For the month leading into the US midterm elections the School of Visual Arts is hosting “Art as Witness: Political Graphics 2016 – 18,” an exhibition of over 200 satirical and politically charged illustrations, cartoons and animations from 53 artists.Ann Quito, for Quartz, reviews the exhibit. As the illustrator Victor Juhasz writes in the exhibition catalogue: “We […]
Walt Kelly and PogoIn 1977, four years after Walt’s death, The Museum of Cartoon Art issued a A Retrospective of Walt Kelly and Pogo The Cartoonist Guild of America (1936 – 1939) B. K. Munn inquires into the little known history of an attempt at a cartoonists’ union. America’s First Color Newspaper Supplement (1892)From the archives of […]
Paige Braddock has, at least for the time being, decided to end her Jane’s World comic strip. above: Jane’s World ending on a happy high note Paige earlier this year, after years with the company, was promoted to Chief Creative Officer at Charles M. Schulz Creative Associates. The added duties may have played a role in […]
Translator Anthea Bell has passed away.Anthea Bell May 10, 1936 – October 18, 2018From the above linked obituary:In 1970 Anthea Bell found herself with the tricky task of translating Asterix in Britain. The eighth adventure in the comic book series about everyone’s favourite Gaul rested on a French view of the English that was not […]
The following are some comic strip related books released or scheduled to be released in October. Links lead to the books’ Amazon page. Pearls Takes a Wrong Turn: A Pearls Before Swine Treasury Mother Is Coming: A FoxTrot Collection Adult Time: A Baby Blues Collection Dance Like Everybody’s Watching!: A Zits Treasury Pogo: The Complete Syndicated Comic Strips […]
Liza Donnelly TCJ: And during this time you were submitting cartoons to other magazines and selling there? Liza: By then I had met a bunch of other cartoonists. There was a cartoonists association. I met Sam Gross and Roz Chast and George Booth around that time. Particularly from Sam you learned about the other publications. […]
This past weekend [Cedric Hohnstadt] drove down to Kansas City, MO for the Fall Cartooning Weekend sponsored by the North Central Chapter of the National Cartoonists Society. The main event was an afternoon of lectures hosted at the offices of comic book syndicate Andrews McMeel Universal, the company behind GoComics [and The Daily Cartoonist]. Cedric […]
Jungle Jim ran as a Sunday-only comic strip from 1934 to 1954. It was King Features Syndicate’s response to the Tarzan comic strip and began as the topper to King Features’ answer to Buck Rogers. above: the first Jungle Jim strip (hat tip Jim Keefe).Unlike Flash Gordon, Jungle Jim never got a daily strip.Though a […]
Comedian Chili Challis has passed away.“I like flying kites, the higher the better. Sometimes I like doing it sober too.”BERT (CHILI) CHALLIS DECEMBER 27, 1950 – OCTOBER 9, 2018 Comedian, gag writer Chili has written for and worked with the likes of Jay Leno, Ron White, Fred Willard, George Lopez, Steve Harvey, Sinbad, Drew Carey, Ellen Degeneres, […]
The Lewiston (Idaho) Tribune is replacing their newest comic strip, Breaking Cat News, with Nancy, an old classic of sorts.As Managing Editor Craig Clohessy explainsOne thing I learned early on is that Lewiston Tribune readers take their comic strips seriously. Accidentally leave one out of the paper, change its size, or — heaven forbid — […]
The past month has seen a number of editorial cartoons showing Lady Justice being assaulted by The Ruling Party. But one from Canada “went viral.”Bruce MacKinnon’s cartoon shows a blindfolded Lady Justice being held down on a bed by Republican hands with her mouth covered. The cartoon has received passionate responses on social media. Some believe it’s […]
Joshua Olsen has been named the winner of GoComics 2018 Short Shorts Animation Contest.Animators who entered their own 60-second-or-less video were eligible to win a $25,000 grand prize from GoComics.So Josh got a bit more than just a nice plaque.The GoComics blog carries the short notice with a link to ten finalists on YouTube. If you […]
updated October 10:It seems the unusual obituary of Rick Stein, featuring the Baron Munchausen-like (Major Hoople-like?) achievements and adventures of the deceased has gained some notoriety across the internet. People have found it as entertaining and intriguing a read as I have. (I found it enjoyable enough to post here, though it is off-topic.)Jessica Bies, […]
Garry Trudeau’s #SAD! Tour Has Reached UtahThe Park City Record interviews G. B. Trudeau in anticipation of his arrival. PR: While Trump was on the campaign trail, did you ever think he would become president? What was your reaction when the votes came in? GT: No, and: horror. Macanudo Tryout in The Oregonian Macanudo gets […]
A New York Times article features the latest MAD magazine. Mad Magazine, the 66-year-old humor publication, has been in free fall for years — in terms of both circulation and cultural relevance. This month, however, people as varied as the comedians John Hodgman and Patton Oswalt, as well as Lee Unkrich, a co-director of “Coco,” […]