The San Diego Comic-Con has announced the nominees for the Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards. Once again, this year’s nominees in 32 categories reflect the wide range of material being published in the U.S. in comics and graphic novels, representing more than 150 print and online titles from over 60 publishers, produced by creators from […]
King Features archives are missing the proof sheet of the Vintage Barney Google and Snuffy Smith dailies for the week of December 5 to December 10, 1949. The Daily Cartoonist Public Service Division presents them below.
“Wallace the Brave” shines a light on the things that make Rhode Island … well, Rhode Island. “It’s unapologetically Rhode Island,” said Will Henry, the creator of the “Wallace the Brave” comic strip, Wednesday night at a special event hosted by The Providence Journal at Maury Loontjens Memorial Library in Narragansett. From Goat Island to Potters […]
Comic book artist Don Perlin has passed away. Donald David (Don) Perlin August 27, 1929 – May 14, 2024Don’s passing was announced by family on social media: I am devastated to report the death of an amazing man. My father Don Perlin passed away peacefully yesterday at the age of 94. He ws an amazing […]
Chicagology present a fully illustrated history of Sidney Smith‘s career as a Chicago Tribune cartoonist. From Old Doc Yak to The Gumps Sidney Smith was arguably the most popular cartoonist in America during the 1920s until his death in 1935. Certainly The Gumps gave Mutt and Jeff a run for the money. Smith was the […]
Below are some comic strip and cartoon books scheduled for May 2024 release.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.Nancy & Sluggo’s Guide to Life by Ernie Bushmiller This collection of Bushmiller’s Nancy brings together a selection from the beloved Kitchen […]
From Nick Seluk: Growing up, I had two passions: drawing silly comics, and not doing what anyone told me to do. I drew comics all the time. I even drew comics in my notebooks during psychology classes in college to help me learn concepts. I tried to get in the papers and failed. I tried […]
Cartoonist Maritsa Patrinos, Friday’s Child for Six Chix, is giving us a new weekly comic strip at Comics Kingdom. Working Cats is, according to the comic’s about page: … a charming weekly webcomic introducing us to Taki, the spirited new kitten stirring up the Brooklyn bodega scene. Join him as he navigates the quirky and […]
San Marcos Daily Record columnist Jerry Hall opens his Sunday column about Peanuts reminiscing: Let us depart from topics of nature and consider something that has given me a great deal of enjoyment — newspaper comic strips. Down through the years, I have perused lots of different strips, ranging from Major Hoople and the Katzenjammer […]
Bill Abbott is no longer creating new Spectickles panels for syndication.The last new panel was issued on December 16, 2023. Creators has been issuing reruns since then. Bill, replying to a Daily Cartoonist inquiry, says he continues writing but not drawing until things shake out. above: the last three new Spectickles Spectickles started … well, […]
It seems The Bad Cartoonist has resurfaced. Who? You might ask. For those who weren’t around then, and for those of us who have forgotten him/her long ago, let’s recap. Back in 2008 there was, as Alan Gardner described at the time: … an anonymous editorial cartoonist has created a blog called Bad Cartoonist who […]
Jeff Smith, David Fitzsimmons, Raymond Briggs, Lalo Alcaraz, Alex Portal, Jake TapperJeff Smith has a Bone to pitch Jeff Smith, he of the 1360 page, four pound graphic novel doorstop (or the easier to handle multi-volume series) has returned from a health scare. On Aug. 13, Smith had a heart attack that triggered cardiac arrest. […]
Saturday May 11, 2024 is Letter Carriers’ Stamp Out Hunger® Food Drive. Each year, letter carriers across the country head out on their routes on the second Saturday in May to collect donations of non-perishable food items to benefit local food pantries. Since launching in 1993, the National Association of Letter Carriers’ annual Stamp Out […]
Illustrators and caricaturists Robert Grossman and Steve Brodner are numbered among the 2024 inductees into the Society of Illustrators Hall of Fame. As is Gustave Doré.Of Robert Grossman the Society of Illustrators noted: Employing his signature airbrush style, [Robert Grossman] went on to illustrate over 500 magazine covers alone. National publications that featured Grossman’s distinctive, […]
Major League Baseball notes: On June 1, 1925, Lou Gehrig played in the first of what would be 2,130 consecutive games, a mark that stood as the longest consecutive games played streak in MLB history until Cal Ripken Jr. played in his 2,131st on Sept. 6, 1995, to break it. Two years ago we noted […]