Baltimore Magazine has proclaimed Kevin Kallaugher aka KAL as the best in the area. KAL tells us: I was delighted to learn that the 50th Anniversary edition of Baltimore Magazine named me the region’s best cartoonist. I was particularly taken by the kind words that accompanied their announcement. KAL gives us the Baltimore Magazine’s assessment […]
Talkin’ ’bout this ‘n’ that with Francesco Marciuliano and Jim Keefe, Doug MacGregor, William Randolph Hearst, Michael Ricigliano and Kevin Kallaugher, Jason Lutes, and Charles Brubaker.Francesco Marciuliano and Jim Keefe Ever started a podcast and wondered if you’d accidentally clicked “play all”? Yeah, we’re feeling it too. On this delightfully never-ending episode, we dive deep with […]
At the National Cartoonists Society’s 79th Reuben Awards [August 15, 2025], comic arts legend Sy Barry will receive the Elzie Segar Award, presented by King Features, in recognition of his enduring influence on the art form. The National Cartoonists Society announced the honor bestowed on Sy Barry earlier today: Named after Popeye creator Elzie Segar, this prestigious honor […]
Spotlight on Arlo and Janis; Luann; Crankshaft; Barney & Clyde; Reply All/Reply All Lite; Bottom Liners; Lio.Come July 29 Arlo and Janis will have been around for 40 years and cartoonist Jimmy Johnson, as is his wont, will be celebrating the anniversary this coming week, but with a twist as he “remasters” some classic comic […]
By now regular readers of The Daily Cartoonist are aware of my obsession with comic strip title panels. So it should come as no surprise that my biggest note about today’s Sunday comics pages is the new look Blondie! This is a major change in the look of the Blondie Sunday strip since its change […]
Pogo, Scopes, BodéWe’ll Not Meet His Like AgainFifty years ago, on July 20, 1975, 21 months after Walt Kelly died, Pogo ended. That same day Bill Vaughan, a contributor to the comic strip in its last couple of years, said goodbye: Religion v. ScienceOne hundred years ago tomorrow The Scopes Monkey Trial was decided. The […]
The Berndt Toast Gang gathers; Tom Bone exhibit; Chris Ware stamps; New Yorker cartoonists Substacks; David Levine remembered; Kevin KAL Kallaugher coasters; and Jim Davis’ anatomy class.Berndt Toast It’s the last Thursday of the month, and as it has for more than 50 years, one of Long Island’s more exclusive clubs is meeting. Some of […]
It began with the cartooning team of Margolis and Cox drawing Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson as a clown which made her look like a representation of Black people in cartoons from decades past. Liberal political cartoonist Clay Jones saw the cartoon and (“I’m going to get in trouble again”) noted: There’s a duo […]
Internet Memes as Digital Successors to Comic Strips It seems we have transitioned from the nostalgic charm of newspaper comics to the instantaneous gratification of internet memes. Michelle Ann Abate of The Ohio State University sees memes in a different, perhaps more scholarly light—they might just be the digital age’s answer to comics. In a […]
The 100 year Joint Operating Agreement (JOA) between The Detroit Free Press (Freep) and The Detroit News, begun in 1989, will come to an end after 36 years with the close of 2025.From The Detroit Free Press (by former Gil Thorp writer Neal Rubin): The joint operating agreement that helped sustain two daily newspapers in […]
This week Greg and Karen Evans are bothering me. I’m used to King Features and Comics Kingdom updating the copyright dates on their reruns. And at least Patrick McDonnell erases the original copyright year without replacing it with the current year. I do give Greg and Karen credit for giving fans a heads-up. A couple […]
Organizations backing Zyglis’ first amendment right. And major Benson tributes and obits.AAEC Statement in Support of Adam Zyglis The Association of American Editorial Cartoonists (AAEC) expresses its support for political cartoonist Adam Zyglis and condemns unequivocally the threats of violence against him and his family as a result of the publication by the Buffalo News of an […]
The National Cartoonists Society is honored to announce that Art Spiegelman will receive the Milton Caniff Lifetime Achievement Award, celebrating his extraordinary and lasting impact on the art of cartooning. Named for Terry and the Pirates creator Milton Caniff, this award is bestowed by unanimous vote of the NCS Board to recognize a lifetime of outstanding and accomplished work. The Milton Caniff Lifetime […]
Below are some comic strip and cartoon books scheduled for July 2025 release (or so). Images and links from a variety of publishers and outlets, though ordering through your local comic shop or independent book store is a good idea. Terry and the Pirates: The Master Collection, vol. 11 (1945) by Milton Caniff It’s a […]
Featuring cartoonists Berkeley Breathed, Beatrix Lockwood and Maya Scarpa, Will Henry, Marcus Williams, Patrick McDonnell and Jane Goodall, Lee Falk and ????, Rick Stromoski, and Christina ‘Steenz’ Stewart.We start off with a reminder that Berkeley Breathed’s The Bloom County Boys continues to issue new strips. As does Beatrix Lockwood and Maya Scarpa’s Shifts vertical comic […]