(photo: Howard Lipin/The San Diego Union-Tribune) Lalo Alcaraz, like many cartoonists, has diversified. He no longer is strictly a pen-on-paper (stylus-on-wacom?) man for editorial cartoons and his La Cucaracha comic strip. More recently, he’s worked as a cultural consultant on the Pixar film “Coco” and the upcoming animated Nickelodeon show, “The Casagrandes.” He recently met […]
The North Platte Telegraph is accepting submissions for comic strips. Simply download the submission form (link below), use one or both of the templates to draw your original comic strip, and mail it (or bring it in) to The Telegraph. Your comic strip could be printed in The North Platte Telegraph*! *The North Platte Telegraph […]
Mike Smith is the long-time editorial cartoonist for the Las Vegas Sun, a liberal-leaning paper inserted, due to a JOA, into a conservative-leaning paper. Which may explain: My voicemail message stating that threats will be archived is a reflection of the times. Reaction from readers has become more personal, threatening and angry in nature. I […]
September 27, 2019: The first B.C. strip where the Fat Broad is addressed as Jane appeared. From Patti Hart: Last month we told you we would explain the name choices. Pretty simple really. Bobby’s mom was Janie Indiana Finch. Johnny’s mom was Grace Anna Brown. Patti and Perri thought it would be nice to […]
Some Times Earlier this year the Portuguese cartoonist António Moreira Antunes drew one of the most controversial political cartoons in history. His cartoon about U.S.-Israeli relations sparked so much controversy that The New York Times, whose international edition published it in April, decided to fire its two staff cartoonists, neither of whom had anything to […]
In cartoonist lingo, a “baby” is a cartoon. Cartoonists often speak of finding homes for their babies, or places of publication. However, the term “babies” in this exhibition has other meanings as well. They refer to the artists themselves, young in age or their careers. In its nearly 100-year history, the [New Yorker] magazine has […]
Far from being admired as an extraordinary genius, Leonardo da Vinci was repeatedly lampooned and teased about his unusual red hair and his unconventional sexuality by other leading artists of his day. Although the work of the great Italian was popular in his time, an extensive new study of the artist to be published this […]
Sports reporter, writer, and cartoonist Hype Igoe is among those on the ballot for the 2020 International Boxing Hall of Fame in the Observers category. ESPN reports: The International Boxing Hall of Fame, which in July reduced the wait for eligibility to three years, released the ballot for the 2020 election cycle and it is […]
As you probably know Gahan Wilson and his family are battling Alzheimer’s. Gahan ended this Summer in a bad way. September 24, 2019 by Paul Winters (stepson): Send your love! Gahan has had a rough five days. He went in to the hospital last Friday. Surgery was performed and he was released today. He is […]
There’s no question that the comic strip “Mutts” is an unbridled success. Created by Patrick McDonnell 25 years ago, the animal-centric strip is syndicated to more than 700 newspapers in 20 countries. “Mutts” has won numerous prestigious awards, including the National Cartoonists Society’s highest honor, the Reuben Award. And “Peanuts” creator Charles M. Schulz declared […]
The Sunday Funnies? Today’s Funky Winkerbean Anybody else reminded of Aldo Kelrast? Almost 13 years to the day? Need a laugh after that? Go read Wallace the Brave. “Don’t be like Gurglson” Hmm, just noticed that, aside from questions and exclamations, Henry doesn’t use ending punctuation. The Hi and Lois Autumn scene. Don’t […]
With The Knight Life ending, a spot opened up in the weekend color comics section of Stars and Stripes. That territory is now being occupied by Scott Hilburn’s The Argyle Sweater. Last week (above) Star and Stripes reran the first Sunday Knight Life of 2019. This weekend (below) The Argyle Sweater will begin basic training. […]
“Just Us!” counts as one African American’s perspective on the condition of Blacks in America and the 193-page book spotlights Carr’s style of drawing and wit. The book is broken down into nine categories: Obama, GOP, Racism, Crime, Sports, Cops, Youth/Education, and Transition and Entertainment. “There’s a brief narrative before each category that helps define […]
The New York Times sent out a notice today that the graphic books best seller list will be returning to the newspaper. Today The New York Times Book Review announced changes to the Best-Seller Lists, in print and online. The Best Sellers team will begin tracking Mass Market Paperbacks (genres including romance) and a combined […]
Patrons of Davenport’s Putnam Museum & Science Center are invited to view fantastically ridiculous machines, and dream up some of their own, in the venue’s Rube Goldberg: The World of Hilarious Invention!, the new traveling exhibition that opens on September 28 and showcases the legendary Rube Goldberg’s iconic contraptions, imaginative illustrations, and humorous storytelling. Created […]