Jane Goodall 1934 – 2025

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1. Mark Mathes

   Thanks for this timely tribute to a magnificent scientist. This is the latest reason why The Daily Cartoonist is a must read every day. Congrats and a tip of the green eye shade on your 20th anniversary!

2. Anne

   I remember listening to a podcast of Jane Goodall being interviewed (possibly a rebroadcast of an earlier interview, maybe on Science Friday) and she talked about that second Far Side comic (“another blonde hair”). As I remember it, someone she knew reacted indignantly on her behalf, but she thought it was pretty funny.

   1. D. D. Degg  (admin)

      The Daily Cartoonist covered that story a few years ago:
      https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2020/04/24/jane-goodall-and-the-primate-gary-larson/

   2. Michael Ligot

      Goodall put that cartoon on a T-shirt and distributed it to her staff. I’ve heard that more of those T-shirts were sold to raise money for wildlife conservation.

      She also wrote an introduction to one of the Far Side compilations, putting her in illustrious company as Stephen King, Robin Williams, and an entymologist (bug scientist).

      1. Anne

         Well, now I know why that comic came up in the interview!

3. Mike Rhode

   Nice tribute to a remarkable woman who left the world a better place than she found it.

4. John Hines

   Our world has been lessened but hopefully, one child will be born to carry on, carry on.

5. Michael Tiefenbacher

   That credit should be Brad “Meltzer,” not “Metzger.”

6. Nancy Beiman

   I met Jane Goodall at the Disney Studio and heard her speak twice, once there, and once in Toronto in 2025. She had a wicked sense of humor and a visible aura of light around her (well, it was visible to me). She was a true saint…and one with a sense of humor.

   Jane Goodall’s Foundation objected to Gary Larson’s cartoon with the ‘long blonde hair’ but Goodall found it funny, and retracted their objection.

   Jane Goodall was one of my heroes and always will be. She inspired three generations of difficult women.

7. Nancy Beiman

   My apologies, I heard Jane Goodall speak in Toronto in 2024.

8. Darryl Heine

   You forgot about a 2010 Family Circus strip with recycled art but new caption that mentioned Jane Goodal.

   1. D. D. Degg  (admin)

      Thanks for the hint Darryl. On July 14, 2010 a few cartoonists responded to a reminder from the Jane Goodall Institute that it would be 50 years since Jane first entered Gombe. Mark Parisi, with Off The Mark shown above, was among the cartoonists responding. Others included

      The Family Circus by Jeff Keane
      https://comicskingdom.com/family-circus/2010-07-14?sort=desc

      Barney Google and Snuffy Smith by John Rose
      https://comicskingdom.com/barney-google-and-snuffy-smith/2010-07-14?sort=desc

      Mutts by Patrick McDonnell did a full week celebrating
      https://comicskingdom.com/mutts/2010-07-17?sort=desc

      Free Range by Bill Whitehead (different than the one in the post above)
      https://www.gocomics.com/freerange/2010/07/14

      The Doozies by Tom Gammill
      https://www.gocomics.com/thedoozies/2010/07/14

      Animal Crackers by Fred Wagner
      https://www.gocomics.com/animalcrackers/2010/07/14

      and, a day late, The Knight Life by Keith Knight
      https://www.gocomics.com/theknightlife/2010/07/15

      There are also some Jane Goodall gag cartoons by cartoonists like Leo Cullum, Ellis Rosen, Hagen, Rich Diesslin, and Jason Love that I couldn’t source.
      https://www.cartoonstock.com/directory/j/jane_goodall.asp?

      And, seeing the above linked page again, I overlooked
      Close To Home by John McPherson from 2009
      https://www.gocomics.com/closetohome/2009/10/17

      Others?