Harold and the Purple Crayon, 1960s Popeye cartoons, 1972 Sergio Aragonés poster, Little Orphan Annie and Harold Gray, 2024 San Diego Comic-Con book.Crockett Johnson and Harold and The Purple Crayon Harold is the sole visible creator in his universe. The pages he inhabits are plain white expanses until he fills them: with simple objects like […]
Members of the Press and Print Foundation (Stichting Pers & Prent), a Dutch cartooning organization supporting political artists and free speech in the Netherlands, joined other media organizations to protest a proposed tax increase on newspapers and magazines. The VAT increase, from 9% to 21%, was proposed in May. It was immediately opposed by NDP […]
The Silverton, Oregon Homer Days are over, as is their 2024 Davenport International Cartoon Contest.The Homer C. Davenport cartoon contest entries are judged on 1. Artistic Skill: What is the technical skill of the artist’s work?2. Implied Message: Was the message of the cartoon clear and obvious?3. Over-All Appeal: Was the cartoon effective? Following that […]
ICYMI, Rabbits Against Magic has it right: The Democratic Nominee has excellent taste in music, though Mingus is more jazz than swing. But the pun works and we’ll let it slide.My mother turned me on to swing. She was the first female disc jockey on Harvard’s Crimson Network, then one of the founders of Radcliffe’s […]