Ramirez gets us off to a good start today, because the Epstein issue is a strange thing to put at the top of the list of current crises, or at least it would be in a more sane world.It ought to be easy to resolve: There was this guy, he did these awful things and […]
The National Cartoonists Society is honored to announce that Art Spiegelman will receive the Milton Caniff Lifetime Achievement Award, celebrating his extraordinary and lasting impact on the art of cartooning. Named for Terry and the Pirates creator Milton Caniff, this award is bestowed by unanimous vote of the NCS Board to recognize a lifetime of outstanding and accomplished work. The Milton Caniff Lifetime […]
Variety is reporting that the documentary A Savage Art: The Life & Cartoons of Pat Oliphant has been purchased by Magnolia Pictures. The film will be released to theaters on Sept. 5. The documentary follows the life of Australian-born Oliphant, whose tenure as America’s most celebrated and feared political cartoonist spanned five decades and 10 […]
Below are some comic strip and cartoon books scheduled for July 2025 release (or so). Images and links from a variety of publishers and outlets, though ordering through your local comic shop or independent book store is a good idea. Terry and the Pirates: The Master Collection, vol. 11 (1945) by Milton Caniff It’s a […]
Call it media illiteracy. It’s the pervasive lack of knowledge about what a political cartoon is supposed to be, and what it’s supposed to do — provoke thought and, yes, even disagreement. Instead of understanding that, many people leap to the faulty conclusion that since the editorial commentary comes in the form of a cartoon, […]
Shefali Rekhi considers the problems facing cartoonists in Singapore and includes a brief history of cartooning and their colonial roots as seen in The Straits Times. And the international syndication of American comic strips are also a part of the discussion: Also brought to attention is the worldwide problem of digital media vis-a-vis editorial cartooning: […]
Robert L. Ariail has been named The 2025 Green Eyeshade Award winner for Editorial Cartoons published in 2024. It is the eighth time Robert has taken the first place award! Since 1950, The Green Eyeshades have recognized the very best journalism in the southeastern United States (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, […]
Luckovich poses an important question: What’s so bad about being woke? Or, grammatically, “awakened” or “awoke” but let’s hope at least one?By illustrating the opposite, he somewhat answers the question, but it should be noted that the popular slang term wouldn’t exist if it weren’t a protest against and rebuke of those who either don’t […]
Wading over to Mike Peterson’s side on the pool.The “New” Woke SupermanWell it seems the new Superman movie is just too woke for the right wing pundits and cartoonists. Accusations that James Gunn has “politicized” Superman come laughably late, as the world’s most famous superhero has always been political, write narrative strategist Andrew Slack and […]
Back in the days when I really did a “Comic Strip of the Day,” and only needed one, I had a policy that I would only hold daily strips for 24 hours but could hold a Sunday for six days, following the Audit Bureau of Circulation rules that said a daily paper is “dead” the […]
Hearst buys Dallas Morning News; Jane Pauley and G. B. Trudeau honored; New York Newsday: Truth, Justice, and the Comics; small town journalists disappearing; journalists in general are disappearing; more newspaper printing plants are shuttered affecting jobs and deadlines; the Associated Press at 179; Rob Tornoe’s Pulitzer cartoon.Hearst Buys The Dallas Morning News From Rick […]
Some of Steve Benson‘s friends have written about him on the occasion of his passing. From editorial cartoonist Jack Ohman, like Steve a former president of the AAEC: I heard Steve Benson died yesterday, in the late afternoon, as I was about to go into the grocery store—the banal things we all do. The news […]
I don’t know that things seem quite as grim from the inside as Wuerker suggests, though those on the outside have long questioned whether Dear Leader was genuinely accomplishing anything.A Cult of Personality, on the other hand, tends to be fairly steadfast and myopic. The term originated with Stalin and while the Hungarians and Czechs […]
A recent cartoon by Adam Zyglis involving natural disasters and the MAGA philosophy has right wing voices objecting to the “rules for thee, not for me” hypocrisy hitting home. “Now is not the time.”From Carlos Garcia for The Blaze Media: ‘Twisted, vile, and shameful’ The Buffalo News published a political cartoon appearing to mock right-wing […]
Dear Leader has announced another set of tariffs, which he claims will likely be modified once he has concluded trade deals with the nations involved, which is most of them, or possibly more than all of them, since he once said “There’s 200 countries. You can’t talk to all of them.’’You certainly can’t, because there […]