The National Cartoonists Society has begun its annual call for entries for consideration for the NCS Divisional Reuben Awards recognizing excellence in professional cartooning.The Divisional Reuben Awards recognize individuals for their artistic excellence in cartoon arts. You do not have to be a member of the NCS to enter. There is no fee for submissions.All […]
Scott Stantis (Counterpoint) brings up the question of the First Amendment, which doesn’t apply to private companies except, perhaps, in communist countries where the central government controls industry. But that itself offers a lot of fodder, because moderation of media is very much on the table at the moment.The rightwing blogosphere is currently in an […]
In today’s Frazz (AMS), Caulfield asks an important question: Why do we celebrate Groundhog Day? More to the point, do we celebrate Groundhog Day? Obviously, the folks in Punxsutawney do, because they’ve managed to turn it into a thing, even though the Bill Murray movie pretty well had it nailed as a pointless story for […]
Tom Tomorrow sums up the bizarre problem of life in a country divided between two realities.Sparky lays out a litany of abuses that ought to arouse at least concern, if not fury, in a civilized mind, only to discover that they bounce off because the person he is talking to lives in a totally other […]
I don’t know how things are working in Ireland, but the couple in this Graeme Keyes cartoon would have to die quickly if they were Americans. The soaring prices of housing have, indeed, barred many people from homeownership, though much of it is the massive chunk of change required for a down payment.But I’d suggest […]
(Jack Ohman)(Dave Granlund)(Ann Telnaes)The New Confederacy — those folks who don’t have the cojones to secede but are determined to overthrow the nation from within — present these three cartoonists with an asked-and-answered set up. As Ohman notes, Speaker McCarthy has barred Adam Schiff from the House Intelligence Committee for having betrayed the Orange God […]
Adam Zyglis explains the ongoing outrage factor, in which the Republicans work to rile up the public over dubious threats while quietly enacting real ones. Coming up with phony reasons to restrict voting rights is a core goal, but hardly the only one: It’s also reported that, while GOP legislators are fuming over the prospect […]
The whole world is indeed watching, and, as Andy Marlette (Creators) suggests, the outrageous number of mass shootings in this country is becoming part of our brand. I don’t know how Germans feel about being associated with beer, and my favorite Mexican restaurants don’t feature mariachi music, but it seems Americans buy into our macho, […]
Mike Luckovich becomes one of the first cartoonists to add Mike Pence to the list of administration officials who have purloined classified documents.I use the word “purloined” because it has something of a vague definition. It still means to steal, but is more along the lines of “pilfer” and thus can fall more in the […]
Kevin Siers plays upon all the cartoons over the past week or so about the coming of the Year of the Rabbit by pointing out that, whatever traditions may prevail in other countries, of rabbits or tigers or whathaveyou, we have an unchanging tradition here:We kill each other.The image of the Wild West was greatly […]
Pat Bagley opens today’s conversation with the accusation the lawmakers intentionally remain uninformed, tossing in the idea that, not only do they reject facts, but that they find the distortions and selective reporting of Fox News comforting.It’s not entirely clear whether Bagley, who comments on both national and local issues, is speaking of Congress or […]
Michael de Adder poses a question for which there is no answer because the question itself makes no sense, but he’s saved credibility by having put the proposal in the mouth of the elephant.There is a current argument over the Biden administration’s refusal to compromise on whether to raise the debt ceiling, but we can’t […]
I don’t mind the fact that I often disagree with cartoonists and other political commentators. Not only does it give me something to write about, but I’d be suspicious of a system in which everyone agreed with everyone else, mostly because there’s never been one.Still, I think it’s possible for everyone to agree, for example, […]
Adam Zyglis, Pulitzer Prize winning cartoonist for The Buffalo News, showed love for Damar Hamlin in a mural displayed in the seriously injured Buffalo Bills player’s town on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. WHEC-TV covers the story with an Adam interview. For more (and better) pictures of the mural go to Adam Zyglis’ Twitter page.
It is no longer a question “Is Artificial Intelligence stealing your art?” It is now a statement “AI is stealing your art.”The National Cartoonists Society and the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists are sharing Twitter threads about the theft of intellectual property, specifically tied to cartoonists and artists. We kick things off with Ted Rall‘s […]