ReturnsNote that regular Gil Thorp artist Rachel Merrill has returned to the strip this week, not to universal acclaim.The GoComics Newsletter informs us that a half dozen cartoonists and their comic strips have returned. After brief hiatuses, these creators have returned to GoComics and are actively updating their comics at least once a week. Let’s […]
The digital Salt Lake Tribune returns to hard copy editions, The Washington Post does away with reader critiques, the McClatchy group cripples its national news gathering abilities, and GANNETT NO MORE! The Salt Lake Tribune Returns to Print – kinda, sorta The Salt Lake Tribune returned to print last month with a localized offshoot — […]
I was just remembering all the time I spent in the principal’s office in high school, and here’s Andertoons pinging those memories again. The only time I was in there for anything serious was when I was caught smoking in the boys’ room (which would make a good song!). The others mostly involved mischief.It wasn’t […]
Cartoonist Giorgio Forattini – RIP Italian political cartoonist Giorgio Forattini has passed away. From Ansa: Cartoonist Giorgio Forattini has died at the age of 94, his family said Tuesday.Born in 1931 in Rome, he worked for Panorama and left-leaning daily la Repubblica, edited Il Male, and later created illustrations for liberal daily La Stampa, conservative […]
Here’s a couple screenshots from the GoComics portal on newspaper websites: Yeah The Oregonian is missing the Biographic title and graphic. But neither that paper nor The New York Daily News updated Biographic this past Sunday (November 2, 2025). The last Biographic feature on the newspaper websites was for October 26, 2025. The Daily Cartoonist […]
Ann Telnaes provokes a response of “Well, yes, but no …”I think I’m done wondering whether Trump is a deliberate liar or truly believes the preposterous nonsense he says. I’ve compared him in the past to OJ Simpson and Jeffrey MacDonald, both of whom denied murders that they most assuredly committed. I think they were […]
Irish cartoonist, caricaturist, and illustrator John Farrelly has passed away. John Farrelly ca. 1969 – October 31, 2025Mr. Farrelly entered hospice care a month ago after being diagnosed with terminal cancer. From the Belfast Telegraph: He was widely recognised for his Deadly Irish History book series, published by O’Brien Press. A death notice said he […]
Peezy, the pizza rat, is editorial cartoonist Clay Jones‘ dingbat that appears in his political cartoons. Clay is making tremendous progress on his road back from his recent stroke with physical therapy. And his many friends in the cartooning community are supporting him where they can — either by donating to the Clay Jones GoFundMe […]
I don’t live in New York City, or even close enough to feel its presence, and so, no, I’m not scared about who they’re going to elect as mayor tomorrow. I do find it interesting, however, because Mamdani is making a lot of promises, some of which I’m pretty sure he can pull off, some […]
Dilbert cartoonist Scott Adams is asking President Trump to intervene on his behalf to obtain quicker treatment for his metastasized prostate cancer. From Fox News: He wrote in a post on X that his healthcare provider, Kaiser Permanente – Northern California, approved his application to receive a new FDA-approved drug Pluvicto. “But they have dropped […]
As Prince Valiant continues its historical summarizing so we will continue to follow the sources as Mark Schultz and Thomas Yeates draft Cullen Murphy and John Cullen Murphy‘s story from 1982 into a new tale.Following the new introductory panel one by Thomas Yeates we go back to 1982 for panel two. Panels three and four […]
I get up early by most standards, but even earlier this morning because my bedside clock doesn’t change itself, so when I turned on my computer, I realized I’d rolled out an hour earlier than I had to. No worries: I’ll make it up with a nap later and I didn’t have to wait for […]
And then there was the time… when Schott’s Significa and Davey Jones, Michael Maslin and Rea Irvin, Nebelspalter and Rick McKee, Steven Heller and Peter Kuper, and Lynda Barry and Lynda Barry again were all included in a weekend roundup.And then there was the time… Schott’s Significa Included a Chapter on Comic ConventionsJohn Freeman brings […]
Cartoonist Garrick Tremain is 84, widowed and fighting a highly aggressive form of cancer, but he has not lost his sense of humour. Take this example. The local museum in Arrowtown asked him which night would be best for the launch of his new book. “Which knight?” he replied. “You’d better make it Sir Grahame […]
A whole lot of Halloween-themed cartoons are now obsolete, and so, perhaps, are a flood of cartoons about SNAP benefits, given that two separate courts ordered the funds distributed after all. (The “perhaps” being based on the potential for Dear Leader to ignore the courts, or to appeal the decisions.)For the next little while, we […]