Sadie Hawkins Day November means Sadie Hawkins Day and Lesley Kennedy at History.com writes of the whys and wherefores. “I would always begin my stories with ‘What if…?’” Capp once said, according to Al Capp: A Life to the Contrary by Michael Schumacher and Denis Kitchen. “What if there were a special day in Dogpatch […]
A set of British First World War Campaign medals have been nicknamed after cartoon characters. From The Great War 1914-1918: Pip, Squeak and Wilfred are the affectionate names given to the three WW1 campaign medals — The 1914 Star or 1914-15 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal respectively. These medals were primarily awarded to […]
Michael Heath is “a British strip cartoonist and illustrator. Heath has been cartoon editor of The Spectator since 1991.” He turned 90 this month on October 13, 2025 and so joins our list of Senior Strippers. Wikipedia tells us that over the decades Michael Heath cartoons have “appeared in numerous British publications including Punch, Lilliput, […]
The Fluffy Ruffles Story The job-hunting, resourceful, and decidedly independent heroine became a national sensation shortly after her Feb. 3 premiere in the New York Herald. Fluffy was a pioneering woman in the workplace battling a reversal in fortune by making weekly tries as a journalist, florist, schoolteacher, dairy maid, waitress and more. The full […]
In 2004 The Chicago Tribune set the record straight: First off, there is no Tom the Dancing Bug. Nowhere in Ruben Bolling’s 700-odd “Tom the Dancing Bug” comic strips does an insect, named Tom or otherwise, shake its groove thang. Second, there is no Ruben Bolling. No, “Tom the Dancing Bug” — an esoteric, form-bending […]
Frew’s The Phantom reaches #2000, Walt Handelsman The Saints Caption Contest sets a record, a new Bob Staake book coming, news deserts and digitals – a report, Jason Chatfield on Substack as an alternative revenue stream, and The Kinks get a comic strip mention. The Phantom #2000 Missed it. Frew Publications in Australia earlier this […]
There were so many celebratory articles about the 75th anniversary of Charles M. Schulz’s Peanuts we couldn’t possibly report on all of them, I mean even Jeopardy had a Peanuts category on October 2! And to prove the comic strip’s popularity every answer was questioned correctly. Here are some more write-ups about Charlie Brown and […]
New Yorker cartoonist Hilary Campbell comes to Boise Boise Weekly spotlights Hilary Fitzgerald Campbell prior to her meet and greet at Pengilly’s Saloon. Hilary Campbell is a cartoonist for The New Yorker, comedian and author whose latest project blends humor with vulnerability. Her newest graphic memoir, “The Joy of Snacking: A Graphic Memoir About Food, […]
Exclusive to The Daily Cartoonist is Patrick McDonnell‘s Introduction to The Essential Peanuts. “A Bringing of Happiness” – Introduction by Patrick McDonnell People like to celebrate time and numbers—the 75th anniversary of the world’s greatest comic strip, fifty years of one man’s genius, and his nearly 18,000 combined dailies and Sundays. That’s a lot of […]
October 2, 1950, 75 years ago today, began what is inarguably one of the greatest comic strips of all time. Charles M’ Schulz’s Peanuts is celebrating its 75th anniversary and some publications are taking notice. How Charlie Brown Captured the American Psyche Catharine Hughes at The New Statesman gives a brief history and social impact […]
CBS Mornings today helps celebrate 75 years of Beetle Bailey with an eight minute segment with The Walker Bros.: Brian, Greg, and Neal (the report even shows “The Walker Bros.” signed strip Betty Boop and Felix.) A nice history of Mort, Beetle, and The Walker Brothers.
While Peanuts celebrates its Diamond Anniversary Hallmark marks a 65 year partnership with the comic strip. My Facebook has been inundated with ads for unlicensed Peanuts shirts – it didn’t help that I clicked on one of the links, ensuring even more intrusions. This stuff is “not sold in stores” and “only available for a […]
Gerard Alsteens, better known as Gal, turns 85 today. He is one of the oldest and beloved political and social cartoonists still working in Belgium. He’s best known for his social commentary. His cartooning career started in 1960 in the magazines De Nieuwe and De Zwijger. Since 1983 his work has been published in the weekly magazine Knack. […]
The folks at the San Diego Comic-Con (SDCC) have released the souvenir book of the event and as has been their habit for the past several years they have kindly made it available to all by way of a free pdf issue. As seen it cover features the 75th anniversary of the Peanuts gang with […]
Fifty years ago this month George Danby became a professional editorial cartoonist when he was published in The Bangor Daily News, now George will be entering the Maine Press Association Hall of Fame. George was 18 and July 14, 1975 marked the beginning of a career that has lasted to today. Danby became the Monday […]