The Kliban ExclusionThe above cartoon ran as shown on GoComics, eliciting howls of censorship. But the edited image was the one GoComics received from the Kliban estate. Then the Kliban people corrected the false impression many readers imagined: Its a great cartoon so the dilemma was wanting to post it but knowing the guidelines GoComics […]
(updated with the family’s loving obituary)Editorial cartoonist Dwane Powell has passed away.Drexal Dwane Powell, Jr. November 7, 1944 – April 14, 2019Dwane’s papers are at the University of North Carolina, their biographical note:Drexel Dwane Powell Jr., an editorial cartoonist, was born 7 November 1944 in Lake Village, Arkansas. He began drawing editorial cartoons while in […]
Only one short month until “America’s Biggest Comic Arts Festival!” Officially it runs May 17 to May 19, 2019, but there’s a signing event on May 16 and a live podcast on May 20th. Get there early and stay late. Like the star of his Badlands comic strip, Steve McGarry is the white hat-wearing good guy riding […]
Comic Strip Cartoonist #10Last month I got the delightful 10th (#10) Anniversary issue of Comic Strip Cartoonist. “Ski” gives us the origin of the magazine, followed by a summary of the first 9 issues. Then we get an enjoyable gallery of comics from cartoonists featured in those nine issues, with an update on what those […]
The Pulitzer Prize organization has announced the 2019 winners. The 2019 winner in the Editorial Cartooning category is Darrin Bell.“For beautiful and daring editorial cartoons that took on issues affecting disenfranchised communities calling out lies, hypocrisy, and fraud in the political turmoil surrounding the Trump administration.” Finalists for the Editorial Cartooning category are: Ken Fisher, drawing […]
Terry and the Pirates by Milton Caniff and Prince Valiant by Harold Foster; yes, even Floyd Gottfredson’s Mickey Mouse and E. C. Segar’s Thimble Theatre starring Popeye. Those and others have their fans who proclaim them the greatest adventure strips of all time.They are, of course, wrong.The Greatest Adventure Strip Of All Time began 95 […]
Earlier this week was a wonderful interview with cartoonist Jim Keefe talking about his Flash Gordon and Sally Forth comic strips, and the transition from adventure to humor. Also his admiration for John Romita, Al Williamsom, Joe Kubert, and others who preceded him in the field. It is obvious that Jim enjoys comics.About 40 enjoyable […]
The new National Cartoonists Society Board of Directors has been announced.2019-2021 NCS BOARD OF DIRECTORS Jason Chatfield – President Ed Steckley – 1st Vice President John Hambrock – 2nd Vice President Teresa Logan – 3rd Vice President Joe Wos – Secretary Drew Aquilina – Treasurer Greg Cravens – Membership Chair Karen Evans – National Representative Since […]
Earlier this year Gary Varvel accepted the buyout offered by the Indianapolis Star, now he will return to drawing local politics by way of the Indianapolis Business Journal. IBJ will begin featuring editorial cartoons from award-winning cartoonist Gary Varvel, starting with the April 12 issue. Varvel will contribute a cartoon twice a month to IBJ’s op-ed […]
Gahan Wilson was interviewed last month.As stepson Paul Winters said then:Gahan was interviewed today for a newspaper piece that will probably go out nationwide. The people on the reporting team were very sweet and sensitive to Gahan. Gahan was on his game…speaking about his life and other things. The Arizona Republic story was posted on the […]
Instagram Removed Pro-Life Comic because “Hate Speech” 4/10/2019 Adam Ford — A week and a half ago I posted a comic I made about abortion to Instagram (the full comic is below). I rarely use Instagram, so after checking the post maybe once or twice that same day, I forgot about it. Well, I opened […]
The crowd funding effort for “the UnPresidented deck” has reached almost, as of this writing, 300% of its stated goal, and still has three days until the project’s call for pledges ends.As the Digital Journal explains:The UNPRESIDENTED deck, like an ancient deck, each suit has unique symbolism as Spades represents the Trump Administration that includes […]
Mark Alan Stamaty Returns to His MacDoodle St. HomeMark Alan Stamaty’s Village Voice comic MacDoodle St. is unlike anything else in print. Each installment of the weekly strip, which ran from 1978 to 1979, is packed with sight gags and digressions, the panels near to bursting with recurring characters and critters…The final strip shows Malcolm […]
Peg Montana, the widow of Archie comic strip creator Bob Montana, was going through Bob’s papers after his death and came on to a proposal about aliens. Peg joined with Jeff Cuddy, Bob’s Archie assistant from the early sixties until his death in 1975, to develop the idea into a comic strip.“Going through some of […]
Sped Right By MeDave Coverly celebrated the Silver Anniversary of Speed Bump this past week (April 4?, 1994). Entertaining and Educational Silver Reuben Gainesville radio station WDUN joins James Allen in celebrating the Sunday Mark Trail being nominated in the National Cartoonists Society‘s first Variety Entertainment divisional award.“So I submitted to the variety and entertainment category, […]