Magazine cartoonist Don Margolis has passed away.Donald Eugene (Don) Margolis September 1932 – August 3, 2021 “He spent his career drawing cartoons, and his retirement making faces at his grandchildren.”Don’s career as described by comics historian Ken Quattro: The story, “I Married A Teen-Age Fly,” [1959] was actually parodying contemporary movies, such as “The Fly” […]
Did we mention that the Buffalo Newspaper Guild contract negotiations have been settled and with the byline strike now over The Buffalo News blacklisted editorial cartoonist Adam Zyglis has returned to the pages and website of the paper?You may remember that the newspaper and the union were having differences related to a new contract. That […]
You and me both Rex. The long-running comic strip Rex Morgan, M.D. made references to Crunchyroll and Kirakira Precure a la Mode in its August 8 strip, which did not escape the notice of eagle-eyed Precure fans. In the comic, Rex receives a request from his daughter Sarah to buy a subscription to the Crunchyroll […]
Andrews McMeel Syndication has recently (this past week) dropped the English-language James Bond comic strip from their menu of offerings to newspapers. Like the Tarzan comic strip they dropped earlier this year, the James Bond adventure strip had been reruns. No new James Bond newspaper strip adventures have been created since around 1984.Screenshots show AMS […]
Minneapolis Star Tribune columnist James Lileks reviews the comics.If you want to alienate people, talk about religion or politics. If you want to have a nice conversation, talk about breakfast cereal and newspaper comics. Could we discuss politics the way we discuss newspaper comics? Possibly, because everyone complains about both. There are people who read […]
August 8, 1961, give or take a few days, Fantastic Four #1 (dated Nov. 1961) hit the newsstands.While the issue hit the stands on various days on and surrounding that Tuesday most of the surviving copies with any date identification have August 8, 1961 stamped on them. So that is the date that many sources […]
We’ll start our look at the comic strips of the first week of August by going into the past. Not as far as Mike, only to the last week of July. © Gerry Rasmussen & Gary DelaineyBetty spent that last July week being peeved about a modern innovation, and people agreed:I sympathize with Betty in […]
The National Cartoonists Society has announced the second round of nominees for their 75th Annual Divisional Reuben Awards for work in 2020. (Earlier nominees announced here.)MAGAZINE/NEWSPAPER ILLUSTRATION: Tom Chitty; Peter Kuper; Bob LizarragaADVERTISING/PRODUCT ILLUSTRATION: Chad Frye; Pat Higgins; Luke McGarry; Patrick Merrell; Dave WhammondCOMIC BOOKS: Brahm Revel; Stan Sakai; Walter SimonsonGRAPHIC NOVELS: Jared Cullum; […]
Bill Ruehlmann‘s column about Cathy Guisewite‘s last book is the only excuse needed to let all know that Cathy Guisewite’s next book is on the schedule. Previews at GoComics.© Cathy Guisewite © Oconee Enterprise/Chuck CunninghamThe Georgia Press Association honored the winners of the 2021 Better Newspaper Contest on Friday, July 30 at the Jekyll Island Club […]
Bloomberg breaks the story:The creators of “South Park” have signed a new deal with ViacomCBS Inc. that will pay them more than $900 million over the next six years, one of the richest deals in TV history. Trey Parker and Matt Stone will use the money to make new episodes of “South Park” for Viacom’s […]
David Finkle has decided to end his Mr. Fitz comic strip next year. Mr. Fitz, which chronicles the world of a high-school teacher, has been written and drawn since 2000 by David Finkle, who extensively uses his own career as a teacher as inspiration for the comic. The strip debuted March 28, 2000 — running […]
Ricardo Caté Receives 2021 Governor Award for Excellence in Arts Ricardo Caté, whose cartoons have offered a laugh and penetrating insight to readers of The New Mexican for 15 years, was one of seven recipients of the 2021 Governor’s Awards for Excellence in the Arts. Ricardo Caté: The only Native American cartoonist in a […]
From the National Cartoonists Society: We are excited to share that we have put together a fantastic schedule of virtual events alongside our awarding of the 2020 Divisional Reuben Awards to be held online on NCSFest.com on October 15 & 16. Mark your calendars and stay tuned to this NCS blog, email and social media […]
A viral comic strip shows what would happen if Calvin and Hobbes were to test their worthiness at wielding Thor’s mighty hammer. Cartoonist Lar DeSouza took advantage of a recent viral question that had been all over social media last week about the relative worthiness of other fictional characters to wield Thor’s hammer, Mjolnir, by […]
Sculptor and comic book cartoonist Louis Trakis has passed away. Louis James (Lou) Trakis June 22, 1927 – July 7, 2021 Sculptor, professor, printmaker, cartoonist who sought through art to “center the self via creation.” Taught at Manhattanville College, The New School, and in Greece. Designed iconic Marino’s Italian Ice and House of Weenies logos. […]