After catching some grief over an Adam Zyglis cartoon two week’s ago and calling for letters of comment that were published in the Sunday December 31, 2023 edition, today The Buffalo News apologized for running the cartoon. From Buffalo’s WGRZ-TV: BUFFALO, N.Y. — The Buffalo News apologized to the Chabad Center for Jewish Life and […]
As part of the Gannett/USA TODAY Network The Providence Journal is implementing the corporate imperative to switch their comics page(s) to conform to some grouping of The Gannett 34.Like all Gannett editors Lynne Sullivan, regional executive editor of The Providence Journal and Newport Daily News, is “thrilled” about the forthcoming changes: For this reason, I’m […]
That “a while back” was 90 years ago today. On January 7, 1934 King Features Syndicate introduced two new comics pages to the Hearst and other subscribing newspapers. One of the pages was by an established cartoonist with over twenty years of experience. The other page was drawn by an unknown artist who had spent […]
Big Nate began the new year by spending an enjoyable (for readers) week with his grandparents at an old folks home (aka: an assisted living facility). I particularly liked Friday’s (Jan. 5) joke – not a new joke but well staged. Speaking of well set up and carried out … yesterday’s Brewster Rockit. Y’all are […]
Michael Maslin, Sandra Boynton, Dishonest John, and others. Michael Maslin has a fun, short essay about Fridays for New Yorker cartoonists and those same Fridays when The New Yorker hits a two week double holiday issue (Christmas/New Year’s in this case) and the routine is disrupted. Fridays for New Yorker cartoonists is usually the day […]
Under the headline “Clarion Ledger refreshes comic lineup based on reader input, changing tastes” the Mississippi newspaper informed readers that their funnies will be changing as the paper finally conforms to Gannett’s company-wide overhaul of their comics pages. After reminiscing about the old days of meeting with syndicate salesmen to discuss comics changes to his […]
Support Your Local (or Distant) CartoonistMike set it up last year and we occasionally add to it and post it here for fans to support their favorite cartoonists. Recently Jim Keefe opened a Patreon account: My Patreon is a catch basin for all the things that I’ve learned in a career spanning some 30+ years. […]
Continuing with Mike’s plagiarism theme of this morning we come to MalMidjourney. During the New Year’s weekend, artists linked to a Google Sheet on the social media platforms X (formerly known as Twitter) and Bluesky, alleging that it showed how Midjourney developed a database of time periods, styles, genres, movements, mediums, techniques, and thousands of […]
The Monster and Mike Doonesbury, Milholland and The Mouse, Hugs and Kisses from Peanuts, Bret Blevins and Judge Alan Parker, The Comics Journal’s 2023 Best Name Checks a few Comic Strips, Cleveland Scene’s Comics Issue, and Love to Ramona Fradon on her Retiring at age 97.It’s that time of year when we get bonus Doonesbury […]
Jeffrey Lindenblatt’s Paper Trends: The 300 for 1998Scroll down for more of Jeffrey’s 1998 survey entries at the Stripper’s Guide.********** BEFORE THE CARTOON 2: Comic cuts and conversational captions The Penny Satirist, which called itself “a weekly satirical newspaper” featured the first sustained use of front-page political cartoons in London. The first number of the […]
British comic artist John M. Burns has passed away. John Michael Burns 1938 – December 29, 2023From John Freeman: We’re very sorry to report the passing of British comic artist John M. Burns, perhaps best known for his work on 2000AD and Look-In. John passed away peacefully, in hospital on Friday 29th December. He had […]
The New Year brought in a lack of updating of many Tribune Content Agency (TCA) strips at GoComics. Animal Crackers, Bound & Gagged, The Middletons, plus the Annie reruns remain daily views at GoComics ; but Bliss, Bottom Liners, Brewster Rockit, Broom-Hilda, Dick Tracy Gasoline Alley, Gil Thorp, Pluggers, and 9 to 5 haven’t yet […]
The Mutts comic strip will go into rerun status for six months as Patrick McDonnell gets busy with some special projects – one of which will be putting together a book collecting the very popular Guard Dog freedom strips. To keep up-to-date with Patrick’s activities check in at Mutts Comics website, visit his blog, sign […]
This is an installment of 2023 U.S. Newspaper Comics: Debuts, Departures, and the Dearly Departed.(part 1: Debuts and Departures – – part 2: Detours and Deviations – – part 3: the Dearly Departed) 2023 – THE DEARLY DEPARTEDThese U. S. newspaper and magazine cartoonists died in 2023. JACK BENDERMarch 28, 1931 – January 5, 2023newspaper […]
This is an installment of 2023 U.S. Newspaper Comics: Debuts, Departures, and the Dearly Departed.(part 1: Debuts and Departures– – part 2: Detours and Deviations – – part 3: the Dearly Departed)2023 DETOURS/DEVIATIONSSome changes to U. S. newspaper comic strips and panels in 2023. Rick Detorie goes six days a week as his One Big […]