Reliving Her ChildhoodTerri Libenson is interviewed about her recently released Remakably Ruby book. How did you make the shift from the parental point of view, in The Pajama Diaries, to the child’s, in Invisible Emmie? I approach the kids’ books similarly to the comic strip—that is, autobiographically. But instead of writing from my adult viewpoint […]
A collection of obituaries and appreciations of Neal Adams.The Guardian published their obituary of Neal Adams today. Adams was central to the rethinking of characters including Marvel’s X-Men and, for their rival DC Comics, the Spectre, Deadman and, most crucially, the Batman. He also brought about changes to business practices, most notably winning artists the […]
Kevin Siers offers a dire warning by juxtaposing the reality of the pending SCOTUS decision with the imagined assurance that it’s just this one thing.Well, it’s just this one thing that, in and of itself, is going to kill women, given that Louisiana is already pushing a bill that would even outlaw abortion in the […]
The news of Counterpoint Media creating a new syndication division brought some questions with it. Counterpoint founder Nick Anderson was kind enough to answer a few of the questions we had.Foremost among concerns was, with this added to Nick’s schedule, it would slow his cartoon output.Said Nick:I will absolutely continue cartooning. I’m doing three cartoons […]
There’s a new syndicate in town!Counterpoint Media to Launch New Cartoon Syndication Platform The expansion into syndication will broaden Counterpoint’s mission to support independent political cartooning. From Counterpoint Media Group comes news of a new syndicate – Counterpoint Licensing and Syndication.Counterpoint Media, an independent organization of political cartoonists of all perspectives, will represent former Washington […]
Marc Murphy gets the lead-off position today because we are both Domers, graduates of the University of Notre Dame.As Gibbon said of his own alma mater, “she will as cheerfully renounce me for a son, as I am willing to disclaim her for a mother,” but not only am I willing to claim Murphy as […]
Not forgetting comics’ past.McDougall’s Monsters When a child picks up a newspaper, it is often to see the wacky adventures of Snoopy or if Garfield still hates Mondays. Flashback to 1902, children who expected the funny pages instead found the scary drawings of Walt McDougall.Believe It or Not in 1902 cartoonist Walt McDougall had a […]
The “Ripley’s Believe It or Not!” comic strip has been a beloved staple of newspaper funny pages across the country since 1918. And, “believe it or not” (see what we did there?), the new artist behind this august institution is none other than Orlando artist Kieran Castaño. Castaño is known around these parts for his […]
Marc Murphy sums up the impending overturn of Roe v Wade, at least in its immediate significance. We’ll get into some more analysis tomorrow, since the flood of cartoons in the past 24 hours has yielded more good material than I have room for even in an extended posting.Murphy demonstrates the power of minimalist commentary. […]
GoComics welcomes cartoonist Jim Toomey and his Sherman’s Lagoon comic strip to the Andrews McMeel fold with an interview. One of your favorite newspaper comics is now available on GoComics! As of this week, all the characters from Sherman’s Lagoon bring their under-the-sea shenanigans to the site, including Sherman the shark, his wife Megan, and […]
The United States Postal Service announced some new editions to their 2022 stamp program. WASHINGTON — The U.S. Postal Service has announced several additions to the 2022 stamp program first announced last fall. All stamp designs are preliminary and subject to change. Additional details, including issue dates and locations, will be announced later. Headlining the […]
In a Sunday story arc running April 6 to September 28, 2003 Tony DePaul and Graham Nolan introduced Chatu, called Python, into the world of The Phantom.The episode ended with no winner.Chatu would return three years later (May 15 – September 2, 2006) in The Daily Phantom with Paul Ryan as artist.The Python became a […]
This week Scott Adams introduced the first Black character in his Dilbert comic strip.Scott noted the new cast member on Twitter.Which got this response from The Mary Sue: Where to even start with this? The fact that Adams thinks waiting thirty-three years to introduce his first Black character could be viewed as anything but an […]
I’ve often criticized cartoonists for failing to defy their schedules when breaking news demands commentary, but this won’t be one of those times. Given my necessary 4 AM wake up time, I was asleep by yesterday evening when Politico broke the story of the pending SCOTUS decision on abortion.A few cartoonists leapt to their drawing […]
Colin Wright, evolutionary biologist, is the man who created the now famous cartoon Elon Musk tweeted last week.Colin has a piece on today’s Wall Street Journal opinion page. I was out for a walk last Thursday when Elon Musk tweeted a political cartoon that I created in August 2021. It received hundreds of thousands of […]