Comic strips from the past week celebrating comic books from the past. Plus detectives, meddling old ladies, foul-mouthed young ladies, respect for passed cartoonists, and negative zones and happy places.The week started with National Comic Book Day and Rory is in The Barn celebrating. Over at Mutts Patrick McDonnell spent the week with comic book […]
For 17 years Bob Diven has been the Sunday editorial cartoonist for The Las Cruces Sun News, now Bob is stepping away from the drawing board. Diven said he decided to step away from the cartoon for several reasons — weariness of the “freelance art hustle,” physical tiredness and the development of carpal tunnel in […]
Cartoonist and illustrator Gerry Shamray has passed away. Gerald James (Gerry) Shamray February 19, 1957 – September 25, 2023 From the moment Gerry Shamray got his first box of Crayola Crayons as a child, he’s been creating bright, colorful images and imaginative stories. The crayons may have been replaced by a Wacom tablet and mixed […]
Featuring Jimmy Swinnerton, Ernie Bushmiller, Fred Opper, and Rose O’NeillThe Many Loves of Jimmy Swinnerton Jimmy Swinnerton’s life was even zanier than the comic strips he created (including Sam and his Laugh, Professor Nix, Little Katy and her Uncle, Mount Ararat, Mr. Batch, Mr. Jack, Little Jimmy, Canyon Kiddies, The Daydreams of Danny Dawes, and Rocky […]
With Australian newspapers giving comic strips the boot (see here and here) it looks like it is up to America to save Australian comic strips and cartoonists. Or give them a helping hand anyway. For a start Comics Kingdom is taking on Insanity Streak by Tony Lopes beginning October 2, 2023.At the bottom of an […]
Whitehall has today been accused of ‘cultural appropriation’ by the SNP [Scottish National Party] after claiming the beloved Dundee-born comic strip Dennis the Menace was ‘created in London’. From The Daily Mail: The loveable rascal was penned at The Beano’s office in Dundee, Scotland, by George Moonie back in 1951, with children worldwide growing to […]
From Editorial Page Editor Matthew Fleischer: The San Francisco Chronicle is delighted to announce that Jack Ohman will become a contributing columnist for the paper’s Opinion section. Ohman’s work first appeared in the Chronicle in 1980 and his syndicated cartoons have been a mainstay on the Opinion pages for the past five years. In his new […]
Architect and cartoonist Robert Stringer has passed away.Robert Preston Stringer, III April 28, 1948 – July 24, 2023From the obituary: A proud graduate of Forest High School (FHS), Robert shared his gifts of music and art by playing the lead guitar in a popular band. His artwork could be found in numerous publications, one of […]
While distracted for a large part of the weekend, the comic strips weren’t completely ignored. Will it go or will it stay?For instance Saturday’s Real Life Adventures left some people, including The Daily Cartoonist, wondering if the panel was ending or if maybe one of the creators was calling it a day. It being Saturday […]
“In the first half of the 19th century, newspapers had been around for centuries but had very few images because images had to be engraved or etched. By the second half of the century, they were becoming more visual.” Columbus Dispatch reporter Belinda M. Paschal with major assistance from Jenny Robb, head curator of the […]
The USA TODAY Network/Gannett group has released a list of the selected 34 comic strips and panels that local editors and publishers will* choose from to run in their newspapers – not all will run in all (any?) of the papers. From The Fort Collins Coloradoan: Here’s a look at the comic strips readers will […]
The National Press Foundation is reminding journalists that the deadline for applications for NPF’s 2023 annual awards is Oct. 2, 2023. That includes The Clifford K. & James T. Berryman Award for Editorial Cartoons. All details are at NPF’s Berryman Award page. According to the AAEC awards page this is the last award deadline for […]
It’s all happening at the CXC on September 27 through October 1, 2023. Comic book writers and artists, editorial cartoonists, comic strip creators, small and large press… The Cartoon Crossroads Columbus, “a comics, art & animation festival,” begins next week in Columbus, Ohio and, as always, in association with The Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and […]
Joining The Memphis Commercial Appeal’s announcement of comics page changes yesterday are dozens more Gannett newspapers letting their readers know about the new comics pages they can expect soon. Most are explaining the change with some form of “The USA TODAY Network is standardizing its comic offerings across its more than 200 publications.”The Newport Daily […]
In response to The Daily Cartoonist story about Gannett unifying their comics pages, the newspaper group has sent a correction: In your “The New Gannett Unified Comics Pages” post, you note all USA TODAY NETWORK publications will carry the “exact same comics” which is inaccurate [emphasis added]. We are unifying our print comics package, but […]