Gary Markstein (Creators) has a nice-sounding idea.We’d all like a do-over; we’d all like to speak to the manager. Anybody who is content with the choices in the upcoming election hasn’t been paying attention, and much as I approve of universal suffrage, knowing the stakes when you step into the booth is critical.Maarten Wolterink (Cartoon […]
Vermont’s alternative newspaper Seven Days has released its annual Cartoon Issue. This year’s special comic features includes efforts by Mary Ann Lickteig and Clover Ajamie, Hannah Feuer and Kristen Shull, Ken Picard and Dan Nott, Steve Goldstein and Ezra Veitch. Also articles about Vermont’s Center for Cartoon Studies heading to Ireland, Burlington’s Intervale Center installing […]
“Novel ideas spring from a cartoonist’s mind because it is not weighed down too heavily by reality.” Rex and Phil, Funny Stuff, 2024“A comic artist ain’t no different than you or me or anybody excep’ he knows how to draw pitchers an’ is crazy in the head.” A less diplomatic phrasing from Popeye, Thimble Theatre, […]
My usual rule is to not feature a cartoon more than a week after it runs, but I’ve recently wound up with a collection of good pieces that got buried by more immediate issues. I’m allowed to break my own rule.Anyone who’s been paying attention knows that generating cryptocurrency gobbles up a lot of electricity, […]
About ten years Working Daze artist Scott Roberts (as Malcolm Bridgewater) gave us an in depth look at the history of the Working Daze comic panel and comic strip which these days is created by Roberts and John Zakour. It was a great look at comic styles throughout the past century by comics fan Thomas […]
Ted Rall was hardly the only person who, in 1995, pointed out that Bob Dole was old. And, compared to his opponent in the 1996 election, he was, given that Clinton was 50. Clinton was also the incumbent, but I felt at the time, and still believe today, that Johnny Carson’s flood of “Old Bob […]
Jules Feiffer, Mort Gerberg, J.N. “Ding” Darling, and the 1949 King Features Syndicate “bullpen.”An Appreciation of Jules FeifferSteven Heller writes: When I was young and yearned to become a cartoonist, there was no more perfect role model for me than Jules Feiffer. There are many brilliant cartoonists in my personal pantheon, but Feiffer, 95, is […]
Hopefully the restless natives are now calming down. Today Greg Evans returned to the drawing chores on Luann after a two week absence during which Luann fans threatened to abandon the comic forever (see comments) over a planned and temporary guest artist stint.In the Gutters with Tea.Speaking of a return … It has been quite […]
Today’s Rubes (Creators) brings back memories of being a reporter at a paper in a city on Lake Champlain, which has its own cryptozoological mascot that people honest-to-Marlin-Perkins believe in, “Champy.”A lot of people believe in him but nobody seems to have ever gotten a clear shot of him, but I do remember one excited […]
A few comic strips in GoComics “P” section went proverbial today. Phoebe and Her Unicorn, Pickles, and Prickly City comic strips follow closely in my GoComics feed, so the placing of platitudes in each of them today stood out (to me).Crossing paths in the Marciuliverse The current story in the Judge Parker comic is taking […]
Rejection is a bitter pill to swallow, particularly when it’s something that you really want. Imagine applying to your dream job, and told no by the likes of Cat Fancy magazine and the National Enquirer. When you accumulate enough rejection letters to fill a binder, most people might start considering a new career path. Not […]
The observation in this Jeff Stahler cartoon would be obvious any other time, but it’s important at the moment. Evaluating it depends on whether you consider everyone having a voice an example of equality or one of leveling, because when the greatest wisdom is placed next to the greatest folly, it puts quite a burden […]
Earl (originally Ranchin’ with Earl) by M. C. Tin Star seems to have ended its run earlier this year. Wally Badgett has the typical cowboy cartoonist background – ranch hand, rodeo star (at one time ranked #8 world wide in bull riding), rancher, deputy sheriff, rodeo coach, and doodler since childhood. A 1991 back injury […]
Sunday’s Rubes (Creators) brought to mind an African folktale whose more precise origin I can’t remember, of the lion, the hyena and the jackal forming a partnership to hunt together.They were quite successful and ended up with a great pile of game. Lion directed Hyena to divide it up for them, and he made three […]
This year’s San Diego Comic-Con is coming up at the end of July 2024 and they have some special guests lined up from the world of comic strips – some with hidden connections. From the SDCC Unofficial Blog is a list of those guests: Paul Levitz • Editor/writer, 75 Years of DC Comics: The Art of Modern […]