There were reasons Elizabeth Cady Stanton was somewhat eased off center stage in her later years, and her advocacy of an “educated franchise,” as she put forth in this 1898 article, was an unfortunate example.Divisive at the time, it seems even worse today, given the later history of outrageous “literacy tests” used to block Black […]
Today’s guest star is Rembrandt van Rinj, whose The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp provided Morten Morland with inspiration for his own dissection of Liz Truss’s failing (or flailing, take your pick) tenure as Prime Minister.Readers in the UK will, no doubt, recognize the gathered students, but it’s enough to note that the lecturer […]
In 1997 Dan Martin was the only cartoonist in America to get a front page cartoon published every day in his newspaper.On October 17, 1997 he invaded the inside of The St. Louis Post-Dispatch when the paper published the cartoonist’s Postcard from Mound City for the first time (above).The Last Postcard From Mound CityIn 2022 […]
Fans of Breaking Cat News, The Tarot, and playing cards are being treated to an enchanting series created by Georgia Dunn and being shared on her Facebook page and on her Twitter feed.Says Georgia: For a while now I’ve wanted to create some BCN Tarot card themed art, just for fun! Recently I started sketching […]
“If This Be … Mo(och)dok!” Pooch Cafe © Paul Gilligan; Captain America and MODOK © Marvel ComicsPaul Gilligan gives old-time Marvelites a treat in this past week’s Pooch Cafe. 10 Funniest Calvin and Hobbes comic strips … or not. © Bill WattersonThe “10 Funniest Calvin and Hobbes Comics, According to Reddit” are collected by Screen Rant. […]
No politics today, but I can’t help but share this morning’s Sunday Times cover, upon which Morten Morland has depicted the Prime Ministers who served the UK in those years. We’ll get back to politics and Liz Truss tomorrow, assuming she’s still in office tomorrow. Not that politics don’t matter, and Deflocked reminds us of how […]
Below are some comic strip and cartoon books scheduled for October 2022 release. Images and links (mostly) via Amazon, though ordering through your local comic or independent book store is a good idea. We start with a set missed this past Summer. Rocky and Bullwinkle: The Complete Newspaper Comic Strip Collection – Volume 1 (1962-1963) Rocky and […]
Liz Montague! Elizabeth Montague is a cartoonist and author known online as “Liz at Large” or simply Liz Montague. She made national news in 2019 for being the first [second*] [third**] Black cartoonist for the New Yorker. Since then she has worked with President Biden’s 2020 presidential campaign, the U.S. Open, and Google, where she […]
What’s a carnival without a side show? Presenting Keith Knight, the Two-Headed Man! Midway Games. Can you pass up the quiz booth? (It’s an easy test.) The Amazing Vertical and Horizontal Newspaper Panel – another double feature!A 2008 sample how Wiley, the concept’s originator, draws the daily Non Sequitur panel. Wayno apparently goes another way with this 2022 […]
“There was a desert wind blowing that night. It was one of those hot dry Santa Anas that come down through the mountain passes and curl your hair and make your nerves jump and your skin itch. On nights like that every booze party ends in a fight. Meek little wives feel the edge of […]
This past weekend’s Cartoon Crossroads Columbus was a celebration of not just comics but cartooning in all its many forms. One of the most vital of those forms is that of newspaper comics, and CXC held a spotlight panel on Saturday featuring some of the big names of that industry. Moderated by Shena Wolf, Director […]
Arlo and Janis cut to the heart of the matter, though the fact is, we need to find a way to weasel out of Columbus Day entirely and not just its angst.We don’t shift into reverse very easily. There are 27 amendments to the Constitution, and only one of them restricts, rather then enlarging, our […]
Patrick M. Reynolds ended his Flashbacks comic strip last month after 31 years of recounting the story of the United States in comic strip form. The last five installment were autobiographical, showing his participation in American history.August 28, 2022 September 4, 2022 September 11, 2022 September 18, 2022 September 25, 2022 © Red Rose StudioA […]
They Can Talk captures my mood this morning, after a very long trip home from the AAEC Convention.We were re-enacting a classic tweet:I was supposed to fly from Columbus, have a one-hour layover in DC, then on to Burlington, but someone had one of those hardshell suitcases, which was apparently just a tad over carry-on […]
Bill Holbrook informs us that it is October. “On the Fastrack” during October, every day (except for Sundays) will feature a different Halloween costume worn by Dethany. It started with the October 5 On The Fastrack (though there was an October 1 preview). In the February-March 1945 issue of The Magazine of the Sigma Chi, […]