It is Easter Sunday 2001 and newspapers across the country are printing articles about a comic strip that is appearing in the color comic supplement. Easter 2001 saw a religious difference of opinion break out when cartoonist Johnny Hart used his B.C. comic strip Sunday page to celebrate his Christian religion that some Jewish leaders […]
The Invention of the Mass Media, a Printing Revolution; Resizing Newspaper Comic Strips; The Tradition of Comic Art Satire; and Leo Baxendale. The Invention of Mass Media The Grolier Club’s The Second Printing Revolution: Invention of Mass Media exhibit ends in a week: This exhibition tells the story of the second printing revolution that took […]
The annual Christmas comic strips from Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA) that ran from 1936 to 2010 are well-known, not so well-known are the Easter comics strips that ran for a few years in the 1950s.We turn to The Little Blue Duck by Walt Scott that ran in the two weeks leading up to Easter 1955.
New(ish) Flash Gordon Artist Monday, March 30, saw Dan Schkade share creator credits with artist Sandy Jarrell on Flash Gordon. Sandy was one of the guest artists last year in the Lowland Station Tales, now he has returned as the daily and Sunday artist for the foreseeable future – meaning at least through next week. […]
Colorado cartoonist Matt Scharf has passed away. Matthew J. (Matt) Scharf August 21, 1961 – March 30, 2026From the obituary: Matt J Scharf died suddenly on March 30th at his home in Steamboat. Matt was a proud long-time local, sharing his cartoons and graphic design through his publication, “The Valley Voice”. He was also a […]
The National Cartoonists Society (NCS) has named the nominees for the 2025 Cartoonist of the Year Award otherwise known as The Reuben Award. The nominees are: DAVE BLAZEK Loose Parts TAUHID BONDIA Crabgrass WILL HENRY Wallace the Brave DAV PILKEY Dog Man/Captain Underpants DANA SIMPSON Phoebe and Her Unicorn MARK TATULLI Liô RAINA TELGEMEIER The […]
The new studio Underneath the Umbrella has secured the right to produce animated movies featuring the Johnny Hart and Brant Parker characters from The Wizard of Id and the Johnny Hart B.C. characters.From Mercedes Milligan at Animation Magazine: Goodman Pictures and Tim Johnson (Over the Hedge, Home, Antz) today announced the formation of their new […]
Ron Hill has been a comic artist (caricature quick-sketch entertainment, freelance humorous and fantasy/science fiction illustration work, and graphic design work) since 1983. At the end of the last century Ron began a career as an editorial cartoonist. From The Ron Hill LinkedIn page: In 1999 I began providing editorial cartoons to The Chagrin Valley […]
On April 1, 2026 Dennis the Menace, the 75 year old five year old, is showing up in random comic strips as seen on the Comics Kingdom site (not in the strips and panels actually syndicated to newspapers). By my count he appeared in at least 30 Kingdom strips not counting his own.As seen in […]
A Nebraska high school news site was ordered by school administrators to remove an editorial cartoon. From Ben Schneider for the Student Press Law Center: In February, Gretna East administrators told editors for Gretna East Media to remove from their website an editorial cartoon by student Aidan McClaren that was critical of ICE. Administrators then […]
Doonesbury, Hot Rods and Drag Cartoons, Climate Change Panels, and a return to Sally Forth. Smithsonian Reviews G. B. Trudeau Biography From the current issue of Smithsonian Magazine Brandon Tensley reviews Trudeau & Doonesbury. Trudeau has long managed to stay out of the public eye. In Trudeau & Doonesbury: The Cartoonist Who Turned the News […]
James Hillier, aka Nordacious, has been told to take down some of his political cartoons because they now break the law after the state of Queensland in Australia passed new laws earlier this month. From Catie McLeod at The Guardian: Brisbane artist contacted by police over works that allegedly violate new Queensland hate speech laws […]
British cartoonist Glen Baxter has passed away. Glen Baxter March 4, 1944 – March 29, 2026 From WePresent in 2020 comes a wonderful account of the life and times of Glen Baxter by Liv Sidall: Confusing us, forcing us to question our relationship with words, pictures, or even the format of books, makes him happy. […]
Below are some comic and cartoon books scheduled for March 2026 release (or so). Images and links from a variety of publishers and outlets, though ordering through your local comic shop or independent book store is a good idea.A few more March releases before the month is gone and a couple special deals. The Complete […]
The National Cartoonists Society (NCS) is embarking on a year long celebration of its founding in 1946. That includes the 80th annual presentation of The Reuben Award later this year at their convention. Kicking it off is a wonderful poster by Dee Fish featuring the silly humanoid creatures of the Reuben Award. From the NCS […]