From the piece:In 2018, the most popular cartoons ranged in subject matter from dogs to cats, from parents to children, and from normal, emotionally balanced people to Donald Trump. They spanned a wide range of dates, too—the most popular cartoon on Instagram, by Peter Steiner, was originally published in 1990, which is quite a throwback, […]
I curate my social media enough that I miss some things, but if anybody is mourning the retirement of Paul Ryan, it hasn’t come across my feed. The most sympathetic take I’m seeing is along the lines of this simple Ann Telnaes commentary, which I don’t think is intended to be sympathetic.But there he is, […]
Bobby Hart, the Matriarch of the John Hart Studios crew, has passed away.From the obituary:Bobby Hart (Ida Jane Hatcher) left this world in the wee morning hours of Saturday December 15th, to reunite with her cartoonist husband Johnny Hart, on Heaven’s dance floor. Bobby is survived by daughters Patti Hart and Perri Hart, grandsons Mason […]
It’s probably a mistake to lead off with the funniest editorial cartoon of the day, perhaps the week, perhaps more, but Bill Bramhall knocked me out my chair with this.There is a load of brilliance in this simple drawing.Anybody could have drawn Trump with his hand in the cookie jar, and perhaps have brought into […]
In December 1918 Leroy Robert Ripley came up with an idea that would make him famous … and rich. But he didn’t realize it then, and it wouldn’t be until the end of the following decade when his idea struck gold.Robert, having dropped the Leroy, was a sports cartoonist for the New York Globe and […]
Editor Scott McIntosh of the Idaho Press in Idaho Falls has penned a tongue-in-cheek column where he says that he will no longer run any editorial cartoons that criticize Trump.From the column:You can see where I’m going here. Can you imagine what the newspaper would look like if we didn’t publish anything that someone might […]
We’ll start easy today, with a bit of trivia sparked by the current Vintage Radio Patrol, from November, 1948. In the strip — which, by the way, I read for its camp value — the criminals have taken over a legitimate used car lot and are re-selling stolen vehicles.It would be another six years before […]
Boy’s Life began in 1911. The next year it was bought by, and became the official magazine of, the Boy Scouts of America. Comics had been a part of the magazine from the beginning but a particular energized period was the couple of decades when the comics section was produced by Johnstone and Cushing ad […]
Today’s Zits struck home because it’s not only true but something I hate because (A) I think the people doing it are idiots and (B) that makes me feel like a cranky old man.And while I think Jeremy’s mother is in a state of perpetual over-reaction to things that don’t matter, I’m with her on […]
A few decades ago Dave Whamond began his career as an editorial cartoonist for The Calgary Herald while still in college. Now he once again joins The Brotherhood of Editorial Cartoonists.Daryl Cagle welcomes Dave “to Cagle.com and our syndication package.”The Dave Whamond archive at Cagle Cartoons only has a dozen or so cartoons up at […]
I don’t often feature political cartoons on local issues, though I think it’s important that cartoonists do them, which, in turn, means it’s important that local newspapers have a cartoonist on staff.A cartoonist whose only market is syndication wouldn’t bother to comment on a company that makes ball caps in suburban Buffalo deciding not to […]
Books due to be released December 2018. Library of American Comcs Volume 12: Baron Bean, 1918 My First 100 Peanuts Words boardbook Superman: The Silver Age Sundays, Vol. 1: 1959 – 1963 Garfield Nutty as a Fruitcake: His 66th Book A Valentine For Linus! (Peanuts) Laughing Matters: The Political Cartoons of Richard Laurent American Comic […]
Frew (Australia) The Phantom comic book wraparound cover by Sunday Phantom artist Jeff Weigel. Many of today’s young people seem to know little about history and geography, among other things, and it doesn’t help when even the comics page is feeding misinformation. The Dec. 11 “One Big Happy” has a father asking his son, “What’s Istanbul […]
I’ll admit to having been sucked in completely by this Alex, because, while everyone in the strip is contemptible on some level, Clive had been painted as the victim in this ongoing divorce thread.For all the comical excesses of the characters, part of what makes this strip work is their lifelike nature, and I think […]
So say we all, because we can simply enjoy a few giggles over things of no particular weight and import.Theoretically.Let’s at least start with some light-hearted fare.By July, 1935, “Thimble Theater” was firmly given over to Popeye, but it had not simplified things down to (A) Bluto grabs Olive, (B) Popeye eats spinach (C) Popeye […]