From Intelligent Collector: In November 2020, Trudeau attempted the seemingly impossible: whittling down that mountain of strips to a mere handful that “proved defining and enduringly meaningful to him,” as The Washington Post noted upon its publication of Trudeau’s top 10. Among their estimable lot: strips about Watergate, women’s rights, onerous laws in Florida and […]
As Texas politics change, so too has Sargent’s approach to depicting the warring legislators beneath the Capitol dome. “When I started, I was drawing them as little Mickey Mouse figures and clowns,” he recalls. “Now, there’s sort of an edge of evil.”Ben Sargent started as a Texas reporter. In 1974 he became the staff editorial […]
Informed sources tell me that Mike Manley will return to the Judge Parker daily art chores before the end of July.Beginning Monday July 25, 2022 Mike is back on Judge Parker. His return to the Sunday pages should follow not long after?On his Facebook page Mike responds to a comment with “Back on the Judge […]
We landed in America today, the 4th of July. Last week, Sophie and I donated or sold just about everything we’d accumulated over 30-odd years living in Australia. The stuff we kept was crammed into two bloated suitcases before we jumped on a plane to start a new life. No plan, no job waiting for […]
From left to right: Elena Kagan, Brett M. Kavanaugh, Clarence Thomas (with his wife Ginni Thomas behind him), Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr., Neil M. Gorsuch, Amy Coney Barrett, Samuel A. Alito Jr., Sonia Sotomayor and Stephen G. Breyer. Mike Peterson linked to Ann Telnaes‘ latest Washington Post interactive cartoon about the Supreme Court […]
As was foretold here a couple weeks ago, Scott Cohn began signing the Judge Parker comic strip today. No, we don’t when, or if, Bret Blevins will sign The Phantom comic strip. © UFSIt’s a good weekend to be a happy camper, and I am.Alley Oop (also Little Oop) is back in Stone Age […]
Yesterday’s notice of Speedy Zawistowski‘s passing got me searching.I did find a couple references to Speedy in the Google Books preview of What Are You Nuts?, Gag Recap editor Bill Keough‘s collection of some of his columns from that trade publication.For instance Bill recounts how he and Speedy first met. Later Speedy’s name came up […]
When Randy Milholland’s first-grade teacher asked what he wanted to do when he grew up, he said, “I want to draw Popeye,” the comic hero he loved with from the newspaper and TV. “Maybe you should choose a more obtainable goal,” the teacher responded. The 46-year-old San Antonio cartoonist had the last laugh. As the […]
Author/attorney, former journalist/publisher Dennis Shere: When the Pulitzer Prize committee announced the 2022 winners in early May, one category was missing: There no longer is a prize for editorial cartooning. The entries will now be considered alongside “illustrated reporting and commentary.” As a former editor for the Journal Herald in Dayton, Ohio, with ties to […]
The turning of the calendar page saw Pickles by Brian Crane switch distributors.On June 30, 2022 (above) it was part of the Washington Post Writers Group, on July 1, 2022 (below) it became an Andrews McMeel Syndication comic strip.© Brian CraneThe only giveaway is the miniature syndication slug in the first gutter of the strips.As […]
Gag writer Speedy Zawistowski has passed away. Rollin William (Speedy) Zawistowski March 31, 1926 – June 26, 2022 From the obituary: He owned a green rowboat named the Alfred E. Neuman.In 2005, he moved to Philadelphia and then State College, and married Dr. Mary McCubbin. In State College, he attended Christian Science Bible Study and continued […]
Cartoonist Pierre “Peb” Bellocq Honors The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) and the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame will highlight the career and accomplishments of the renowned cartoonist Pierre “Peb” Bellocq during a ceremony at Belmont Park on Saturday, July 9 as part of the Stars and Stripes Racing Festival.In 2020, Bellocq […]
The July 1st deadline for the Locher Award has been changed to July 15, 2022. The AAEC’s John Locher Memorial Award is now accepting submissions from aspiring editorial cartoonists for 2022. Single panel, multi-panel, and animated editorial cartoons and comics will be accepted from cartoonists, ages 18-25, whose work demonstrates both clear opinions and strong […]
In 1996 Neal Rubin reported on the death of cartoonist Jack Berrill and the fate of Gil Thorp. Neal had no idea that eight years later he would be plotting and scripting the comic strip. Now, after 18 years writing stories for the iconic high school coach, no more playdowns for Neal.The Daily Cartoonist reached […]
Despite their vast impact, the whole story of the underground comix movement has never been fully told in a coherent, systematic way. Sure, over the years we’ve seen some good work focus on individual creators or publishers, and some good bibliographic work tracking down the titles and print histories from a collectors’ perspective, but nothing […]