2027 will be the semicentennial of Sandra Boyton‘s first board book and The New York Times is getting a jump on celebrating the anniversary. Brian Goedde extols the virtues of Boynton and her books or here. Now that Boynton’s books have crossed generations of child-rearing, they deserve another look. We can start with “Hippos Go […]
A controversy has occurred over two biographical books both of which are titled Charity & Sylvia. The author of the 2014 non-fiction Charity & Sylvia, Rachel Hope Cleves, is accusing the author of the 2026 graphic novel Charity & Sylvia, Tillie Walden, of adapting the 2014 work for the 2026 graphic novel without proper credit […]
Featuring Jonathan Lucia-Wright, Richard Felton Outcault, Tom Racine, John Backderf, and a score of Buffalo area student cartoonists. Caricaturist Hangs Up His Easel Daniel Hickey for the Great Yarmouth Mercury tells of Jonathan Lucia-Wright caricaturing the locals. For the last eight years, a Peterborough man has spent his summer holidays handing out cartoons featuring the […]
Mike Peterson’s Comic Strip of the Day brings up a sore spot with me: the quickly vanishing same day online sources where one can find the Sunday Doonesbury title panel. At the beginning of this year I had three online sites to find that panel. Pete Hegseth took the Stars and Stripes (scroll down) opportunity […]
Movie News In August 1958 Charlie Brown first took pen to paper to write to a far away friend. That relationship lasted for forty years. Now, as they did with The Little Red-Haired Girl, the animated Peanuts is about to show us Charlie Brown’s mysterious pen pal. From Mark Kennedy at The Independent: The identity […]
The Black drought in mainstream awards, ten years of the Comics Studies Society, cartoonists critiquing cartoonists – good or bad, mastercraft workshop NY cartoonist – that’s good, 30 years as a cartoonist in a specialize area, and more with the new cartoonist and the old(er) cartoonist.Stephanie Williams Breaks Through the Black Barrier In 1995 Dwayne […]
Below are some comic and cartoon books scheduled for June 2026 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. MAD #600 by THE USUAL GANG OF IDIOTS MAD #600 features a wraparound cover illustrated by […]
With John Rose and Tom Heintjes, Jim Keefe and L.K. Hanson, Mo Willems and Jerry Craft, Pat Rosenkranz and Don Donahue, Charlotte Beach and Ivan Ehlers. John Rose and Tom Heintjes On Stage A really late notice that if you are at Heroes Con or near Charlotte N.C. tomorrow try get to the panel featuring […]
Penguin Random House India is demanding changes to renowned graphic journalist Joe Sacco‘s latest book before it is willing to publish the graphic non-fiction The Once and Future Riot for its Indian audience. Shahana Yasmin for The Independent reports: Penguin Random House India has withdrawn Joe Sacco’s latest book on a 2013 episode of sectarian […]
In what would normally be great news for Archie Comics—a Hollywood deal to bring the Archie to the silver screen—has opened up a legal can of worms for co-CEO Jonathan Goldwater. Raven Capital Management claims that Goldwater defaulted on a loan in 2024 giving them control of the intellectual property and the deal with Universal […]
Last weekend the Doug Wright Awards at the Toronto Comic Arts Festival. The awards recognizes excellence in the field of Canadian comics. Below are the the 2026 winners. For full full list of nominees, read our prior coverage.Best BookCannon, Lee Lai (Drawn & Quarterly)The Nipper (Emerging Talent)Lis Xu for Layover & Mad (Self-published) and Raccoon Rescue […]
Mustered cartoonists: Peter Kuper, Justin Eisinger, Michael Maslin, Art Sloggatt, Nicole Hollander, Ham Fisher. Ohio Book Awards A couple of graphic novels are finalists in the non-fiction category of the Ohio Book Awards. Insectopolis is by Peter Kuper who lived in Ohio during his school years, and It Rhymes With Takei is by George Takei, […]
Roz Chast, Rhode Island School of Design ’77 PT, is honored with an honorary doctorate from her alma mater. From Roz: Very excited to have received an Honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts from RISD, my alma mater, today. I had a complicated feeling about art school but absolutely no regrets about going there. I met […]
French-Iranian artist, author, and filmmaker Marjane Satrapi has passed away at the age of 56. Marjane is perhaps best known for her autobiographical graphic novel “Persopolis” and the film she directed by the same name.The family released a statement announcing the death to AFP: Marjane Satrapi died of sadness a little over a year after […]
Bone creator Jeff Smith will receive the Milton Caniff Lifetime Achievement Award at this year’s National Cartoonist Society’s annual Reuben Conference. And he’s being recognized as one of “seven books you’ll never outgrow” and Ruben Bolling reports the honor for Boing Boing.The Atlantic’s Rafaela Jinich included Bone series in an article of Seven Books You’ll […]