I’ve subscribed to “Counterpoint,” a new weekly compilation of political cartoons, which you can, too, by clicking that link and then selecting “subscribe” at the top left.It includes Nick Anderson, Kal Kallaugher, Mike Lester, Rick McKee, Michael Ramirez and Rob Rogers, which is, I think, an accidental mix of three from the left and three […]
In the beginning, there was “the word.” And then Ben Franklin added cartoons to your favourite newspaper. It is 265 years ago this month that the then-loyal British citizen Franklin published an edition of the Pennsylvania Gazette with a woodcut print of a snake cut into segments with the caption, “Join or Die.” It was […]
Here are some comic strip and cartoon books scheduled for May 2019 release. Images and links via Amazon (though ordering through your local comic book shop is a good idea.) The Complete Peanuts 1971-1972 (Vol. 11) Paperback Prince Valiant Vol. 19 1973-1974 30 Years Of Matt Superman: The Golden Age Newspaper Dailies: 1947-1949 We Are […]
The Los Angeles Times has a feature on the seven books that aren’t Dr. Seuss’s “Oh, the Places You’ll Go!” to give to graduates.From the piece:Most college graduates weren’t even born when the last “Calvin and Hobbes” comic strip was published in 1996, but it’s never too late to dive into Watterson’s magical world.
I wish I thought Mike Thompson were kidding a little more about this.Not that it’s 100 percent accurate: So far as I know, you won’t see goats and chickens wandering around the streets in Tehran. One of the oddities of Iran is that it has modern, Western-facing cities but the people out in the country […]
Saturday, May 18, will celebrate the best in a wide range of cartooning categories with The Reuben Award Dinner and Presentation Ceremonies.The people at Hogan’s Alley think they have the inside track as to who will win.For example:NOMINEES FOR THE GREETING CARD DIVISION AWARD: Scott Nickel, Maria Scrivan and Dan Walsh. After a one-year hiatus, […]
Juxtaposition of the Whimper, not the Bang(Mo)(RJ Matson)Mo and Bartender can fret all they want over the hijacking of the Fourth of July Celebration in Washington, but the best outcome would be a massive boycott and no crowds and — Guess what? — that ain’t gonna happen.Alice Roosevelt Longworth said of her father, TR, “My […]
Break of Day cartoonist Nate Fakes has done a two-part v-log on how to submit to syndicates. https://cartooningcourses.com/syndication-part-1-submitting/Disclosure: The Daily Cartoonist is owned by Andrews McMeel Universal.
The NCSFest will begin this week Wednesday. And Steve McGarry is why.For McGarry’s festival, comic art will be nearly everywhere downtown. Original work will be displayed at select businesses along Main Street and at 5th and PCH, popular artwork will be on display for free under the Big Tent at Pier Plaza, and more than […]
There are many things I don’t understand about IPOs, and Uber going public brings a lot of them to the surface, in large part because there’s a lot about Uber I don’t understand.It appears that Jimmy Margulies shares my confusion, because the part that seems clear is that, historically, people who signed up as scab […]
Famed Spanish illustrator Jordi Longarón has passed away.Jordi Longarón i Llopart (aka: Jorge Longarón) February 1 November 29, 1933 – May 10, 2019 Spanish comic artist Jordi Longarón made a name for himself throughout Europe; in the United States he was known as Jorge Longarón, artist of the Friday Foster comic strip. above: the first Friday […]
Sherman’s Lagoon is in a story arc about visiting retirement homes, which included this “No Kidding” strip. I’m always amused by the phishing ads that want to manage money for old folks, or get them to sign over their houses or insurance policies or whatever.But I think the retirement homes are playing an interesting numbers […]
Philadelphia attorney Joe Dworetzky went west to begin a new career in the creative arts. One of his new career choices was cartoonist, becoming a regular in The Stanford Daily with political cartoons.Now he has become a bicoastal resident and a bicoastal cartoonist.Today, we introduce a new cartoon and cartoonist to the fold of the […]
The Kenosha News and The Brilliant Mind of Edison Lee are together again! A comment on John Hambrock’s Facebook page yesterday broke the news.From Kenosha News editor Bob Heisse dated May 7:Thanks for your note. Edison Lee will be back in the paper as early as Thursday. Kenisha News readers did not rank it in the […]
Rowland B Wilson (1930-2005) was an animator, an ad agency art director and a cartoonist. He is probably best known to the general public (of a certain age) for the cartooning, and that’s what I’ll feature in this post.I was “of a certain age” for the Rowland magazine cartoons.Once upon a time magazines were very […]