of roles at the company. He became Archie Comics’ editor-in-chief in 2007. The next year, in […]