Later this year Ziggy will celebrate 50 years as a syndicated comic panel/strip.On 27 June 1971, a new comic made its debut in American newspapers, Ziggy. Created and drawn by cartoonist Tom Wilson, Sr., the strip chronicled the experiences of the ill-fated title character… Although the subject matter for Ziggy was the mundane, its public […]
The School of Visual Arts highlights cartoonist Ray Billingsley with an interview. Raised in Harlem, Ray Billingsley was still a kid himself when he started drawing for the magazine Kids at the age of 12 … He debuted Curtis in 1988. Distributed by King Features, Curtis—a multilayered tale of an urban African American family of […]
February 15, ’21 saw the first signed daily Shoe comic strip by Gary Brookins in five months.There is no announcement at Shoe Comics, or on Gary’s Facebook about his return to the daily comic.When Gary retired last year he kept his hand in the game by continuing to do the Sunday Shoe. Now, for this […]
Smidge and Friends by Ayla KreelakThe weekly Nunatsiaq News has introduced a new comic strip by a young local cartoonist They also introduce cartoonist Ayla Kreelak: Kreelak’s comic strip, which started as her own personal project, offers a glimpse into Inuit culture from the perspective of a young woman who aspires to be a graphic […]
A treasure trove for cartooning fans is now available!The Internet Archive has made available the run of Jud Hurd’s CARTOONIST PROfiles magazine. From issue #1 (March, 1969) to issue #146 (June, 2005) CARTOONIST PROfiles was THE insider magazine for newspaper and magazine cartoonists (and greeting cards and illustration and and animation and caricature and… ).Accessing […]
Short notice for a couple of Tuesday, February 16 events.Join cartoonist Jimmy Margulies live online tomorrow night as he talks about political cartooning the past 30 years. The nationally-syndicated cartoonist has had a ringside seat to New York City and the shenanigans of New Jersey pols, from Chris Christie to some guy named Trump. Tues, […]
Leading into Valentine’s Day the Judge Parker comic strip had two people profess love for each other:That was a moral affront to one person who let writer Francisco Marciuliano know:Marciuliano’s response earned a… Read the thread on Ces’s Twitter feed. Around the time the outraged reader started reading Judge Parker he must not have seen that […]
Below are some comic strip and cartoon books scheduled for February 2021 release. Images and links (mostly) via Amazon, though ordering through your local comic or independent book store is a good idea. Complete Chester Gould’s Dick Tracy Volume 29 The Complete Dick Tracy by Chester Gould is completed! In Love & Pajamas Britain’s Best […]
By the time the comic strips showcased below came around there had been romance in comic strips. Eventually love became, if not the main focus, a frequent topic in some strips. When a strip’s title character is thirty-ish and the main supporting character is her younger sister affairs of the heart will enter the plot. […]
100 years ago today in Gasoline Alley (from the New York Daily News):Over the years Jim Scancarelli has used the Sunday around Valentine’s Day as a reason to revisit the day Skeezix was found and his life after that momentous occasion.It was not unusual for the birthdays to be numbered. Birthday’s of note have […]
Cartoonist and television writer Allan Burns has passed away.Allan Pennington BurnsMay 18, 1935 – January 30, 2021From the obituary: Allan blossomed at Punahou School in Honolulu and discovered a talent for animation and writing, eventually having cartoons published in the Honolulu Star-Bulletin. Allan began creating humorous greeting cards and eventually did enough work to make […]
The death of S. Clay Wilson is being widely reported. Violent, obscene and scatological, Mr. Wilson’s hyperbolic stories — full of corny puns and incongruously decorous dialogue, and populated by such unsavory, anatomically distorted characters as the Checkered Demon, Captain Pissgums and his Pervert Pirates, the Hog Riding Fools and Ruby the Dyke — are […]
British artist Gerald Lip has passed away.Gerald LipMay 12, 1929 – January 28, 2021newspaper cartoon editor, comic letterer, artistFrom the Daily Express obituary: Gerald also worked as colourist and sometime letterer on imported American strips such as Garfield and Hagar the Horrible, occasionally relettering words to give them a local flavour.Gerald’s name in relation to […]
From the Berkshire Eagle: The Bushnell-Sage Library’s February program, “Learn to Draw Cartoons,” will be presented from 3 to 4 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 17, on Zoom. Award-winning cartoonist and humorous illustrator Rick Stromoski will teach participants how to create their own cartoon characters, draw facial expressions and even some animals. The program is best for […]
The School of Visual Arts hails one of its own: Author and cartoonist Jerry Craft (BFA 1984 Media Arts) made history twice last year. His best-selling book New Kid—the story of Jordan Banks, an artistic African American 12-year-old newly enrolled at a predominantly white private school—became the first graphic novel to win the American Library […]