Painter, illustrator, and cartoonist John Dusko has passed away.John Andrew Dusko, Jr. April 3, 1933 – October 7, 2023 From the obituary: John Andrew Dusko, 90, passed away on Saturday, October 7, 2023, at the Reading Hospital. He was the husband of Annie E. Dusko. John began formal art instruction at the age of 12. […]
They say there’s nothing new under the sun or on the comics page. But … How Tim Rickard has a couple characters talking over each other in Brewster Rockit is new to me.Not quite as ingenious, but along the same lines is today’s Tarzan. Well, not really along the lines. As noted in the comments, […]
The Amazing Spider-Man comic strip went into rerun status four years and seven months ago with the promise of a new rebooted Spider-Man comic strip forthcoming. That never happened, and now King Features Syndicate and Marvel Comics have ended the newspaper distribution of The Amazing Spider-Man reruns with the Saturday October 21, 2023 issue. Early […]
Coming soon: report on threatened cartoonists worldwide Oct 20, 2023 | News CARTOONISTS RIGHTS are pleased to announce a new report – Cartoonists on the Line – covering the situation of cartoonists and threats to their freedom of expression, written jointly with colleagues Cartooning for Peace, and supported by our partners FREEDOM CARTOONISTS. This report […]
Never Been Deader by Tommy Devoid has been picked up by a print newspaper.From the October 20(?) Great Bend (Kansas) Tribune: The new comic strip that explores the afterlife in a humorous, “Never Been Deader,” premiers on the Great Bend Tribune comic pages starting today. The Tribune is the first paper in the nation to […]
Attention Editorial Cartoonists! It’s time to start sorting your best of 2023 for the 2024 award season. Yesterday the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights organization sent out a notice that they are now open to receive submissions for the new cycle – editorial cartoons published in 2023. The deadline is January 12, 2024.The Herb Block […]
King Features Syndicate, which introduced the character in 1934, will relaunch the comic strip “Flash Gordon” beginning Sunday after a two-decade absence — featuring a new look and a new artist. (The Sunday and daily strips will be available online and in print.) The Daily Cartoonist broke the news earlier this month and now King […]
British cartoonist Tony Husband has passed away. William Anthony (Tony) Husband August 28, 1950 – October 18, 2023Tony’s son Paul broke the news (X/Twitter and Facebook): I hate to post this because I know how many of you are going to be affected by it. Yesterday my Dad, Tony Husband, passed away as he was […]
Lemont Brown was created by Darrin Bell in 1993 as a comic strip in UC Berkeley’s Daily Californian. Ten years later, on October 19, 2003, the character began his national syndication as the star of Candorville. above: the first Candorville comic strip as reprinted in Thank God for Culture Clash.below: the first three dailies (October […]
Know, O children, that there was a time when coffee tables across the nation were covered with magazines – Saturday Evening Post, Ladies Home Companion, True, Look, Reader’s Digest. Field & Stream, and so many others – and those magazines carried a dozen or so gag cartoons in each and every issue. It was an […]
In the same month that famed cartoonist Milton Caniff signed the deal to draw Terry and the Pirates, he received the following note from an editor about his work: “I think you’re losing something in your drawing — a quality you had when you first went to New York. Your sketches are getting to be […]
Graeme MacKay, editorial cartoonist for The Hamilton Spectator, attended the recent joint convention of the Association of Canadian Cartoonists and the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists. He writes: … this gathering in 2023, despite missing some old familiar friends and faces was robust in numbers giving the sense that editorial cartooning is alive and well […]
Below are some comic strip and cartoon books scheduled for October 2023 release.Images and links (mostly) via Amazon,though ordering through your local comic shop or independent book store is a good idea.The Great Pencil Quest Terry and the Pirates: The Master Collection Vol. 6: 1940 – The Time of Cholera Poor Helpless Comics!: The Cartoons […]
J.D. Crowe has been missing for the past four months. JD’s last editorial cartoon was in late June and his last Crowe Jam newsletter was a few days before that. He has also been silent on social media. Yesterday he told his friends and fans why – and it hasn’t been pretty. JD tells us: […]
Once Upon a Studio debuts Sunday, October 15, at 8 p.m. ET/PT as part of ABC’s The Wonderful World of Disney: Disney’s 100th Anniversary Celebration!From the Walt Disney Company: The all-new original short Once Upon a Studio takes place at the end of the work day at Walt Disney Animation Studios in Burbank, California, just […]