Artist, musician, teacher, and cartoonist Bill Bryant has passed away.Dr. Billy Joe (Bill) Bryant October 19, 1936 – January 18, 2021 From the obituary:In 1976, Bill moved his family back to Louisiana where he began his teaching career at Northwestern State University in Natchitoches, retiring as Professor Emeritus in the Department of Fine and Graphic Arts […]
PARIS (AFP) — A leading French cartoonist on Wednesday said he would no longer work for Le Monde after the newspaper apologized for a cartoon he drew that tackled a sex-abuse scandal. France’s intellectual elite was rocked this month by a claim that political commentator Olivier Duhamel sexually abused his stepson, prompting social media users […]
Beginning today Gearhead Gertie by Mike Smith is available from Comics Kingdom.Mike Smith, the editorial cartoonist for the Las Vegas Sun, is a fan of NASCAR. In 1998 he created the weekly StockcarToon panel which was syndicated by United Feature Syndicate. At some point the panel switched to King Features Syndicate which also distributes his […]
The Association of American Editorial Cartoonists has announced its new officers.AAEC Officers 2021-2022 President: Jen Sorensen, The Nib Vice President: Ed Hall, freelance Secretary-Treasurer: Monte Wolverton, Cagle Cartoons Immediate Past President: Kevin Siers, The Charlotte Observer Director: Tim Campbell, Washington Post News Service & Syndication (2nd year) Director: Liza Donnelly, The New Yorker (2nd year) Director: Gretchen Koch (1st year) […]
January 7, 1991 saw the first Big Nate by Lincoln Peirce. 30 years later, following so many comic strips and books (both collections of the strips and original material) Big Nate is bigger than ever.Andrews McMeel and GoComics celebrates with a Lincoln Peirce interview.What’s been your favorite story arc or gag in 30 years? Hmm. […]
American cartoonist Jules Feiffer is considered the most widely read satirist in the country. In 1986, he won the Pulitzer Prize as a leading editorial cartoonist and one of his most widely read and popular series was the weekly satirical comic strip, “Feiffer” which ran in the Village Voice from 1956 to 1997. Feiffer’s cartoons […]
After a Jan. 29, 2017, image of Trump seated in Steve Bannon’s lap signing legislation while declaring “I’m a big boy” went viral, Guerra became a regular contributor to Portland-based political cartoon website, magazine and graphic novel publishing house theNib.com. Comic book artist-cum-editorial cartoonist Pia Guerra isn’t fretting about a lack of subjects with Donald […]
image © Dario CastillejosFrom Daryl Cagle: I run a newspaper syndicate for editorial cartoons and columns. Half of America’s daily, paid-circulation newspapers subscribe to my service, which features about 75 political cartoonists and ten columnists. Sometimes I choose to “kill” a cartoon or column that I think is inappropriate, which often leads to an angry […]
There has never been a dull moment for editorial cartoonists during the Trump Presidency. Now as the end nears some are reviewing The Follies of 45.The New York Daily News and Bill Bramhall pick some memorable highlights.© The Daily News & Bill BramhallLet’s also note that The Daily News and Bill were honored by The […]
Fame came to cartoonist Bill Brewer early, winning a national contest for college cartoonists judged by Groucho Marx, Steve Allen, and Al Capp.Bill then began a career as a commercial cartoonist but, like all cartoonists sixty years ago, the dream was to match fame with fortune as a syndicated comic strip creator. His 1961 attempt […]
Continuing a hundred year tradition the El Dorado (Ark.) News -Times has announced a comic strip contest for area teens and preteens.The News-Times is excited to announce our first-ever Comic Strip Contest! Open to Union County students in fifth through 12th grade, three winners will be selected from our submissions to be featured in our […]
Being “a bear of very little brain” I didn’t catch what Macanudo was about today. So I dug up the title panel not shown on the Comics Kingdom site which gave me the hint I needed.© Liniers I needed no hint to get the latest Flash Forward, instantly recognizing the source that gave Peter Poplaski the […]
The Schulz Museum has supplied the illustrations and guide for you to publish Peanuts comic books.Added is the template for the little ones (or you) to create their own mini-comics.The Charles M. Schulz Peanuts Mini Comic page. While we’ve got Peanuts on our mind…Nat Gertler shows that they are editing Schulz. Eagle-eyed AAUGH Blog reader David […]
Seattle Times interviews their editorial cartoonist David Horsey about the past four years of politics in the United States and new book “Drawing Apart: Political Cartoons from a Polarized America.” I think the biggest problem is that if you’re talking about Donald Trump, my job is to sort of exaggerate reality and create satire that […]
David Cohen feels honored to serve the citizens of Asheville, North Carolina as the editorial cartoonist for local issues. Today he took a few inches to thank them for their forbearance. In the early 80s I submitted some work to the then editorial page editor, Rick Gunter. He took a few, and for about a […]