Several [Idaho] state lawmakers have received an anonymous postcard, which lampoons new Boise State University President Marlene Tromp and calls campus diversity and inclusion programs “clown world.” “Idaho taxpayer ticket price: $425,000 and sacrificial children,” the postcard reads, in an apparent reference to Tromp’s annual salary as president.The Idaho Ed News elaborates on the opposing […]
A month after the staff of Esquire was let go, Bob Mankoff has bounced back as the cartoon editor of Air Mail, a new digital weekly magazine.Welcome to the world of Air Mail—the perfect addition to your weekend reading. Every Saturday at 6:00 A.M. E.S.T., a new issue will arrive in your in-box. We like […]
The 2019 Locher Memorial Award winner is Chelsea Saunders!The John Locher Memorial Award is a contest for aspiring cartoonists, ages 18-25, whose work demonstrates both clear opinions and strong artistry on political and social topics. Single panel, multi-panel, and animated editorial cartoons and comics will be accepted. Both students and non-students are eligible to submit. Chelsea […]
Over the weekend, more information emerged about the fire that devastated Kyoto Animation’s studio last Thursday. Since Cartoon Brew first reported on the incident, the official death toll has risen to 34, and the first details of the suspect and victims have come to light.Cartoon Brew updates on the horrorific Kyoto Animation tragedy.
National Cartoonists Society President Jason Chatfield has sent out a State of The Society message to members with a look to the future of the NCS – and the brand new website. With permission, here is Jason’s letter to the members: Hello, NCS! Well, here we are. Just another American job outsourced to an immigrant. In all […]
Before Calvin and Hobbes, Bill Watterson was a freelancing cartoonist. Around 1983 one of his clients was the Mark Twain Journal. Recently Kirk H shared some of Watterson’s Mark Twain art on the GCD-Chat Google Group. A personal subscription to the Mark Twain Journal in 2019 includes a limited edition Mark Twain Journal mouse pad. The commissioned image […]
It is being reported that Paul Krassner has passed away.From Politico:Paul Krassner, the publisher, author and radical political activist on the front lines of 1960s counterculture who helped tie together his loose-knit prankster group by naming them the Yippies, died Sunday in Southern California, his daughter said. Paul James Krassner April 9, 1932 – July 19, […]
Another Amazing Spider-Man story started today (July 21, 2019) in the newspaper comic strip. I was about to say a new story but this is a strip originally published March 15, 1915 2015. above: the July 21, 2019/March 15, 2015 Amazing Spider-Man Sunday stripIf they continue to run the entire Marvella/Hobgoblin/>spoiler<Black Widow sequence it will […]
Mark Streeter, a Savannah Georgia cartoonist for 45 year with over 25 of those on staff with The Morning News, is bid a fond farewell by the newspaper.Today marks the end of an era at the Savannah Morning News as Mark Streeter’s editorial cartoon is his last as a staffer. Streeter has been a part […]
NEW YORK, July 15, 2019 – King Features Syndicate, a unit of Hearst and home to some of the world’s most popular entertainment characters, today announced its newest international agent, Lovatts Media, who will be representing its syndication business in Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, New Guinea, Papua and the Solomon Islands.King Features’ new partnership with […]
The Eisner Awards were handed out last night at the San Diego Comic Con.Some comic strip and cartoon related winners and nominees (winners in bold):BEST ARCHIVAL COLLLECTION/PROJECT — STRIPS * Pogo, vol. 5: Out of This World At Home, Walt Kelly, edited by Mark Evanier and Eric Reynolds (Fantagraphics) * Sky Masters of the Space […]
Continuing the coverage of the New York Times cartoon ban. Swaha By now, even many who don’t normally pay attention to inside-journalism stories, have taken notice of the recent decision by The New York Times to cut all editorial cartoons from their international edition. In recent weeks, friends and strangers have messaged, and have even stopped […]
“That’s really all you can hope for. To make somebody, just for a second, take their mind off the worries and pressures of the day and just get a chuckle …”John Rose gets a nice nod from his alma mater. John Rose (James Madison University, ’86)
Jimmy Johnson is selling Arlo and Janis strip originals.Original art is becoming a rare commodity these days.As Jimmy explains:Did you know that original comic art is an endangered artform? Many young cartoonists and a rapidly growing cadre of established cartoonists produce their work digitally. There is no ink or paper, only a file. Even I […]
Editors get letters about the Funny Pages. Jason doesn’t like the best comic in the Deseret News:I love the Sunday funnies. This week was especially funny. I look forward to getting them every week. My family sometimes fights over who gets to read them first. When I read them I always get a solid laugh out […]