I’m with Elliott, or, as Napoleon once remarked to Marshal Bernadotte, “Je ne donne pas une merde.” Or words to that effect.I have one clock in the house that needs to be reset, plus the one in the car. The others mostly take care of themselves. I never set the ones on the oven and […]
The game of “What if?” can be silly. Here, Lisa Benson plays “What if libruls didn’t want the entire trove of Jan 6 tapes released?”Of course, there were objections to releasing the entire video record, because it could reveal security information. But the main objection from liberals was that, rather than release it to all […]
The Washington Post editorial cartoonist Ann Telnaes was awarded the Herblock Prize for 2023. From the Herb Block Foundation announcement (with the submission portfolio): Ann Telnaes creates editorial cartoons in various mediums — animation, visual essays, live sketches and traditional print — for The Washington Post. Judges comments: Ann Telnaes’ combination of expertly-crafted renderings and […]
Today is International Women’s Day, though you wouldn’t know it by looking through American cartoons. Ah well, don’t feel bad: I didn’t see any among the British cartoons, either. Which doesn’t mean there weren’t any, but, if there were, they were hiding very well.Meanwhile, Fiona Katauskas explains why it isn’t a bigger deal in Australia. […]
Cartoonist Gary Varvel was the keynote speaker at a local Republican function.From The Greenfield Daily Reporter: The award-winning syndicated editorial cartoonist who spent 24 years at the Indianapolis Star was the keynote speaker at the Hancock County Republican Party’s Lincoln Day Dinner at Adaggios Banquet Hall late last Friday. He was joined by GOP officials […]
Marc Murphy may not be polite, but that doesn’t mean he’s wrong. The 2023 CPAC Conference was something of a damp squib, which was a surprise given the prominence it once commanded in the media, if not in actually influencing, rather than simply echoing, Republican politics.Is the echo still there? That’s the big question.To be […]
Cartoonist and Musician Wally Fawkes [“Trog“] has passed away. Walter Ernest (Wally) Fawkes [Trog] June 21, 1924 – March 1, 2023 From Metro (UK): The political cartoonist and jazz musician Wally Fawkes, who used the pen name Trog, has died at the age of 98. Fawkes died peacefully on Wednesday following a short illness. From […]
Late last year it was announced that Ward Sutton had won the 2022 Clifford K. and James T. Berryman Award for Editorial Cartoons from the National Press Foundation (NPF). Late last month Ward accepted the honor at the NPF Awards Dinner. Ward’s acceptance speech is available on the National Press Foundation’s YouTube channel. While Ward […]
We’ll start off today with Jimmy Margulies (KFS)‘s cartoon, in which he mashes up the Roald Dahl re-write kerfuffle with the scandal over Fox News’ well-documented decision to promote lies in order to hold audience. He’s got it right: Fox produces fairy tales for its viewers.The woman’s trust has been broken and she’s looking for […]
Earlier this year Daryl Cagle started video podcasting. The latest features Rick McKee discussing how he created his recent Artificial Intelligence editorial cartoon, the current limitations of the application regarding comic strips in repeating the same character and other problems, does it portend the end of illustrators and cartoonists, and the impressiveness of images. Rick […]
Chip Bok apparently went to the drawing board as soon as the election was called, but before Lightfoot responded. “Obviously, we didn’t win the election. But I stand here with my head held high and my heart full of thanks,” Lightfoot told supporters shortly before 9 p.m. That’s how it’s done on the blue side […]
As much as I would like to echo Mike’s sentiment of being “done with the Dilbert thing” there is still one more post for me to make – the final stats when the last Dilbert comic strip hits the newspapers. It is possible that Adams will set up a self-syndicating system, but that is extremely […]
I’m done with the Dilbert thing, which makes it frustrating that there are suddenly a boatload of editorial cartoons popping up, many of them very good . . . but a little late. I like Lee Judge (KFS)‘s because, yeah, the guy has gone off into the sunset. I’ll grant you that things happened fast. […]
The final print editions of The Birmingham News, The Huntsville Times, and The Mobile Press-Register, the three newspapers that comprised Advance Local’s Alabama Media Group, rolled off the presses this morning. From al.com: The final editions of the three largest newspapers in Alabama have one unifying theme: Alabama Media Group journalists will continue to evolve […]
Vladimir Putin has given cartoonists a gift with his long table, which seems to be linked to germaphobia, perhaps a symptom of OCD, perhaps an indication of actual poor health and vulnerability. Rumors about his health abound but are never definitively confirmed nor definitively disputed.Man Overboard takes advantage of the iconic furniture to make a […]