Earlier today Old Man Peterson showed some 4th of July comics from his youth. But I’m a young Hep Cat, so here’s some comic strips from today’s papers.These days daily comics come with color so The Fourth landing on a Saturday doesn’t disallow for a red, white, and blue fireworks display. Dustin and Dennis did […]
The Green Eyeshades have recognize the very best journalism in the southeastern United States (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and West Virginia).2020 Winners for Editorial Cartoon / Newspapers First Place: Freelance – Robert Ariail, 2019 cartoons Second Place: Aiken Standard – Al Goodwyn, Al Goodwyn Collection Third Place: Chattanooga Times Free […]
Al Wiesner was born on July 2, 1930.Albert S. Wiesner didn’t jump into the comics scene as a youngster. He served in the U.S.A.F. and then earned a living as a women’s hairdresser. But always having an itch for cartooning. Finally, in the mid-1980s, Al took the plunge. “I had said to my wife, ‘I […]
Magazine cartoonist Henry Martin has passed away.Henry Read MartinJuly 15, 1925 – June 30, 2020 Excerpted from daughters Ann and Jane’s announcement via Michael Maslin: Longtime New Yorker cartoonist Henry Read Martin (who signed his cartoons H. Martin) died on June 30, 2020, just two weeks shy of his 95th birthday. For a man who had […]
After 13 years Matt Bors has decided to part from his syndicate.From Matt’s Twitter feed:Matt continues:Matt’s page at Tinyview. At Daily Kos.And no worries about him abandoning The Nib:Don’t know if Matt’s 13 year archive will remain at GoComics.
When you worked for Eisner and then when you got out of the service and worked for Stan Lee, were all of your colleagues obsessed with comics? Did you talk a lot about comics and the artists in the field. I think in the back of the minds of everybody who could draw straight figures […]
Cartoonist James Allen disclosed today that he will be leaving the Mark Trail comic strip.On his Adventures Group Facebook page James revealed: “Tis true – Mark Trail and I have parted ways. The strip will continue with a bit of a new direction! For the most part, I had a good time doing it, it […]
GoComics has announced that “new stuff” is coming from cartoonist Gary Larson.When The Far Side website premiered last Winter Fall there were hints that Gary would not only present the old cartoons but also publish new creations. It seems that will be the case in July.As for what the “new stuff” will be and how […]
The Society of Professional Journalists has announced that Clay Bennett and Alexander Hunter are the recipients of the 2019 Sigma Delta Chi Awards for excellence in journalism in the Editorial Cartooning category. Editorial Cartooning (Newspaper Circulation 100,001+, Affiliated Website, National Magazine) Clay Bennett, Chattanooga Times Free Press View online: Link 1 • Link 2 • Link […]
Cartoonist and social media maven (he’s been retweeted by President Trump) Scott Adams has created a twitterstorm in responding to a tweet and claiming reverse racism. “I lost my TV show for being white when UPN decided it would focus on an African-American audience. That was the third job I lost for being white. The […]
Drawing cartoons on dicey political topics without being ugly just comes naturally, says Daniel, who was born in Richmond, Virginia. But he’s uncomfortable attributing it to piety, as some others do. “Faith is my foundation, but I never went into drawing a cartoon saying, ‘how’s that going to balance with my belief in Jesus?’ and […]
Warning: The following item deals with racial insensitivity and contains slurs that are offensive.The West Australian newspaper, located in Perth, reran a 1971 Modesty Blaise comic strip in its Monday, June 29, 2020 edition and is now taking heat for printing a strip that is seen as outrageously insensitive.From Pedestrian TV: The West Australian newspaper […]
Last night, while I lay thinking here,Some Whatifs crawled inside my earAnd pranced and partied all night longAnd sang their same old Whatif song:Whatif I flunk that test?Whatif green hair grows on my chest?Whatif nobody likes me?Whatif a bolt of lightning strikes me?…from A Light in the Attic When asked many years ago what he […]
Cartoonist Carl Granath has passed away.Carl Robert GranathSeptember 30, 1930 – May 28, 2020 From the obituary: He was in demand as a writer, art director and voice talent during his long career with major advertising agencies in Chicago but hated watching commercials. He was an animator and cartoonist who grew up idolizing Walt Disney and […]
Tom Richmond has been one of “the usual gang of idiots” for 20 years, and that may be the limit for his usual idiosyncratic contributions to MAD. Tom’s latest news about the historic satire magazine brings summertime blues:MAD #15 is due to be released in August and will contain some new material. Back in late […]