The Dallas Morning News (DMN) recently received a letter appealing for a more even-handed approach to the editorial cartoons appearing in their newspaper. The paper acknowledged that it was not the only like-minded request. So, how does The News pick editorial cartoons? And are they disproportionately anti-Trump? DMN Public Editor Stephen Buckley explains the circumstances […]
Murphy’s cartoon seems harsh, but, then again, he isn’t the one who has loosed masked men upon the population or ignored the courts and sent prisoners — many of them legal residents without criminal records — off to foreign gulags without trials.How many Americans recognize the term stasi? Is Gestapo too harsh? How harsh is […]
Seems the cartoonists in the news these days are the ones making the rounds promoting their latest books, but that does offer us a chance to read interviews and profiles of those cartoonists.And unlike some book lists you may have read the books listed here are all real. Peter Kuper Insectopolis: A Natural History Peter […]
The big comics celebration this year is the Diamond Anniversary of Charles M. Schulz’s Peanuts comic strip. And it is certainly worthy of all the acclaim and hoopla and licensing.But it has some tough competition in the Best Humor Comic Strip of All Time ranking. Walt Kelly’s Pogo, Gary Larson’s The Far Side, E.C. Segar’s […]
An hour? Holy catfish! Caulfield’s got a way longer attention span than I do. My limit for sitting listening to anything on my computer is about four minutes. As for selfie-podcasts, my limit for looking at a close-up of somebody’s big fat face delivering a rant is zero minutes.The counter-benefit of ADD is that I […]
“Draw Off” with Phil Hands May 20th and with Adam Zyglis May 22nd, both featuring D. J. Coffman.Via GlobalNewswire: DAVENPORT, Iowa, May 19, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Lee Enterprises, Inc. (NASDAQ: LEE), a leading provider of trusted local news, today announced the company is hosting a “Draw Off” event series that will pair The Wisconsin […]
Today, Dilbert creator Scott Adams announced in an online video that he has been diagnosed with prostate cancer that has spread to his bones. In the video, Adams was discussing Former President Joe Biden’s recent cancer announcement, expressing sympathy for the former first family.Adams also shared that his condition has become painful and intolerable, forcing […]
I’m surprised more cartoonists haven’t spoken up about the revelations of Joe Biden’s fade and his party’s (apparent) attempts to keep it from becoming public knowledge. Near as I can tell, the controversy is not over the accuracy of Tapper and Thompson’s book but over whether it’s a topic we should be addressing, given the […]
Jigsaw puzzle creator and cartoonist Mike Jupp has told his employer for the past 25 years “to shove it” when they made, in his view, unreasonable demands that he change his jigsaw creations to make them less offensive after they had already passed editorial muster and been produced.Lettice Bromovsky reports for the Daily Mail. Mike […]
Throughout the Civil War, Reconstruction, and the early years of the Gilded Age, Thomas Nast used his political cartoons published in Harper’s Weekly to satirize current events, expose corruption, and even influence elections. Kaleena Fraga for All That’s Interesting (ATI) takes a positive look at cartoonist Thomas Nast and his career. Nast’s career began in […]
You can’t copyright a title, and, even if you could, Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds would be in the public domain, since it was published in 1841. It is wonderful reading, with stories of the Crusades, the South Sea Bubble, the making of highwaymen into heroes and other follies, and I highly […]
Ernie Bushmiller – The Baltimore Sun Rollin Kirby – The San Francisco Examiner Raeburn Van Buren – The Brooklyn Daily Eagle Russell Cole – The Brooklyn Daily EagleFrank Godwin – Oakland Tribune Herb Roth – Oakland Tribune Norman Lynd – The Baltimore Sunday Sun Garrett Price – Chicago Sunday Tribune
Dick Tracy, Mutts, Macanudo, Moomin, Marmaduke, and 2025 Eisner Award nominations and a bunch of cartoonists associated with the aforementioned.Mike and McDonnell Return (briefly?)Today ends Eric Costello‘s seven month “guest writer” stint on Dick Tracy as Mike Curtis returns as the credited writer beginning Sunday, May 18, 2025 (no “guest writer” insert). We’ll see how […]
One of our local towns has quit collecting recyclables because of a price increase by the trash hauler, but Herbert points out a level of futility that overshadows the practice anyway, particularly in cardboard and paper, which are ruined by grease or moisture.This not only means that pizza boxes (and her hamburger clamshell) are not […]
Below are some comic strip and cartoon books scheduled for May 2025 release (or so). Images and links from a variety of publishers and outlets, though ordering through your local comic shop or independent book store is a good idea. Let’s start with one I just learned about that should have been on the February […]