Cartoonist P. C. Vey Hampshire Life: Talk about the work you’re currently doing. What does it involve, and what are you trying to achieve?Peter Vey: Right now I’m doing a batch of cartoons, which is about 15 to 20 roughs. I actually do this every week for The New Yorker. The batch is due by 12 o’clock […]
A new fifteen day Minit Mystery will be featured in the Dick Tracy comic strip. It will start Sunday April 28, 2019 and end on Sunday May 12, 2019.The new Minit Mystery will be written by (Sgt.) Jim Doherty; no word on whether Joe Staton or a guest artist will do the art.Jim Doherty is […]
Next year will be the 50th anniversary of the infamous Kent State shootings.In Spring of 2020 John Backderf and Abrams Books will release Kent State: Four Dead In Ohio. “I’ve boiled the story down to showing how it unfolded,” Derf said. “It’s a very personal account of this shocking event that still reverberates today. I […]
The Press Club of Atlantic City has announced the winners for the 85th National Headliner Awards.For editorial cartoons First Place Rob Rogers robrogers.com Judges’ comments: ?This collection of cartoons gets high marks for originality, diversity of topics, quality of artwork and clarity of message. An outstanding entry all around.Second Place Ward Sutton The Boston Globe, […]
Since Hilary was a child Sally has eaten the ears off her Chocolate Easter Bunny.As Francesco Marcuiliano explains, the 34 year old running gag “has evolved into a loving tale of parental mind games and ensuing childhood mental breakdowns.”The tradition had its origins on April 3, 1983, 15 months after the strip debuted: The Hilary […]
Bruce Tinsley Likes Comic Strip on Opinion Page Mallard Fillmore cartoonist responds to a local controversy:I do the Mallard Fillmore comic strip that’s always getting into trouble in your paper and across the country. Thanks to readers like Terry Ebaugh for sticking up for my sometimes controversial ideas and to this newspaper for having the […]
Gasoline Alley Of course there were (more than) a few Sunday strips about Easter today, but not many impressed me. Jim Scancarelli‘s holiday panels are always a treat for me and today’s brought Walt Kelly to mind: Six ChixConfirmation of supposition. When Maritsa Patrinos was introduced as a new contributor to Six Chix, the speculation was […]
Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum recognized as Ohio historic journalism siteThe Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum gets recognized:The Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum (BICLM) has been recognized as the first Ohio historic journalism site selected by the Society of Professional Journalists, Central Ohio Professional Chapter (SPJ) and the E. W. Scripps School […]
Cartoonist Peter Vatsures has passed away.Peter Spiro Vatsures July 26, 1930 – April 15, 2019art director, painter, musician From the obituary:After a short volunteer tour of active duty in the U.S. Army, he moved to New York City to begin his life-long pursuit of artistic expression. Peter sold several cartoons to the Saturday Evening Post Magazine […]
Here are some comic strip and cartoon books scheduled for April 2019 release. Images and links via Amazon (though ordering through your local comic book shop is a good idea.) The Star of the Telegram: The Cartoons of Harold Maples Johnny Hazard The Newspaper Dailies Volume Seven: 1954-1956 Thelwell’s Pony Panorama MacDoodle St. The Art […]
Awards are handed out every year at The Reubens Dinner. Most are annual acknowledgements, some are occasional. The ACE Award is on the intermittent schedule.The ACE Award, or Amateur Cartoonist Extraordinary award, is given to a celebrity or notable who aspired at one time to become a cartoonist, but whose path led them to an […]
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 […]