President Trump’s press secretary Karoline Leavitt was photographed posing with The New York Times. Facing the camera was the obituary for editorial cartoonist Pat Oliphant, it included a cartoon of Trump as a Nazi. From Aman Sharma at Reality Tea: White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt was seen holding a newspaper that featured Trump’s political […]
The Economist cover designer Graeme James has passed away. Graeme James Ca. 1960/61 – July 2026 The Economist is reporting the death of Graeme James (or here), the magazine’s cover designer since 1995. THEY SAY never to judge a book by its cover. But The Economist is defined by the face it shows the world. […]
The Reuben Awards will be presented on August 7, 2026 but the Reuben Weekend starts August 6. If you can’t make it to Columbus Ohio you can “distance attend” some of the events. The National Cartoonists Society has Livestream-Only Tickets On Sale for some August 6th events. Can’t make it to Columbus for the National […]
Back in May the Society of Illustrators (SoI) posted the names of the inductees for their 2026 Hall of Fame inductees on Instagram. Now, two months later, the honorees have gotten their names on the SoI website. The most famous of the new Hall of Famers would be John Tenniel, while Jackie Ormes is the […]
Australian cartoonist and comics historian Vane Lindesay has passed away. James Vane Crawford Lindesay, OAM October 2, 1920 – July 28, 2026 The Australian Cartoonists Association (ACA) has announced the death of Vane Lindesay: It is with the deepest of sadness that we report the passing this afternoon of Patron of the Australian Cartoonists Association, […]
Jay Edwards for WRNJ reports that the Joe Kubert School, famous for teaching future professional comic artists the ways and hows of that career, has been integrated into the County College of Morris curriculum. RANDOLPH TOWNSHIP, N.J. (Morris County) — County College of Morris has acquired The Joe Kubert School of Cartoon and Graphic Art, […]
In a column today for The Chronicle Herald editorial cartoonist Bruce MacKinnon says “I’m not retiring, but . . .” (or here). August 10 will mark my 40th full-time year with this newspaper. Although quitting drawing cartoons would be a bit like cutting off my right hand (something that would be hard not to notice […]
Animator Glen Keane, the son of cartoonist Bil Keane and brother to cartoonist Jeff Keane (and the Billy in Family Circus), needed help getting down from an Arizona mountaintop Wednesday. Arizona’s Family carries video of the rescue and Glen Keane’s reaction to the episode. Oscar-winning animator Glen Keane said he was hiking in Paradise Valley […]
True Grit Texture Supply provides us with Guy Lawley’s history of the development of color in the Sunday Color Supplement and the comic books of the 20th Century in The Origins of Vintage Comics. Just about every illustrator on the planet has a soft spot for the warm, nostalgic aesthetic of vintage comics. The visible […]
Since the San Diego Comic Con (SDCC) is mostly a Hollywood/RPG/Comic Book affair this will be a short stack featuring Rip Kirby, Garfield, and Frank Robbins.Rip Kirby Returns (but not to newspaper pages) Mad Cave Studios has partnered with King Features Syndicate to bring us new comic books starring Flash Gordon, The Phantom, and Defenders […]
Featuring news and reviews with Gregg Bender, Garry Trudeau, George Blevins, Pat Oliphant, Guy Richards Smit, Derf Backderf, and Matt Bors and Fred Harper. Gregg Bender Interview The Fort Wayne, Indiana Journal Gazette recently had Five Questions for Gregg Bender. You spent much of your career in the newspaper industry and continue to draw for […]
Victor Moscoso, who got his start creating psychedelic posters for rock bands in San Francisco and became famous in comic circles as an early contributor to ZAP Comix with surrealistic sequential comics, was born 90 years ago on July 28, 1936 and so is now an honored member of The Daily Cartoonist’s Senior Strippers Club. […]
Webcomicon comes to Ferndale the weekend of August 1st and 2nd! A host of some of the most famous webcomic creators will gather for the 2026 Webcomicon: Creators include Sarah Anderson, Asher Perlman, Dave McElfatrick, Jim Benton, Nick Seluk, Harris Fishman, Dee Parson, Shen, Nicholas Gurewitch, Kim Winder, Thorn Knight, Julia Kaye, Brian Gordon, Jejo […]
Twenty years ago, on July 27, 2006, Jonathan Mahood introduced Skip and us readers of Comics Sherpa to Bleeker: The Rechargeable Dog [as Hoover: the Rechargeable Dog (see comments and Wikipedia)]. From Rachel DeSchepper at the GoComics blog: Twenty years ago on July 27, Jonathan Mahood launched “Bleeker: The Rechargeable Dog” on Comics Sherpa, GoComics’ […]
As readers know comic strip time has a different continuum than real life. A Luann Comic Strip timeline from Karen Evans: [I]n 2014 Luann aged for the second time in her life, turning 18 in September that year (and therefore, because he’s three years older, Brad quietly turned 21–how did we miss telling that story?!). […]