Books due to be released December 2018. Library of American Comcs Volume 12: Baron Bean, 1918 My First 100 Peanuts Words boardbook Superman: The Silver Age Sundays, Vol. 1: 1959 – 1963 Garfield Nutty as a Fruitcake: His 66th Book A Valentine For Linus! (Peanuts) Laughing Matters: The Political Cartoons of Richard Laurent American Comic […]
Frew (Australia) The Phantom comic book wraparound cover by Sunday Phantom artist Jeff Weigel. Many of today’s young people seem to know little about history and geography, among other things, and it doesn’t help when even the comics page is feeding misinformation. The Dec. 11 “One Big Happy” has a father asking his son, “What’s Istanbul […]
Marshall Ramsey, who has garnered considerable attention this year with his double cartoon tributes of Barbara and George H. W. Bush, has left the Jackson Clarion Ledger (a Gannett newspaper). Sez Marshall: “I’m leaving by my choice.”Earlier today Marshall informed via Twitter:Bit of person news: On December 16, 1996 I sat down at this drawing […]
[Association of American Editorial Cartoonists President Pat Bagley will be handing over the mantle to Kevin Siers next week. In the meantime, here is his departing letter] Dear Colleagues, First, the good news. The long-awaited redesign of our new website is nearing launch and should be up sometime in January. (Buy Adam Zyglis a beer […]
Rutland Reader Wants Her New England Cartoonist Back From the Rutland Herald: The first couple days, I thought perhaps your layout folks had simply made a mistake. But after a week, I have come to the sad realization that you have replaced the “Non Sequitur” comic strip with “Beetle Bailey.” Now, I have nothing against […]
Only days remain until Ripley’s Believe It or Not turns 100.Founder Robert Ripley launched his unbelievable career of discovering the world’s oddities on Dec. 19, 1918, when he published his first cartoon, “Champs & Chumps.”Or maybe a few days earlier. GoComics recently sat down with the current “Believe It or Not!” illustrator John Graziano, who took […]
Yeah it’s the busy season but don’t forget to reserve your table for the NCS Fest.The Deadline is January 31, 2019 and we hope to remind you again after New Years Day. Coming to Huntington Beach, California, May 17-19, NCS Fest is shaping up to be the biggest FREE comic arts festival in North America. […]
I am writing in regards to the comic article printed in the Courier Traveler on Dec. 5 condemning Catholic clergy… I feel it is so wrong for a local newspaper to comment about a religious denomination. How about an apology to all Catholics and Catholic clergy. This apology should be in large bold print. […]
Letters to the Editor The Sunday Pearls was mentioned here the other day and it got some response in the real world.From the San Diego Union-TribuneI wish to commend the “Pearls Before Swine” cartoonist, Stephan Pastis, for a truly profound strip last Sunday. Pastis lost his beloved dog and the panels depict in small, intimate […]
Well THAT was an eye-catching Heart of the City by Mark Tatulli. (And shades of Gahan Wilson!) Another conspicuous Sunday. As much for the coloring as the art, and I got a chuckle too. I’ve become a big fan of Stantis and Allie‘s Prickly City Sunday pages, imaginative layout and art. The coloring of today’s Phantom got my […]
Chicago Tribune Cartoonist Carey OrrA newspaper cartoon is a combination of two basic arts — the art of writing and the art of drawing — and the best cartoon is one with the best idea expressed by a snappy caption and good craftsmanship, says Carey Cassius Orr, recent Pulitzer Prize winner, who has been drawing […]
Through some bit of snafu I get a preview of comic strips from two weeks in the future… but when I open my local weekend paper I get last week’s Doonesbury:
An actual lesson…How To Be A Cartoonist by Chas. H. KuhnKuhn was a working cartoonist who created freelance illustrations, editorial cartoons, and a syndicated comic strip for half a century, from 1919 to 1969. His comic strip “Grandma,” which I hadn’t heard of, began in 1947 when he was 55 years old and ran until […]
American (and other) Cartoonists in ParisEvery year a big group of cartoonists from [the Cagle] syndicate meet up in France with cartoonists from around the world. This year 23 CagleCartoonists were there.Apparently Daryl Cagle is a modern day Bill Gaines, taking his usual gang of cartoonists on an annual tour. Daryl, with words and pictures, […]
In 1994 United Feature Syndicate decided to go retro with the Nancy comic strip. Word was quietly spread among the cartooning community that UFS was looking for submissions to bring Nancy back to the Ernie Bushmiller style. Cartoonist Ivan Brunetti heard and created almost nine weeks of tryout strips. He says the competition came down […]