That was then, this is now: above is David Willson’s first editorial cartoon for The Palm Beach Daily News; below is one of his more recent cartoons. David Willson Special to the Daily News It’s hard for me to believe, but this week represented my 30th anniversary as the editorial cartoonist for the Palm Beach […]
J. R. (James Robert) Williams’ Out Our Way panel first appeared in newspapers on March 20, 1922, 100 years ago today. It’s not-always-tender look at the travails of regular folk became hugely successful.Per Brian Walker: “In 1936, Williams had 700 daily and 242 Sunday clients, the most of any syndicated feature.” Here are the first […]
Malcolm Mayes cartoon for The Edmonton Journal gets reactions. Malcolm Mayes’ editorial cartoon for March 16 shows his usual level of undisguised and unquenchable disdain for Prime Minister Trudeau. While we have come to expect his cartoons to convey this personal animosity against our duly elected leader, there is a new low reached in this […]
Bill Suddick, Chuck Asay, Kate Beaton, Roy Thomas, Edward Sorel, and Jackie Ormes. Beach Metro Community News cartoonist, illustrator and educator Bill Suddick will be the guest speaker at the Tuesday, March 22, online event hosted by The Beach and East Toronto Historical Society. The free Zoom presentation will feature Suddick talking about the stories […]
Ninety years ago Carl Anderson, at age 67, became an overnight success. Well, his comic character Henry became an overnight success. Carl had been toiling in various newspaper art departments for 40 years and trying to hit the big time as a cartoonist for at least 30 of those years.Art Baxter relates Carl Anderson’s struggles: […]
Michael Ramirez was honored with the Overseas Press Club of America (OPC) Cartoon Award (formerly The Thomas Nast Award) for his efforts in 2021.Michael’s trophy case already contains two Pulitzer Prizes and the National Cartoonists Society Reuben Award as Cartoonist of the Year.The Judges’ Statement: Michael Ramirez masterly employs the full arsenal available to the […]
Finalists for the 2021 National Newspaper Awards have been announced. For Editorial Cartooning/Caricature the nominees are Michael de Adder, Graeme MacKay, and Bruce MacKinnon.For the entire list of finalists, and a better look at the nominated cartoon portfolios, check out the announcement at the National Newspaper Awards website. Winners will be announced by webcast on […]
Is it better for a comic creator to sell out or remain creatively pure? That dilemma is embodied in two cartoonists who had radically different attitudes toward their creations. I’m talking about Charles Schulz, the creator of Charlie Brown and the Peanuts gang, and one of his inheritors, Bill Watterson, the artist behind Calvin and […]
Last Summer the good news was that Gannett/Gatehouse was unloading the local weeklies they had accumulated back into the hands of local owners.This year sees a new approach to local weeklies:Boston.com reports: Starting in early May, at least 19 weekly newspapers across Massachusetts will shutter their print publications and go completely digital. Nine other weeklies […]
Disney Sketchbook Disney+’s new six-part original Series Sketchbook will give “an insider’s look into the animation process” as studio artists teach viewers how to draw Disney characters like Kuzco (Emperor’s New Groove), Olaf (Frozen), Genie (Aladdin), Captain Hook (Peter Pan), Mirabel (Encanto), and Simba (The Lion King). Disney describes it as “an intimate instructional documentary […]
In 1970 Prince Valiant creator Hal Foster was nearing 80 years and decided to slow down. After interviewing a few comic artists to take on the task of drawing Prince Valiant’s Sunday page he settled on John Cullen Murphy. Hal would (mostly) continue to write and layout the comic through the 1970s.Nate D. Sanders Auctions […]
Taking a cue from those Countdown to Christmas newspaper front page comic panels Brett Koth has adapted the idea to a countdown to Spring. Get in on Jay Stephens‘ newest project. From Harvey and Eisner-Award nominated cartoonist Jay Stephens, Dwellings is an ongoing horror series set in the fictional small town of Elwich, Ontario. Lovingly drawn […]
Early last year Pab Sungenis ended his The New Adventures of Queen Victoria.Then very early this year Pab and Queen Victoria checked in on us.From Pab on that January 3, 2022 issue: Hi, gang. Just wanted to poke my head back in. I had no idea my upload links still worked. I was curious whether […]
Below are some comic strip and cartoon books scheduled for March 2022 release. Images and links (mostly) via Amazon, though ordering through your local comic or independent book store is a good idea. Very Funny Ladies: The New Yorker’s Women Cartoonists It’s a Pug’s Life Bandits, Misfits, and Superheroes Britain’s Best Ever Political Cartoons Comic […]
Mike Rhode writes: Since I first saw his cartoons about books and reading on the next-to-last page of the New York Times Book Review, Grant Snider has been one of my favorite cartoonists. His new book, The Art of Living: Reflections onMindfulness and the Overexamined Life (Abrams Comic Arts, $19) is full of his delightful […]