From WBFO (npr): You might have noticed something missing from your copy of The Buffalo News Friday: the names of the reporters and photographers who make the paper possible. The Buffalo Newspaper Guild is going on an indefinite byline strike, withholding their names from their stories and photos, in protest of changes proposed by the […]
Editorial cartoonist Clay Jones has written an in-depth review and comparison (“it’s long. I wrote it over three days”) of Microsoft’s Surface Pro and Apple’s iPad. To be specific, my review is of a Surface Pro 6 (16 GB) and an iPad Pro 12.9 (1 TB) as for how they apply for drawing political cartoons […]
Today’s Barney and Clyde (WPWG) does a nice job of encapsulating the gap between what we say and what we are actually willing to do.I’ve got to admire Barney for sticking to his guns in the face of a non-binding opportunity to appear decent, but I suppose he wouldn’t have amassed his fortune and trophy […]
Danish artist Kurt Westergaard, famed for drawing a caricature the Prophet Mohammed which sparked outrage around the Muslim world, has died at the age 86, his family told Danish media on Sunday. Kurt WestergaardJuly 13, 1935 – July 14, 2021 From The Citizen: Westergaard passed away in his sleep after a long period of ill […]
The Sunday Doonesbury page first appeared on March 21, 1971, not all those early Sunday comics are available. For some reason the Doonesbury website, Dbury @ 50, and the GoComics archives are missing about half the Sunday Doonesbury comic strips from that Spring of 1971. The seven Sunday strips from April 18, 1971, April 25, […]
We’ll open today’s offerings with documented proof that Steve Kelley (Creators) either slept through the entire Trump administration or is having serious regrets over not paying greater attention to the factual gyrations of its various press secretaries.He’s also wrong about what Psaki said, suggesting that reporting misinformation to Facebook, Twitter, whoever, is the same as […]
German-American artist Lyonel Feininger was born on July 17, 1871 – 150 years ago today. He became the most recognized (and successful) of the German cartoonists hired by The Chicago Tribune in 1906 to re-create the Sunday color comics section of that newspaper.From the Lambiek Comiclopedia biography: His highly imaginative art work displays interesting uses […]
No politics today. It’s my dog’s birthday and I promised her I wouldn’t get all het up.So we’ll start with this Frazz (AMS) which Constant Readers will realize I like because he actually gets the meter right.But I also like it because it takes something absolutely silly and turns it smart, which is a hallmark […]
In the early days of ingratiating himself into the inner circle of King Arthur’s Court Hal Foster’s Prince Valiant had become squire to Sir Gawain, he of the brave soul and roving eye.Once upon a time (Spring 1938 of the KFS Era) a wounded Gawain was kidnapped by the evil sorceress Morgan Le Fey, whose […]
I’m going to start the day by taking Lalo Alcaraz (AMS) to task, though only on a linguistic point.“Misinformation” and “dysinformation” are separate things entirely. Misinformation is an innocent mistake. Dysinformation is purposeful, both in the sense of “deliberate” and in the sense of having a goal.Which is a good time to fly my Irish […]
When you think about Mickey Mouse, one name comes to mind, Walt Disney. But here’s the thing – Walt Disney didn’t create Mickey Mouse alone. It was actually his best friend, Ub Iwerks, who designed the iconic cartoon in 1928. He was the person who was doing most of the behind-the-scenes work, and when Walt […]
Non Sequitur (AMS) captures the current situation, and the Biblical reference is worthy.Exodus is, if not a tale of herding cats, at least a story of how Moses had to continually keep his people moving forward by addressing their unending doubts and grievances, until, when Jehovah had reached out with some specifics, he came down […]
Cartoonist Chris Foote has passed away. Christopher Bailey (Chris) Foote August 4, 1958 – July 11, 2021cartoonist, illustrator From the obituary: Chris graduated from Minnetonka High School, the University of Minnesota, and Atelier School of Fine Art. His educational life was exemplary. He excelled academically in all his studies with credit going to his natural God-given intellect, […]
Below are some comic strip and cartoon books scheduled for July 2021 release. Images and links (mostly) via Amazon, though ordering through your local comic or independent book store is a good idea. Rebirth of the English Comic Strip: A Kaleidoscope, 1847–1870 Lieutenant Dangerous The Spellbinding Episodes of Phoebe and Her Unicorn Handbook of Comics […]
There are plenty of Billionaires in Space cartoons popping up, and I got a laugh out of Joy of Tech‘s take, because they’re right about any tourist with bucks and a kind of de-glorification of space flight. In the early days of flight, there were pilots who made a good living as (literal) barnstormers, flying […]