After the war that some called The Big One a lesser, more nuanced war began – a Cold War. While hot spots flared around the globe with the forces of Good and Evil vying for hegemony, our look here is about the propaganda part of the war between Capitalism and Communism.Close to home there were […]
I was thinking of employing a “You snooze, you lose” policy to Chauvin Trial cartoons that came in a day later, but Matt Wuerker (Politico) offers as much a reaction to the reaction as to the verdict itself.There is much wisdom in the quote often misattributed to Voltaire, “Defend me from my friends; I can […]
Cartoonist and illustrator Moira McDonough has passed away.Moira Anne McDonoughMarch 18, 1961 – April 1, 2021 From the obituary: A graduate of Lexington High School and Montserrat College of Art in Beverly, MA, she moved to Portland, OR to become an illustrator and cartoonist. Moira’s commercial illustration life in the Pacific Northwest led to creating […]
From Radio Ink: Political Voices Network and Counterpoint are working together on a service that will combine political talk and political cartoons. The service will be a one-stop-shop for the latest from America’s top opinion humorists. Political Voices Network is an audio-and-video destination for political talk from popular hosts. Counterpoint, is a source for the […]
There’s a lot to be said for simplicity, and Bruce Plante scores with a cartoon that tells the story and thereby sets the scene for today.The verdict came in so late in the day that it likely sent cartoonists scrambling to their drawing boards, though it’s common, on the eve of an election or a […]
Illustrator and cartoonist Newton Burch has passed away. Newton Clay (Bud) BurchOctober 5, 1925 – March 24, 2021illustrator, art director, cartoonist From the obituary: Bud attended Drake University and later The Art Institute of Chicago. Bud worked for the State of Iowa as an artist 25 years. After Bud retired he became a Cartoonist.
How Did He Do It© King Features Syndicate The second panel on this strip was one of those panels where if you don’t sell it the whole gag falls apart. The following is a little behind the scenes look at what goes into a drawing like this. Jim Keefe shows how he sets up a […]
Here we are, more or less.That is, I think Marc Murphy takes a bit of a verbal shortcut in describing the Chauvin jury as “sequestered,” since they’re locked in now, but they weren’t during the trial, and it came up in the discussions after they were sent off to consider their verdicts.ICYMI, the defense argued […]
Regarding NFTs Alex Hallatt poses an interesting question when she comments: The thing that upsets me most is the copyright notice. Selling an artwork does not mean you sell the copyright. Unless you say that you are doing so. I must admit that being an old Luddite I am outta my depth with this cryptocurrency-NFT […]
We start the day, and the week, with a Barney and Clyde (WPWG) in which Weingarten et cie use “beg the question” properly, which is probably too smart for the room, but they redeem themselves by referencing “passive-aggressive,” a phrase that has come to mean any response short of a punch in the face and […]
The first edition of what is now called The Tribune hit the streets on April 15, 1871. It was called “The Tribune & Utah Mining Gazette.” As part of the Sesquicentennial Celebration cartoonist Pat Bagley created a poster.Thoughts on seeing stuff like this are (1) how long did this take to complete? And (2) at […]
Universal Press Syndicate co-founder Kathleen Andrews has passed away.Kathleen Whalen (Kathy) AndrewsMarch 12, 1037 – April 16, 2021 Kathy was there in the beginning: In 1970, Andrews McMeel Universal was founded as Universal Press Syndicate by Jim Andrews and John McMeel. With an impressive company name and energetic young owners, Universal Press Syndicate began in a […]
Joel Pett lays out the litany of hate Americans are exposed to on a regular basis and ends by portraying one of the innocent victims of this toxic bile.I can’t be the only person who has so curated his social media and learned to avoid hatemongering broadcasters that I’m not bombarded with this garbage, but, […]
Below is the full statement from Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. President Jim Sullos regarding the syndication ending of the Tarzan comic strip as released to The Daily Cartoonist. From Jim Sullos, President of Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc.: Tarzan has proven to be a timeless character, maintaining his perennial qualities of strength, courage, protector of wildlife […]
After 92 years the Tarzan comic strip will no longer be offered as a syndicated comic strip. Andrews McMeel Syndication (AMS) has confirmed that it will halt distribution on June 20, 2021.For decades the Tarzan comic strip has been in rerun status – the dailies since 1972, the Sundays since 2002 – now even those […]