From 1940 to 1951, excepting the WWII years when he was in the service, Will Eisner devoted a Spirit story to Christmas. This is The 1946 Christmas Spirit. This year Jules Feiffer raised a glass to Will Eisner and The Christmas Spirit. The Christmas images come from various sources, among them:Yesterday’s Papers’ Christmas With the […]
Last month we were told that Intelligent Life would be ending its print syndication.But questions remained:Whether December 22, 2018 (a Saturday) is the end of the print Intelligent Life or not is something that is not verified. Also, will King Features continue as the digital syndicator of Intelligent Life or will David take it on […]
Marty Two Bulls leads off today with a particularly fine spin on Joseph and Mary as homeless travelers in a hostile world.He’s not the first cartoonist to compare the Holy Family to the needy, which is hardly surprising since that is a large part of the point of the story in the first place.Nor is […]
Jim Keefe‘s present is a presentation of a 1939 King Features set of Christmas cards by Soglow. DeBeck, Raymond, Foster, Knerr, Davis, Herriman, Gottfredson, and others. *The above Alex Raymond Christmas illustration is from an earlier Keefe post. GoComics digs into their archives to find some strips about The Christmas Story. Jim Korkis devotes an entire Animation […]
Variety reports that Apple has signed a deal with DHX Media to create “series, specials and shorts” for Apple’s new streaming video service.Link:https://variety.com/2018/tv/news/apple-peanuts-dhx-media-1203089976/
Dwane Powell sets the mood for today’s array.There have been several “screaming toddler” approaches to Trump and his hissy fit over the wall, but Powell not only modifies an increasingly tired concept but melds Trump’s infantile stubbornness with the Christmas angle.I’ve never understood the “hold my breath” threat and I certainly never saw any of […]
Nancy, Alley Oop, Deflocked, Sarah Scribbles, Garfield, and more make the list of Stephen Roth‘s 10 Biggest Comic Strip Stories in 2018.
Cathy Guisewite remembers childhood, Christmas, and Midland Michigan.The Midland Daily News interviews Cathy about her childhood Christmases, with a nice slideshow.In a 180, Cathy has a new book coming out in Spring 2019 about her current view of life. Howard Maier recalls his young adulthood.The library recently opened a biographical file on Maier, including nearly 400 […]
DD Degg has already covered the basics of the Overseas Press Club’s decision to unname their annual award for best political cartoonist. You can also find coverage at Bado’s blog, the American Association of Editorial Cartoonists’ report here and, if you have good eyesight and don’t mind scrolling way down to the bottom of an […]
The New Yorker has published “Trump in 2018: A Cartoon Review” which seems incredibly self-explanatory.Click here for the review.
iMediaEthics, “a not-for-profit, non-partisan news site that publishes the latest media ethics news and investigations into ethical lapses” has named their most controversial editorial cartoons of 2018 (through October). The list includes: Sean Delonas, Dieter Hanitzsch, Rob Rogers, Jeff Darcy, Avi Katz, Jos Valdman, Tom Stiglich, Gary Varvel, Chris Britt, Mark Knight and Rick McKee.From the piece:This year, […]
A recent letter to the editor in The (Salem, Ore.) Statesman Journal cited the December 15th “B.C.” as insensitive in the current #metoo climate:From the letter: The daily syndicated strip depicts a caveman carrying a very large club and being asked by another character if he has a “big date tonight?” Is this really funny in a […]
Our weekly respite from the political flood comes just in time.If the Night of the Chickenhawk doesn’t shake a few Deplorables out of the basket, maybe they’ll start to figure it out when they find their wall donations are going to the wrong grifter.But never mind. C’est le weekend! We’ll get in the holiday mood with […]
“Other teachers would call my mother into school. They’d say, ‘He sits and draws all day.’ My mother would say, ‘He wants to be a cartoonist.’ ‘Don’t worry,’ the teachers told her. ‘He’ll grow out of it.’” Spoiler: He didn’t.Hy Eisman has been in the comics business for nearly 70 years! As a young man […]
Cartoonist/caricaturist Frankie Bernard has passed away.FRANCIS J. (FRANKIE) BERNARD, JR. April 30, 1967 – December 18, 2018 From the obituary:Frankie plied himself as a talented and professional cartoonist. He was a featured editorial cartoonist for the Chelsea Record and Journal Transcript Publications, he also worked several years as a caricature artist in Boston’s Faneuil Hall Market. […]