Sydney Morning Herald cartoonist John Shakespeare has passed away. John Shakespeare 1961 – June 9, 2025 The Sydney Morning Herald (SMH) broke the sad news (or here): John Shakespeare, one of Australia’s most loved newspaper artists, died on Monday evening of cancer. He was 63. “Shakes” worked at the Herald for 39 years before taking […]
George Herriman and Krazy Kat! Richard Felton Outcalt and The Yellow Kid! Frank Frazetta and Buck Rogers! The surreal brilliance of George Herriman It was sheer coincidence that led to the intersecting of reading “Which Language Is the Richest in Words?,” an article from Interpreters & Translators, full-page Inc. by Toni Andrews, followed by an […]
Jennings is an ocean away, but he focused on Compton, name-checking an old-school rap with the scene of confrontations between authorities and citizens, as discussed in this next-day description of local residents cleaning up. Those who live there are looked down upon by the forces of ICE and Donald Trump, with a sense of bullying […]