From American Studies a couple days ago: The September 11, 1875 edition of the Daily Graphic illustrated newspaper featured “Professor Tigwissel’s Burglar Alarm,” a series of 17 images from the young cartoonist Livingston “Hop” Hopkins (1846-1927) that constitute the first newspaper comic strip in American history. I haven’t been able to find a complete digitization […]
Items from here and there and everywhere about this and that and the other: Artificial Intelligence; 2024’s best selling graphic novel; editorial cartoon contest for high schoolers; Al Roker animated; street fighting cartoonist; media compliance; protecting the children (from sex). AI-eee! AI “art” is already encroaching on our comics spaces. There have been allegations of […]
I cried when they shot Medgar EversTears ran down my spineAnd I cried when they shot Mr. KennedyLike I’d lost a brother of mineBut Malcom X got what was comingHe got what he asked for this timeSo love me, love me, love meI’m a liberal! — Phil Ochs Charlie Kirk was shot yesterday shortly after […]