In an very unusual move the National Cartoonists Society (NCS) has awarded its Hall of Fame Gold Key (scroll down) to a group rather than an individual. From the National Cartoonists Society announcement: The National Cartoonists Society is honored to announce that The Berndt Toast Gang (aka the NCS Long Island Chapter) will be awarded the […]
Speaking of commencement address speakers, Colby College has announced that Mo Willems will be their commencement speaker and receive an honorary doctorate in fine arts. Mo is an award-winning author, illustrator, and animator. He’s published over 70 children’s books with more than 50 being New York Times best sellers. He’s an Eisner Award Winner and […]
The Center for Cartoon Studies (CCS) has announced this year’s commencement speaker will be cartoonist and comic author Scott McCloud. Scott is an Eisner Hall of Famer, author of the best-selling series Understanding Comics, Reinventing Comics, and Making Comics, as well as co-creator of The Cartoonists Club (Raina Telgemeier).Commencement will be this weekend on May 17. Included […]
The Eisner Award nominees have been announced. Here’s the breakdown on who had the most nominations starting with the publishers.Works with the most nominations:Creator stats:Here is full list of nominees.Eisner Award Nominees 2026Best Short StoryBlood Harvest, in Brain Damage, by Shintaro Kago, translated by Zack Davisson (Fantagraphics)The Curse Room, in Brain Damage, by Shintaro Kago, translated by Zack Davisson (Fantagraphics)Football Is Not War, by R. K. Russell and Wilfred Santiago, in Come […]
Ralph Steadman, born on May 15, 1936, becomes a member of The Daily Cartoonist’s Senior Strippers Club.As Mr. Steadman notes in his website’s biography his cartoon and illustrating career began in 1956 in a style that was not unusual for the time. A style he soon became frustrated with. ‘Cartooning wasn’t just making a little […]
The general opinion around the world seems to be that Dear Leader is in way over his head in attempting to pull “The Art of the Deal” on Xi Jinping, and that, as MacKay illustrates, Xi is playing with him as a cat plays with a mouse, before eating it.Trump has said he and Xi […]