Posted on: September 17, 2022

 On September 16 the National Cartoonists Society presented their 76th Annual Reuben Award for Cartoonist of the Year to …EDWARD SOREL   The National Cartoonists Society Announcement. 

On September 16, 2022 the National Cartoonists Society announced the winners of their Divisional Awards for work produced in 2021 at the 76th Annual Reuben Awards Banquet.Winners in bold.Nominees for Comic Book: Trish Forstner; Gideon Kendall; David Peterson  Nominees for Gag Cartoons: Emily Flake; Amy Hwang; Christopher Weyant Nominees for Greeting Card: Scott Jensen; Scott Metzger; Scott […]

Overseas cartoonists seem to be doing a better job than the Americans of covering the changing war in Ukraine, though, while Christopher Weyant isn’t the only Yank to draw Putin in a blowed-up tank, he’s given him a facial expression of comical surprise, and he’s done the best job of converting Russia’s Z from a […]

Act Fast!Today is the last day to book your room at The Hotel LeVeque and get convention rates.DEADLINE TO BOOK YOUR LEVEQUE ROOM HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO FRIDAY, SEPT. 16!Information at the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists site.

I’ve got great news for all you creeps, crooks and conmen of the Panhandle political class. Grab your champagne and pop your corks — the idiot cartoonist is officially leaving the Pensacola News Journal! Yes, editorial cartoonist Andy Marlette announced early this month that he was leaving the paper where he had been employed since […]

Mike Smith (KFS) offers a common though often dubious critique, that the Republicans are flooding us with criticism of the Biden administration without proposing any solutions of their own. I say “dubious” because sometimes an act is so clearly foolish that you only need to point it out; you don’t need to specify the non-foolish […]

Apologies to Sean Cleary and everyone, life got in the way of The Daily Cartoonist today. So other than the already set in motion Hey Kids! Comics! post TDC was forced into the backseat.Anyway… © Patrick McDonnellYes Sean there has been a number of comic characters guest starring in other comic strips this month.And of course […]

Below are some comic strip and cartoon books scheduled for September 2022 release. Images and links (mostly) via Amazon, though ordering through your local comic or independent book store is a good idea.  Nothing Echoes like an Empty Mailbox  (more about the USPS book)   Ink, Blood, and Linseed Oil   Celebrating 30 Years of Nature’s Favorite […]

I know I got a bigger laff out of this BC (Creators) than I should have, because it happened to me and a very young son while fishing off opposite sides of a canoe. There was much shouting of “Dad! I need help!” and “Not now! Not now!” until it turned out we didn’t need […]

Continuing with a couple topics that partner Peterson touched on this morning.The Return of Brownie the Elf Cleveland Scene reports National Football League’s Cleveland Browns bringing back an old favorite. From a helicopter perch high above the city, Fox 8’s Patty Harken snapped this shot of the Cleveland Browns’ new midfield logo at FirstEnergy Stadium, […]

(Benjamin Slyngstad) (Pat Bagley)Here are two closely related commentaries on the negative response to diversity and inclusion in fantasy productions, but, while closely related, they differ in some interesting ways.Slyngstad rightfully draws his character as a bigot, but the fellow has half a point: Elves, trolls and orcs are all derived from Norse and Germanic folklore, […]

As we hit the week of Lee newspapers’ cuts to their comics pages, we also come to the week that News Corp Australia newspapers cut not most but all the comic strips they were carrying.Gary Clark is the creative genius behind the comic strip, Swamp. First published in 1981 by the Sunshine Coast Daily, the […]

It’s just an invitation across the nationA chance for folks to meetThere’ll be laughing, singing and music swingingDancing in the streetThere’s still time! “For what?” you ask. To book a flight from Kansas City to Alaska. After you close out the Reuben Party Friday book it to Palmer Alaska for another party on Saturday. Chad […]

The headline I really wanted to use derived from a place Then-Wife worked, in which they printed up some of those pink “While You Were Out” notepads but with the heading “While You Were F****** Off,” which would be accurate for today’s discussion but inappropriate overall.To which I will add, as a dire warning, that […]

Update –Here is the new company-wide Lee Enterprises daily comics page from September 13, 2022. Comics are from Andrews McMeel Syndication, puzzles are from Tribune Content Agency.Another update:Here, by the way (see comments below), is the extra page of Lee e-edition comics.I’m sure (actually I’m guessing) these cartoonists get a few extra coins for this.The […]