Following up on the obscenity trial of Zehra Ömeroğlu in Turkey comes great news: After five long years of proceedings, punctuated by postponements, the Istanbul Court of First Instance finally ruled in favor of acquittal on Thursday, June 26. The Turkish cartoonist was tried for “obscenity” for a cartoon published in LeMan magazine in 2020 […]
I wish Kikkert hadn’t bothered adding a caption to this, since its meaning is clear, but I like the thought of helpless deportees being dumped off on a random desert island, because some of the other places we’re dumping them off are just as unable to sustain the people already there and every bit as […]
Landmark AI Copyright Win – Fair Use Anthropic has scored a major victory in an ongoing legal battle over artificial intelligence models and copyright, one that may reverberate across the dozens of other AI copyright lawsuits winding through the legal system in the United States. A court has determined that it was legal for Anthropic […]
People have noted that Dear Leader campaigned on a promise of no new wars and of ending the war in Ukraine his first day in office, and yet somehow the war in Ukraine drags on and we appear to have a new war in Iran.Also the price of eggs remains high and groceries in general […]
So checking the Tribune Content Agency (TCA) comics page I noticed a “new” feature had appeared. Actually a comic that has been around for 14 years but new to TCA – Reply All by Donna A. Lewis.Last year when the Washington Post Writers Group (WPWG) dropped comics from the agenda Donna took her daily strip […]
The Association of American Editorial Cartoonists (AAEC) has set up hotel booking and registration for their 2025 Convention being held at Bethseda Maryland from September 11th through the 14th. The lineups for workshops, panels, and events are still in the early stages for both conventions. From the AAEC: Our confab starts Thursday, September 11, with […]
Rowe gets a laugh out of Dear Leader’s attack on Iran despite feeling it represents the death of the UN Charter, because there’s absurdity in the arrogance and chaos in the messaging.One of the factors in our liberation of Kuwait was that GHWB had obtained cooperation from a wide array of allies, and then stopped […]
A profile of Floyd Norman Disney Legend: Though he prefers to be called a “cartoonist,” few other artists working in animation today can boast a career as varied as that of Floyd Norman. From the 1950s to today, Floyd’s diverse career, insightful viewpoint, and unflinching honesty have truly made him a Disney Legend. Floyd E. […]
Well, now we know what he was going to do, but it’s a little early to ask for commentary. I’ve seen a few post-bombing pieces from Australia, where they’ve had time to react, but most of the other editorial cartoons have been based, as Ohman’s was, on uncertainty.We’ll give everyone 24 hours to respond, and, […]
With Russell Myers, Wayno, Trygve Olson, Lee Mendelson, Mark Pett, Mr. Fish and Art Spiegelman.Russell Myers As a boy, Russell Benton Myers was fascinated by the comic strips in the newspaper. The family subscribed to two newspapers, the Tulsa World and the Tulsa Tribune. That gave him two sets of Sunday comics sections — a […]
This is one of those “where do we start?” days, but we might as well begin with the massive element of self-deception that makes everything possible. Part of it is embodied in the way so many people seem to be accepting both the inevitability and the desirability of our heading off to yet another war […]
The world faces a decision. Or the president does. Somebody seems to, but Trump’s allies and supporters appear to be on more solid ground than he is. They’re divided on whether to attack Iran, but they’re certain that they’ll line up behind whatever Dear Leader decides.It’s just not clear that he’s going to decide anything.Maybe […]
An update to the fate of Zehra Ömeroğlu, a Turkish cartoonist, who has been the target of criminal prosecution for a cartoon that was published in 2020 and faces a three year prison sentence. On 26 June 2025, the 14th hearing of the trial against cartoonist Zehra Ömeroğlu will take place in Istanbul. Accused of […]
I suggested yesterday that, while its doubtful that Dear Leader saw the mockery in the media, he must certainly have realized that there weren’t huge cheering throngs at his parade.I can’t prove any connection between that disappointment and his sudden enthusiasm for sending American troops to boldly go where no man with heel spurs has […]
For reasons unexplained I have dozens of cartoonist self-caricatures. Before deleting them thought I’d share ’em. So… Not enough? Hundreds more at…