76th Reuben Award Winner is Edward Sorel
On September 16 the National Cartoonists Society presented their 76th Annual Reuben Award for Cartoonist of the Year to …EDWARD SOREL The National Cartoonists Society Announcement.
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2021 NCS Divisional Award Winners
On September 16, 2022 the National Cartoonists Society announced the winners of their Divisional Awards for work produced in 2021 at the 76th Annual Reuben Awards Banquet.Winners in bold.Nominees for Comic Book: Trish Forstner; Gideon Kendall; David Peterson Nominees for Gag Cartoons: Emily Flake; Amy Hwang; Christopher Weyant Nominees for Greeting Card: Scott Jensen; Scott Metzger; Scott […]
AAEC Convention Hotel Booking Reminder
Act Fast!Today is the last day to book your room at The Hotel LeVeque and get convention rates.DEADLINE TO BOOK YOUR LEVEQUE ROOM HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO FRIDAY, SEPT. 16!Information at the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists site.
And In The End – Andy Marlette & The News Journal
I’ve got great news for all you creeps, crooks and conmen of the Panhandle political class. Grab your champagne and pop your corks — the idiot cartoonist is officially leaving the Pensacola News Journal! Yes, editorial cartoonist Andy Marlette announced early this month that he was leaving the paper where he had been employed since […]
Reuben Weekend Come on Weekdays This Year
Apologies to Sean Cleary and everyone, life got in the way of The Daily Cartoonist today. So other than the already set in motion Hey Kids! Comics! post TDC was forced into the backseat.Anyway… © Patrick McDonnellYes Sean there has been a number of comic characters guest starring in other comic strips this month.And of course […]
Hey Kids! Comics! An Autumn Overload!
Below are some comic strip and cartoon books scheduled for September 2022 release. Images and links (mostly) via Amazon, though ordering through your local comic or independent book store is a good idea. Nothing Echoes like an Empty Mailbox (more about the USPS book) Ink, Blood, and Linseed Oil Celebrating 30 Years of Nature’s Favorite […]
Sports, Mascots, Elves, Wokeness, Whatnots
Continuing with a couple topics that partner Peterson touched on this morning.The Return of Brownie the Elf Cleveland Scene reports National Football League’s Cleveland Browns bringing back an old favorite. From a helicopter perch high above the city, Fox 8’s Patty Harken snapped this shot of the Cleveland Browns’ new midfield logo at FirstEnergy Stadium, […]
Opportunities Available in All Walks of Life in Australia (Comic Strip Cartooning Excepted)
As we hit the week of Lee newspapers’ cuts to their comics pages, we also come to the week that News Corp Australia newspapers cut not most but all the comic strips they were carrying.Gary Clark is the creative genius behind the comic strip, Swamp. First published in 1981 by the Sunshine Coast Daily, the […]
Tuesday Talkin’ ’bout This an’ That
It’s just an invitation across the nationA chance for folks to meetThere’ll be laughing, singing and music swingingDancing in the streetThere’s still time! “For what?” you ask. To book a flight from Kansas City to Alaska. After you close out the Reuben Party Friday book it to Palmer Alaska for another party on Saturday. Chad […]
Lee Enterprises New Comics Lineup – Update
Update –Here is the new company-wide Lee Enterprises daily comics page from September 13, 2022. Comics are from Andrews McMeel Syndication, puzzles are from Tribune Content Agency.Another update:Here, by the way (see comments below), is the extra page of Lee e-edition comics.I’m sure (actually I’m guessing) these cartoonists get a few extra coins for this.The […]
A Fiersk an’ Arful Pirake
He is to Popeye… what Ming is to Flash Gordon.… what Bull Dawson is to Captain Easy.… what Susie is to Calvin.And though he was well-known to the sailor man,and had been skulking around the ship for a week, we first met him 90 years ago today. The rest of the week: © King Features SyndicateThe […]
Meanwhile, Elsewhere in the Commonwealth…
The Courier Mail has announced the newspaper will no [longer] print comic strips, much to the dismay of the industry. In a small article in the paper today, the Courier Mail said the decision was based on “extensive research into changing readership habits”. Australian Cartoonists Association president Cathy Wilcox said she hoped dismayed readers spoke […]
Lee Papers Go Uniform Comics Company-Wide
Recently we’ve mentioned changes to some Lee Enterprises newspapers that hinted at a company-wide change to their comics pages, though we were loath to declare it so without confirmation. See here and here. But in the past years when we have seen a change in one newspaper of a chain, especially with syndicated content, it […]
Diane Noomin Tributes – Updated
Update: The New York Times Obituary: One of Ms. Noomin’s most startling and moving pieces was a 1994 story called “Baby Talk: A Tale of 4 Miscarriages,” in which she wrote of her own miscarriages, of the ignominies and the cruelties she endured at the hands of medical professionals as she kept trying to conceive. […]
Calvin and Hobbes Original Daily Goes for $216,000 (and other original art sales)
The original art for a Calvin and Hobbes comic strip, dated February 6, 1992, sold at auction for $216, 000.00.Granted this strip was hand-colored by Bill Watterson and personally inscribed to fellow cartoonist Garry Trudeau.Other original art we mentioned last month have also sold.The 15th Flash Gordon Sunday by Alex Raymond, from April 15, 1934 […]