David Fitzsimmons is no longer on staff as editorial cartoonist for The Arizona Daily Star, he will continue to contribute columns and cartoons as a freelancer. As of today I am officially retired from my beloved Arizona Daily Star after 36 wonderful years. In the new year, I’ll continue to submit my columns and cartoons […]
Cartoonist Sarah Anderson wrote an opinion piece for The New York Times about her creations being corrupted by Alt-Right goons and by artificial intelligence thieves. Sarah starts off by telling how she got started and how her career as a cartoonist took off. To have found this way of communicating with others and to make […]
MEDINA, Ohio – Don’t miss today’s Funky Winkerbean comic strip. It’s the last in a 50-plus-year run. Medina resident and cartoonist Tom Batiuk started the strip in 1972, three years after graduating from Kent State University, where he studied fine art. He announced in November that Funky Winkerbean would end on Dec. 31, 2022. The […]
The last new comic strip introduced in 2022 is a local comic strip from Gus Petersen and The Petersburg (Alaska) Pilot. From the Petersburg Pilot: Starting this week, a new locally-drawn strip will be showing up with the comics here on page 4. Gus Petersen – a Petersburg resident attending The Kubert School … As […]
In the Summer of 1978 science fiction writer Thomas N. Scortia and comics artist Jack Katz collaborated on a comic strip and published in The North East Bay Independent and Gazette (also known as The Berkeley Gazette). “Galactic Prime” would run six weeks for a total of 36 daily strips from July 5, 1978 (Wednesday) […]
With the news of Artificial Intelligence bursting into the creative arts the Society of Illustrators, the National Cartoonists Society, and the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists have issued statements on the matter.From the Society of Illustrators:From the National Cartoonists Society:From the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists:
Underground cartoonist Ted Richards is in need of a little assistance. A major cartoonist in the underground comix arena of the 1970s Ted Richards needs some help to get him through a rough patch.From the GoFundMe page: A year ago I was diagnosed with small cell lung cancer and have been undergoing a successful immunotherapy treatment […]
With the Mother Goose and Grimm comic strip switching syndicates come January 1 The (Columbus, Ind.) Republic has informed readers of a forthcoming change on their comics page.From The Republic notice: A change in the comics lineup is coming for The Republic. King Features, the syndicate supplying the comics for the newspaper, recently informed The […]
Due to a bit of transmogrification The Daily Cartoonist will be down starting Thursday December 29, 2022 until Monday January 2, 2023.
John Byrne is drawing the last week of Funky Winkerbean, though I’m still holding out for creator Tom Batiuk to go solo on the last strip of the comic on December 31, 2022.Nearly twenty years ago John Byrne drew an extended sequence of Funky Winkerbean.Featuring the return of a character; Byrne drew the strip Sunday […]
Cowboy humorist and cartoonist “Mad Jack” Hanks has passed away. Jack Cecil (Mad Jack) Hanks May 16, 1940 – December 17, 2022 The Fence Post notice: Jack Hanks, also known as “Mad Jack” passed away unexpectedly on December 17, 2022. He died peacefully in his home due to complications from a recent illness. At 82 years of age, […]
The year still has a week left in it, as does Funky Winkerbean. © Batom Inc. Tom Batiuk called on his old friend John Byrne to draw the last week of Funky Winkerbean. John was last seen drawing a Charlton backup feature called Rog-2000. Though he did continue his career on such lesser titles as […]
Celebrating Christmas Comic Strip StyleBrian Cronin at CBR has quite a list on his Comic Strip Advent Calendar showing how characters on the funny pages celebrated Christmas through the years. (Lotsa images, patience required for loading)Doonesbury Has Been An Active Correspondent on the War on Christmas for 50 Years Gasoline Alley Has Literally Been Celebrating Christmases […]
In December of 1959 Li’l Abner gathered his family to read a Christmas tale. Cartoonist Al Capp used his Li’l Abner comic strip to create a seasonal story leading up to the holiday. The eleven strips ran on Saturday December 12, then continued daily from December 14 to December 19, finishing in the December 21 […]
Not every comic is about Christmas this week, though Macanudo gifted us with an earworm.© LiniersAnd that’s all you need. Do they pronounce it “hiffy?”© Ripley EntertainmentBelieve It or Not!Would the 8% even know what a Hi-Fi is? I sympathize.© Darrin BellThey changed Candorville‘s zip code. Mr. Lucky© UFSA Rose is a Rose is a Rose. More about comic […]