Last week The Santa Fe New Mexican asked its readers to rate the comics in the paper. In a mini-poll, readers emailed with their three favorite comic strips published in The New Mexican — and three they’d use as kindling during our next snowstorm. More than 150 emails were received. This week they reveal the […]
Breaking Cat News cartoonist Georgia Dunn has revealed that she will have hand surgery (her drawing hand) on April 11 and is asking fans to recommend strips to be reprinted during her recovery. Georgia broke the news on her Facebook, Twitter and Instagram platforms. I deal with cysts and benign tumors a fair amount (just […]
Original March 18 post:I opened up the local weekend edition of my newspaper and there at the top of page one of the Sunday color comics section was Dilbert! Is this truly the end or will there another Sunday? Will this be available online tomorrow? Maybe at the Dilbert Reborn Reddit page? March 25 Edit […]
A year after being let go by the USA Today/Gannett chain of newspapers, editorial cartoonist Mike Thompson has joined the staff of the independent Minneapolis Star Tribune. From The Star Tribune: After a national search, the Star Tribune Opinion team is excited to announce the addition of Minnesota native and four-time Pulitzer Prize finalist Mike […]
Ann Telnaes, Chris Browne, Jules Feiffer, Joe Heller, Ellis Rosen, Ian Boothby and Pia Guerra. Dave Whamond, Jeff Millar and Bill Hinds, Clay Jones, and an Ode to Calvin and Hobbes.The Washington Post PR Blog celebrates Ann Telnaes’s Herb Block Win Ann Telnaes, editorial cartoonist at The Washington Post, is the 2023 recipient of the […]
Jules Feiffer and I were born 94 years ago in the Bronx, two months apart. We both grew up to be terrible at sports, and we both started to draw characters from the comics when we were 8 or 9 years old. We both became cartoonists, and last year, both of us ended up in […]
A few years back The Daily Cartoonist reported Darrin Bell had signed a two book deal with Henry Holt & Company. Now three years later the first book is being released. From the Publishers Weekly review: … Later, after Bell’s white mother prohibited him from playing outside with a water gun, she attempted “the talk,” […]
The National Cartoonists Society has disclosed the dates and place for the 2023 Reuben Award “Weekend.” The Reubens will take place at the Hyatt Regency Jersey City on September 6-8. Lock it in your calendars & stay tuned for updates. We have a really fun one planned for you! The NCS announcement was made on […]
84th Annual Overseas Press Club Awards Honors the Finest International Reporting in 22 Categories Adam Zyglis was named winner in the 2022 Best Cartoon division. THE BEST CARTOON AWARD Best print or digital graphic journalism, including cartoons, on international affairs Sponsor: Mercedes-Benz Adam Zyglis The Buffalo News Judges: Zyglis submitted a portfolio of consistently high-quality […]
Comic strip and comic book artist Joe Giella has passed away. From the Joe Giella – Artist Facebook page: The Giella family wishes for all to celebrate the incredible life of Joe Giella. Joe passed peacefully on March 21st at the age of 94. Joe was such a special person. His presence alone would put […]
Bill Watterson, Charles Schulz, Frank Engli, Alan Foster, and more.News of new Bill Watterson material prompts Colin McEvoy at Biography to recall what the cartoonist has done between the end of the Calvin and Hobbes comic strip and the impending The Mysteries. Needless to say, Watterson’s fans are overjoyed about his first major book since […]
How he does a Sally Forth pseudo-wallpaper strip. From cartoonist Jim Keefe: Artist Fun Fact: When working on a Sunday page where I’m holding on the same framing for each panel, I work backwards from the sixth panel in regards to the layout – working from how much room I have with the lettering in […]
October and November of 1936 saw dozens of newspapers print six daily format comic strips relating some catastrophes of the past in America and how the Red Cross was there to ease the suffering. And that’s about as much is known. The newspapers printed the strips with no introduction of any kind, nor with any […]
The National Newspaper Awards announced the nominees for the 23 categories. The National Newspaper Awards were established in 1949 by the Toronto Press Club, and developed a new governance structure in 1989 under the auspices of the not-for-profit Canadian Daily Newspaper Awards Programme Administration Corporation. The National Newspaper Awards were created to encourage excellence in […]
Willie Ito, Michael Maslin, Vonn Sumner, Charlie Daniel, Ed Steckley, Trina Robbins, Lee Mars, Jules Rivera, moreLong time animator (1954 – 1999) who frequently dabbled in other comic arts … I also was involved with magazine cartoons (Car-Toons magazine in the 1950s), comic strips (four episodes of the annual Disney Christmas comic strip for King […]