We’ll start with a small bit of news: Marvel Comics and King Features Syndicate are now rerunning the reruns. Above opening panels from left to right: November 16, 2014, March 24, 2019, and July 30, 2023. The Amazing Spider-Man comic strip is now on a four year, four month rotation. When the newspaper strip first […]
Let’s start with some nonsense. The Walt Disney Company is about to do the unthinkable: retire Mickey Mouse. Inside the Magic reports that Disney is bringing The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse animated shorts to an end with tribute to The Mouse’s first short Steamboat Willie: Since 2020, Mickey Mouse has starred in the animated […]
The Society of Illustrators has announced the artists entering their class of 2023 Hall of Fame. Among the inductees is New Yorker cartoonist Helen E. Hokinson. From the Society of Illustrators profile: Cartoonist Helen Hokinson (1893 – 1949) is best known for her New Yorker cartoons depicting the daily lives and social scenes of the […]
Disney and animation historian Jim Korkis has passed away. James Patrick (Jim) Korkis August 15, 1950 – July 28, 2023Mark Goldhaber reported the sad news today on Jim’s GoFundMe page: Friends, I am heartbroken to have to inform you that our friend Jim Korkis passed away this morning. He was unresponsive this morning at the […]
Northern California freelance cartoonist R. L. Crabb notes the recent actions of McClatchy newspapers, headquartered in nearby Sacramento: The editorial cartooning world was shocked a few weeks ago when McClatchy Newspapers announced the layoffs of three Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonists… To those of us who follow the business end of cartooning, it wasn’t a complete surprise. […]
July 23, 2023 saw the beginning of a new story for The Sunday Phantom. (“The Commander Will See You Now”). That means a new Sunday title panel by Jeff Weigel! Gus Arriola is famed for his drawing on the Gordo comic strip. Todd Klein looks at another aspect of that cartooning art: GORDO is another […]
Another CBR Top Ten, this one purports to list the “most important” Eisner Award-winning comic books. Since 1988, the Eisner Awards have set the standard for widespread, critical recognition in the comics industry. In the 35 years since then, the Eisners have spotlighted dozens of artists, writers, and titles that stand on their own as […]
In April British editorial cartoonist Martin Rowson drew a cartoon that was deemed antisemitic. Since that time Rowson has not appeared in The Guardian newspaper, his newspaper, that published the cartoon. Until now. Martin apologized for the cartoon, as Mike Peterson said at the time it was “one of the most complete apologies and in-depth […]
A Kenyan politician underwent surgery dealing a blow to the country’s cartoonists and caricaturists. From Nairobi Wire: Former Kenya National Union of Teachers (Knut) secretary-general Wilson Sossion is having the last laugh following his recent surgery to eliminate fatty tissue (lipoma) from his forehead. Sossion had two trademark lumps on his forehead, which were often […]
In McCay, it was a combination of expansive imagination, multi-disciplinary eccentricity, and restless work ethic that set him apart. In 1905, after working on a handful of comic properties, he debuted what would become his signature strip, a sprawling full-page color adventure called “Little Nemo in Slumberland.” The series was an elegant fantasy in which […]
With the imminent release (unless you already got a special edition at the San Diego Comic Con) of Bill Griffith‘s graphic biography of Ernie Bushmiller Hogan’s Alley Tom Heintjes interviews the author. TH: Conversely, we all hit dead ends in our research, always frustrating. Were there questions you had going in that you were unable […]
Where I’m Coming From, The Buildings are Barking, Funny Things, Poor Helpless Comics!, The Talk, The He-Man Effect, You’re Not A Real Parent Until…, Thorn, and Gladys Parker are reviewed by various sites.Following are some book reviews of recently released or forthcoming books of interest. [F]or many decades, the comics section was a little window […]
Creators Syndicate coordinator and graphic designer Pete Kaminski has passed away. Peter James Kaminski February 9, 1990 ~ July 12, 2023From the obituary: Peter J. Kaminski, 33, died July 12, 2023, at the University of Chicago Medical Center after an extended illness. Pete moved to Los Angeles, California to join Creators Syndicate working with artists […]
The Association of Alternative Newsmedia (AAN) announced the winner of their 2023 awards. Celebrating excellence in local journalism, these awards recognize outstanding reporting, writing, photography, and multimedia storytelling across various categories. In the cartoon division Robert Ariail of The Charleston City Paper took first place for – “Marshall law; Lindsey; Vaccine; Shell; sycophant”Judge’s comment: “Relevant […]
Another Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist has lost his position with his newspaper. Steve Breen, cartoonist for The San Diego Union-Tribune, will no longer be a regular presence at the newspaper. Says Steve in a farewell column: By Steve Breen Editorial Cartoonist July 21, 2023 5:49 PM PT Today marks the last time I will have […]