The Portland (Maine) Press Herald may add Non Sequitur and Curtis to their comics page. In order to do that they need to remove two comic strips. By popular demand, we are considering bringing back Non Sequitur, and we plan to introduce Curtis, a highly regarded strip featuring a predominantly African-American cast. To make room […]
(Jack Ohman – WPWG)(Ann Telnaes – WashPo)Here’s a Juxtaposition of two cartoonists whose work I greatly admire, but I’m giving Telnaes the advantage this time around because, while I like and agree with both cartoons, there are times when understated banality is more powerful than comic exaggeration.Besides, wit all doo respeck to Ohman, I’m as […]
Cartoonist Jason Chatfield appreciates occasional collaborator Scott Dooley. In 2018, after 15 years of freelancing as a cartoonist and having been published many times flying solo, I started collaborating with my friend and fellow comic, Scott Dooley to share the frequent anxiety (and sporadic joy) of submitting New Yorker cartoons. I hadn’t done this before […]
Tain’t Funny McGee McPherson © John McPhersonA New Castle News reader finds no humor in a Close to Home comic:I no longer “read” The News but scan for something of local or personal interest, such as Dr. Roach’s “Your Health.” As on Saturday when a “cartoon” of God’s chosen man, Moses, was right beside it. […]
Morten Morland (Times) offers this commentary tying in the coronavirus vaccine with the heroic but somewhat inexplicable return of Victor (ed. No, Alexei) Navalny to Russia, which — in case you hadn’t heard — has touched off massive, nationwide demonstrations in support of him and against Putin’s oligarchy.“Inexplicable” in the first place because Putin already […]
From ComicsBeat:It seems Wildstorm editor Scott Dunbier found an unpublished script by Moore for Gen 13 annual a while ago. Recently he auctioned off the script – which has the tantalizing title “The Coming of the Collector” – to raise money for veteran inker Bob Wiacek who is struggling with a diagnosis of glaucoma. Saga writer […]
The 2020 Reuben Awards were delayed until September last year, and now the winners are finally getting their awards in the mail. Above: Hy Eisman and his Milton Caniff Lifetime Achievement Award With the mail comes another round of recognition, in this case Dave Blazek.In 2019, Blazek, an Erie native, won the [Divisional] Reuben Award [for […]
I find it perversely comforting that, having praised Popeye the Sailor Mensch on Saturday for giving away a million dollars, I find in Monday’s Thimble Theater (KFS) that he’s having trouble doing it.“Perversely comforting” in that, while I wish it were otherwise, it’s clear that even back in 1937, we had plenty of cynics amongst […]
Cartoonist David Aja creates a new comic strip featuring The Batman of 1949.From Comic Book Resources:Writer/artist David Aja’s story for Batman: Black and White #2 is done in the style of the daily Batman newspaper comic strip from 1946 to 1949. DC Comics publicist Clark Bull tweeted Friday, “I’ve been hoping for the revival of DC’s […]
Cartoonist Paul Gilligan, of Pooch Cafe and King of the Mole People fame, has signed a book deal with Tundra/Penguin Random House for a series of graphic novels for young readers.© Paul GilliganPublishers Weekly reports: Peter Phillips and Tara Walker at Tundra have acquired, in an exclusive submission, world rights to Pluto Rocket by Paul […]
© Baldo PartnershipToday’s Sunday Baldo reminds me of the old Grin and Bear It Sundays.© King Features Syndicate © Maria ScrivanSomeone at GoComics (temporarily) dropped the “K” from today’s Half Full,giving an excuse to link to this history of comic’s color. © Bizarro StudiosLooks like Dan Piraro’s Bizarro is taking a cue from Dan Piraro’s other graphic […]
Dog Eats Doug (Creators) has a sweet story arc just starting on weekdays. Since the death of the original Sophie who inspired the cartoon version (but was much older), I understand Brian Anderson has been fostering adoptable dogs, and, even if he hasn’t, the family in the strip has.“Fostering” means giving a dog a place […]
Animator Ron Campbell has passed away. Ron Campbell December 26, 1939 – January 22, 2021 From the Ron Campbell Cartoon Pop Art Facebook page:It is with great sadness and a heavy heart that I have received news that famed animator/producer/director/storyboard artist Ron Campbell has passed away at age 81. Ron was a dear friend and my […]
The celebrated cartoonist of France’s Le Monde daily Plantu said Friday that he would soon leave the paper after half a century of work that has seen him mock the elite in his country and elsewhere with bitingly acerbic drawings. The departure on March 31 of Plantu — who has championed cartoons as a bastion […]
The Oatmeal has it right: Enough already with the Bernie memes.Timing is everything and you had your chance and if you haven’t placed Bernie somewhere and posted it on social media, it’s too late now. We’re fixated now on the horror of Joe Biden owning an expensive watch and a Peloton exercise system, which is such […]