Seven years ago Bob Englehart and The Hartford Courant parted ways, since then Bob has continued as a freelance political cartoonist syndicated by Cagle Cartoons. Now Bob is again associated with a newspaper. From the Associated Press coverage of a new newspaper startup (via The Arkansas Democrat Gazette): WINSTED, Conn. — At age 88, Ralph […]
Cartoon coverage of last night’s State of the Union Address began in advance, and Scott Stantis (Counterpoint) echoed the Clay Bennett cartoon featured here yesterday: The State of the Union is disunion.Reasonable people can disagree, but, then again, reasonable people can also agree, and, while Stantis and Bennett are from opposite sides of the aisle, […]
Editorial cartoonist Kevin Necessary has chosen to leave his occasional spot in The Cincinnati Enquirer (Gannett) behind as he concentrates on other venues for his artistic talents. Kevin informed us of his decision on Twitter and Facebook: Some personal news: I’m taking a brief hiatus from editorial cartoons to focus on a new illustration project. […]
I wish I could disagree with Clay Bennett (CTFP), but, yeah, that’s pretty much the State of the Union, and the only quibble I can add is that the pieces might perhaps be more bent from being pounded into places where they don’t fit.But maybe he’s right. Maybe the pieces fit perfectly without spelling out […]
Cartoonist Dan Martin has ended the St. Louis Post-Dispatch comic Postcard from Mound City, his weekly editorial comment on local issues. Dan will maintain his daily front page presence at the paper with Weatherbird. A few months ago The Daily Cartoonist celebrated the 25th anniversary of Postcards from Mound City with the wrong start date […]
We’ll give dissident cartoonist Badiucao the lead off on this discussion of the Chinese balloon, in part because he’s earned it, and in part because his use of Winnie the Pooh and a formidable American eagle presaged the outcome of this foolishness. (h/t to Cathy Wilcox)We can forgive him the Disney red shirt, while, for […]
John Auchter frames our ongoing debate, a conversation that could have ended long ago: Why do we need Black History Month?This NPR article does a good job of tracing the commemoration itself, including answering the question of why it is in February: The founder of the concept chose the month that contains the birthdays of […]
New Association of American Editorial Cartoonists President Jack Ohman has issued an opening statement for his two year term on progress and objectives. Partnerships as far as conventions, with Cartoon Columbus Crossroads and the Association of Canadian Cartoonists in the past, will continue to be neccessary: I noted at the last convention that we will […]
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 […]