Little Nemo In…dependence Day
Winsor McCay, Little Nemo, and The Fourth of July. 110 years ago Winsor McCay had 330 square inches to work with! July 5, 1908 July 4, 1909 July 3, 1910 hat tip: The Comic Strip Library
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Rob Rogers Was Fired – The Last (?) Word
I was basically my own editor for 25 years at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. And then the publisher decided he didn’t like what he saw.Rob Rogers, in comic strip form, details his Post-Gazette story for us at The Nib. Since Rob’s Brewed on Grant strip has seemingly ended, maybe we can get a different weekly comic strip […]
The Funny Pages – Classics
A few Hey Look comic strips by Harvey Kurtzman via The Bristol Board. From The Saturday Evening Post comes gag cartoons by comic strip cartoonists before they made the newspaper syndicates. A look back at The Great Comic Switcheroo of April Fool’s Day 1997 courtesy Neil Robertson. Above image from the instigators’ Baby Blues page. […]
A Mouse Divided – A Mouse Diminished
A few Walt Disney news items via Cartoon Brew.Released tomorrow, July 3, 2018, is ‘A Mouse Divided’ by Jeff Ryan – A New Book Exploring How Success Tore Apart Mickey Mouse Creators Walt Disney And Ub IwerksCartoon Brew’s Amid Amidi explainsThe book…explores how Walt Disney’s colleague Ub Iwerks was never given the credit he deserved […]
No Laughing Matter/Spiked: Rob Rogers
Journalist Jean Godden, writing for Westside Seattle, reveals that she hasalways had a secret love affair with editorial cartoonists and wish I’d had the talent and training to be one. It’s one thing to be an editorialist trying to right the world in 700 words or less. It’s far, far better to slay dragons in […]
An Evelyn Smith Update
Back here we wished the lovely Evelyn Smith a future of happiness on her retirement.Sally Forth (and past Flash Gordon) cartoonist Jim Keefe also wishes her well:I worked with her during her King Features’ stint – first as a colorist – and more recently as the artist on Sally Forth. She’s one of those people who […]
Paul Miller – RIP
Artist and cartoonist Paul Miller has passed away.Paul Rader Miller January 20, 1935 – June 18, 2018 From the Marin Independent Journal obituary:Paul was a Marine from 1954-56, and a 1958 graduate of UCLA, earning a B.A. and a Masters. His passion was being an artist of many media and styles, including caricatures. He treasured teaching a […]
The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal Regrets
The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal today begs for pardon:The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal published an editorial cartoon this past Monday – a cartoon which deserves an apology. The editorial cartoon caused anger and hurt for many in the community, including the law enforcement community – and for that we are regretful. We apologize for publishing the editorial cartoon, and […]
Weekend Quick Hits (June 30)
For Charles Schulz and Peanuts fans this year’s San Diego Comic Con (July 19-22, 2018) is the place to be if you absolutely need to have a bunch of exclusive collectibles. A comic book, patches, t-shirts, lanyard, bandana, and pop sockets are only some of the items available exclusively at The Con. Speaking of Cons… Ted […]
Steve Christensen – RIP
Steve Christensen, who formerly served as executive editor of the Los Angeles Times Syndicate, which at its height sold more than 140 features in more than 100 countries around the world, has died.Steve Christensen November 18, 1953 – June 20, 2018 During his 1985 – 2000 tenure at the Los Angeles Times Syndicate he served […]
David Horsey Returns to Seattle – update
In 2011 David Horsey left Seattle for a six year vacation in Southern California. Now, upon his return to Seattle, he finds that the city didn’t just go into hibernation mode waiting for its wayward son to return. No, the city has changed. Original May 24, 2018 post:Late in 2017 Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist David Horsey […]
The Capital Gazette 2
Mark Streeter Dana Summers Andy Marlette Bob Englehart Jeffrey Koterba Gary Varvel Steve Artley Signe Wilkinson Jim Morin They did what they could. They drew. Editorial cartoonists drew from the heart as the mass shootings they so often have to convey hit close to home.David Beard at Poynter on “how a few AAEC members represented the […]
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, Which May Be When the Copyright Claims are Worked Out
The character of Anthony “Buck” Rogers first appears in Philip Nowlan’s 1928 novel ARMAGEDDON 2419 A.D. (itself a combination of two novellas that appeared in the AMAZING STORIES magazine) and serves as an origin story for the character. Rogers, after a mine cave-in, falls into a state of suspended animation and wakes up in the […]
The Capital Gazette
Milt Priggee Gary Huck Clay Bennett Darrin Bell Steve Breen J. D. Crowe Pat Bagley Clay Jones Kevin Necessary Joel Pett Michael Ramirez Marc Murphy “We stand with our brothers & sisters at the Capital Gazette. Journalism is the only profession specifically protected in the Constitution, yet our lives are under daily threat these days from […]
Jim Carrey, the Actor as Political Cartoonist
Actor/comedian Jim Carrey has long had a talent as an artist.Carrey, who says he began painting six years ago to “heal a broken heart” following his split from Jenny McCarthy, primarily paints in his studio in downtown Manhattan, and his art has been featured in a number of galleries, including the Wyland Galleries in Waikiki, […]