National Football League quarterback and coach Sam Wyche has passed away.Samuel David (Sam) Wyche January 5, 1945 – January 2, 2020Cincinnati Enquirer photo tribute.From the Cincinnati Enquirer of two years ago: …Wyche had been working on developing the no-huddle offense, which revolutionized the NFL and gave the Bengals an offensive edge over nearly every opponent. […]
Editorial cartoonist Jim Morin has decided to retire and devote his time to the Finer Arts. He goes out with a bang!From Jim’s Twitter feed:Jim’s career began in the mid-70s at the Syracuse University Daily Orange, the Beaumont (Tx) Enterprise and Journal, and the Richmond (Va) Times-Dispatch. In 1978 he found a home with the […]
This is an installment of 2019 Newspaper Comics: Debuts, Departures, and the Dearly Departed. (part 1: Debuts – – part 2: Departures – – part 3: Dearly Departed – – part 4: Detours/Deviations) 2019 Debuts These comics began appearing in U. S. newspapers in 2019 PRAIRIE POTHOLE by John Porcellino January 10, 2019 – May 2, […]
This is an installment of 2019 Newspaper Comics: Debuts, Departures, and the Dearly Departed. (part 1: Debuts – – part 2: Departures – – part 3: Dearly Departed – – part 4: Detours/Deviations) 2019 Departures These comics ceased production for U. S. newspapers in 2019 ROSY’S DINER Charlie Daniel November(?), 2006 – February 3. 2019 weekly […]
This is an installment of 2019 Newspaper Comics: Debuts, Departures, and the Dearly Departed. (part 1: Debuts – – part 2: Departures – – part 3: Dearly Departed – – part 4: Detours/Deviations) 2019 – The Dearly Departed These U. S. newspaper and magazine cartoonists died in 2019. BATTON A. LASH [nee:MARANGI] October 29, 1953 – […]
This is an installment of 2019 Newspaper Comics: Debuts, Departures, and the Dearly Departed. (part 1:Debuts – – part 2: Departures – – part 3: Dearly Departed – – part 4: Detours/Deviations) 2019 Detours/Deviations Detailing some changes in syndicated U. S. newspaper comics in 2019. ALLEY OOP After four months of reruns following The Benders’ 2018 […]
Print and film classics from 1924 become public domain on January 1, 2020.Some famous comic strips which were created in 1924 finally have their debut year now p.d. Boots and Her Buddies first appeared on February 18, 1924 from the NEA Service. So there is most of the year available there. Here is a very […]
The Association of American Editorial Cartoonists has announced its new officers.AAEC Officers 2020-2021 President: Kevin Siers, The Charlotte Observer President-elect: Jen Sorensen, The Nib Vice President: Mike Thompson, Detroit Free Press Secretary-Treasurer: Monte Wolverton, Cagle Cartoons Immediate Past President: Pat Bagley, Salt Lake City Tribune Director: Ed Hall, freelance (2nd year) Director: Liza Donnelly, The New Yorker Director: Tim Campbell, […]
I’m thinking (hoping) this will be the last of these “Best of” issues.By some reckoning this is the end of the 2010s decade, so… Mike Peterson has linked to The Economist/Kal Best of the Decade page, so we’ll move on to CagleCartoons’ 2010 decade galleries. Gary McCoy Milt Priggee Rick McKee Bruce Plante Steve Sack Now […]
From the Philadelphia Inquirer Signe Wilkinson‘s Favorite cartoons of 2019. Phil Hands of the Wisconsin State Journal looks back at 2019 – with commentary. From the Los Angeles Sentinel, the Top Eight by David G. Brown. The Minneapolis Star Tribune has a best of Steve Sack gallery behind a paywall. John Cole and the North […]
Is it my imagination, or has Peter Guren developed quite a sense of humor lately? Is it my imagination, or does Thomas Yeates just get better every week? Hi and Lois dream the impossible dream (getting political?) Today’s Heart of the City and today’s Mutts and today’s Mary Worth Amelia Earhart? Jimmy Hoffa? The Lost […]
Joan Crosby Tibbetts, daughter of Percy Crosby, has passed away.Joan Crosby Tibbetts September 21, 1932 – October 26, 2019 From Joan’s Linkedin page: Owner, Skippy, Inc., Feb 1968 – Present 51 years 11 months primary job as court-appointed administrator of Percy Crosby Estate (my father), involving licensing of his famous SKIPPY character; policing and enforcing trademark/copyright infringements; […]
The Missoulian (Big Sky Country) has decided to rid its comic pages of opinion strips. Effective after Sunday, Jan. 5, the Missoulian is ending its subscription to the comics “Doonesbury” and “Mallard Fillmore.” Many readers have long complained about both strips. The leading complaints about “Doonesbury” [Andrews McMeel Syndication] these days is that the daily […]
Ignoring the violence, or the threat of violence, that has accompanied past events like it, a Dutch politician is calling for another Draw Mohammed contest.Dutch anti-Islam politician Geert Wilders has revived his plan to hold a contest for cartoons caricaturing the Prophet Muhammad, more than a year after cancelling such an event out of fear […]
In our earlier roundup we linked to the Napa Valley Register‘s editors pick their favorite Clay Bennett cartoons from their supplier The Washington Post Writers Group. Here are The Register’s favorites from the rest of the WPWG stable. Signe Wilkinson of the Philadelphia Inquirer/Daily News Nick Anderson Mike Lester Jeff Danziger of The Rutland Herald […]