Tom Toles is the most decorated journalist in the history of Buffalo news media. He cut his teeth as an editorial cartoonist at The Courier-Express, moved on to The Buffalo News, where he earned his Pulitzer in 1990, and then succeeded the legendary Herblock at The Washington Post in 2002. His work was syndicated in […]
Doonesbury for October 2, 2022 © G. B. Trudeau Update on the Charles M. Schulz/USPS First Day Issue Event. Hundreds of “Peanuts” fans and stamp collectors turned out Friday at the Charles M. Schulz Museum in Santa Rosa for the first day of issue for 10 new stamps featuring “Peanuts” characters. Fans of all ages crowded […]
The Harvey Awards, which honors exemplary comic book work, will be adding members to its Hall of Fame at New York Comic Con in October. The new inductees are Neil Gaiman, whose best-selling series The Sandman was recently adapted for Netflix, the underground cartoonist Gilbert Shelton, and Roy Thomas, a prolific writer and editor for […]
This is the day! United States Postal Service First Day of Issue PEANUTS Stamp Dedication Ceremony Friday, September 30 Free Admission: 11:00 am–5:00 pm Stamp Release Ceremony: Noon Cost: Free! Enjoy free Museum admission all day, and celebrate the first day issue of the new US postage stamps commemorating Charles M. Schulz’s centennial year. More […]
In 1843, the periodical Punch introduced the word cartoon to refer to comic drawings. By the mid-19th century, periodicals around the world were using cartoons to express publishers’ and cartoonists’ thoughts on politics. Ohio State University’s History Teaching Institute notes that editorial cartoons are based on current events and have an educational purpose as “[t]hey […]
Let’s start this comic strip stuff with panel nonsense. © Scott HilburnBoing Boing, who regularly features collections of comics they discover to their liking recently put the spotlight on thirty “Absurd And Humorous One-Panel Comics By Scott Hilburn.”Unfortunately the it appeared before the above issue of The Argyle Sweater. Thomas Yeates created a new title panel […]
Illustrator Robb Armstrong sometimes calls his time at Syracuse University “The Syracuse Years,” like a flashback chapter in a comic book. On Sept. 30, Armstrong will return to Syracuse University to receive an alumni award for his long career in comics. He previously received the George Arents Award from S.U. for excellence in his field, […]
Cartoonists of all sorts and stripes – comic strip cartoonists, editorial cartoonists, comic book (mainstream, alternative, small press) cartoonists – of all ages, for all ages. Only a week away. (a week away, a week away) Lee Marrs, Keith Knight, Bill Plympton, Ann Telnaes, Jim Mahfood, Steenz, Dan Parent, Trina Robbins, Kevin Necessary, […]
Postmedia Network Inc. says nine of its urban daily newspapers will no longer be printed and delivered on Mondays effective Oct. 17. Postmedia spokesperson Phyllise Gelfand says the Vancouver Sun, The Province, Calgary Herald, Calgary Sun, Edmonton Journal, Edmonton Sun, Ottawa Citizen, Ottawa Sun and Montreal Gazette will all be affected. The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation […]
After 31 years Patrick M. Reynolds has ended his Flashbacks comic strip.above: the penultimate Flashbacks below: the final FlashbacksThe educational and entertaining feature ran for 31 years.FLASHBACKS by Patrick M. Reynolds October 13, 1991 – September 25, 2022 weekly comic strip self-syndicated (Red Rose Studio) The Lambiek Comiclopedia has a short profile of Patrick: Patrick […]
Nobody seems to know how it started, when it started, why it started, who started it, or what the reason for the September 25 date is – but today is National Comic Book Day. Prickly City informs us of the holiday. © Scott Stantis; DC Comics Sally Forth also has a superhero theme. © King Features […]
A First and Last EntryTad Burness was 30 and an aspiring cartoonist.According to Tad via Jalopnik:“In 1962, I was trying to sell a variety of comic features to newspaper syndicates, and as a bonus item I developed a once-a-week panel about old cars which I called Auto Album. Most editors weren’t interested in my comic […]
Broom-Hilda by Russell Myers © Tribune Content Agency When The Far Side Went Too Far?According to a 2019 interview with Larson in the New York Times, Larson revealed that he had numerous moments where he was going to be pulled from newspapers by controversy, but one stuck out in his mind the most. The comic was […]
Is this the beginning of the end for the daily printed comics page in many American towns and cities? Michael Cavna and The Washington Post cover the disturbing trend of U.S. newspapers kicking comics to the curb (or to the their websites), in particular the recent Lee Enterprises decision to standardize their funny (half) pages. […]
Editor & Publisher reports: Long time cartoonist Todd Schowalter has been named the political cartoonist for Salem Media Group. Salem Media produces and provides radio broadcasts and web content, along with magazines and books. Schowalter is a nationally distributed cartoonist. His work appears on television and in newspapers, magazines, books, advertisements and on greeting […]