NCS President Jason Chatfield has just sent an email to the members regarding this Sunday’s “Big Thank You Search of 2020” that will feature syndicated and web cartoonists including various hidden objects inside their comics as a way to salute first responders in these crazy, crazy times. Here’s the email in its entirety:Dear NCS Members,Thank […]
Ruben Bolling the cartoonist behind the award-winning weekly comic “Tom the Dancing Bug” has launched “Tom the Dancing Bug for Justice Fundraiser.” Ruben is promising perks to the top donor and to two random donors that include recreation of “Dancing Bug”-related art and/or even customized art.For more info: https://gocomics.typepad.com/tomthedancingbugblog/2020/06/the-tom-the-dancing-bug-for-justice-fundraiser.html
Bianca Xunise is the newest member of the Six Chix group, but that is a small part of her cartooning. In fact this profile doesn’t even mention her newest gig. Xunise was never really aware of the concept of being an artist. It was merely an extension of how she communicated to the people around […]
Episode 10 of “Satire Can Save Us” features two of this year’s Pulitzer-Prize finalists: Kevin “KAL” Kallaugher talks to Academy-Award winning cartoonist Lalo Alcaraz.Alcaraz: “I started this when I was growing up as a kid and I never saw images of other … Mexican people. ”
From the Washington Post:Comics will salute essential workers by hiding symbols in their Sunday strips. The idea began with “Baby Blues” co-creator Rick Kirkman, who contacted some of his fellow cartoonists about coordinating a campaign while sheltering in place. Kirkman’s syndicate, King Features, and the National Cartoonists Society helped boost the initiative, as did Andrews […]
GoComics has added a new comic by a long-time friend. We’re all in this together…but it helps to see someone else with her face planted in the bowl of mashed potatoes. In the same way that Cathy was a relatable friend during the comic strip years, she’s returned to bring some happy relief now, offering […]
Loretta Lockhorn speaks wisdom, and, certainly, on a Monday morning, we can step back from current events for a bit.As long as we check back once in a while to see what’s going on.Every 10 minutes should be enough. When I used to visit high schools to talk about political cartoons, I’d show Nast’s obituary cartoon […]
Because The Comics and The Kinks are important parts of everyones’ lives … here is notice that Norm Feuti featured the great band in his Gil comic strip today!And thanks to Ray D. (comments below) we can add two more!One from Dan Thompson and one from Mike Seddon original September 19, 2019 item: On Friday (in […]
Soon after The Daily Cartoonist last week issued a First and Last installment featuring Homer, the Reluctant Soul we received an inquiry from creator Wiley Miller. He thanked us for the story but … “I’ve got to ask…is this mere coincidence, or do you know what’s coming up in Non Sequitur?”Reading between the lines The […]
Since March, [Cathy] Guisewite has been capturing our collective pandemic anxieties and ack-worthy quarantine moments in a series of daily “Cathy” posts called “Scenes From Isolation.” Erica Pearson, for the Minneapolis Star Tribune, interviews Cathy Guisewite. Or read the interview via MSN. Q: So is Cathy back in your life for good now? A: It’s […]
There’s not a lot going on over on the editorial side. Statues of Liberty being knelt upon, but not much new insight.But politics have leaked over onto the funny pages, so we’ll look there.First:Will no one rid me of this troublesome website?This Nick Anderson cartoon was taken down at the Red Bubble site at the […]
Agnes started this week with a joke so funny it doesn’t look to be surpassed. Agnes and Trout routines are laugh out loud funny (and your mileage will not vary). Meanwhile… The Phantom has foolishly entered The Forbidden Forest where he is trippin’ (and naked).Well, not totally naked; after all there is just so skinny The […]
The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund is standing up to the Trump re-election campaign’s removal of a Nick Anderson cartoon from the online marketplace RedBubble.From the CBLDF site:On May 18, the Daily Kos reported that Redbubble removed products featuring Anderson’s cartoon “The Trump Cult,” based on allegations of trademark infringement from Donald J. Trump for President, Inc. The […]
With the country slowly reopening amid the COVID-19 pandemic one very important organization has decided to return to an active status: Popeye’s Cartoon Club.Popeye and Comics Kingdom are announcing that beginning Thursday May 28 Popeye’s Cartoon Club will return with a series of Randy Milholland comic strips. From Popeye’s Twitter account: @PopeyeTweetsk‘s Cartoon Club […]
Editor’s Note: I’m going to begin floating what has been the “Friday Funnies,” which this week falls on Wednesday. I’d like to schedule two set installments a week, but given a seven-day week, it’s impossible to get more than two days separation on both ends and the locker doesn’t always refill that quickly. So you’ll […]