Graphic Novelist Stamps, Lucy Shelton Caswell Research Award, Honorary Degree for Bruce MacKinnon, and An Ode to Speech Bubbles. Graphic Novelists Featured on Stamps from Canada Post From Canada Post: Canada Post has unveiled the second in a two-part series celebrating Canadian graphic novelists. Canada has produced several prominent graphic novelists, and this stamp issue […]
Bookstores are rebounding, The Philosophical Implications in Calvin and Hobbes, Go with King Features’ Popeye, The Phantom, and others on a Sea Cruise, and cherished children’s book covers are transform into ecological posters. But we start with the non-anniversary of a political animal. November 7, 1874 – First cartoon of the Republican Party elephant (Not) […]
And then there was the time… when Schott’s Significa and Davey Jones, Michael Maslin and Rea Irvin, Nebelspalter and Rick McKee, Steven Heller and Peter Kuper, and Lynda Barry and Lynda Barry again were all included in a weekend roundup. And then there was the time… Schott’s Significa Included a Chapter on Comic Conventions John […]
The Australian Cartoonists Association held their convention this weekend and as part of the gathering presented The 2025 Stanleys, more formally known as The Stan Cross Awards, to cartoonists in various categories. To paraphrase Peter Broelman: Eight Stanleys were awarded for Book Illustrator, Caricaturist, Comic Book Artist, Comic Strip Cartoonist, Editorial/Political Cartoonist, Event Cartoonist, Illustrator […]
The Association of American Editorial Cartoonists headed by Kevin Necessary and Jack Ohman have organized a GoFundMe page to help Clay Jones recover from his stroke with medical and rehab expenses. Clay Jones is probably the hardest working cartoonist in the biz, if not the most passionate. He is a determined champion of political cartooning […]
With Lalo Alcaraz, Peter Arno and Michael Maslin, Roz Chast, Jason Chatfield, Nate Powell, Joe Sacco and Patrick McDonnell. Lalo Alcaraz is a Top 40 Feedspot lists the “Top 40 Socal Mexican Influencers in 2025” and Lalo Alcaraz makes the cut. Bio CALÓ News Cartoonist, AMS, RFK 2025 winner, Herb Block 22, 2x Pulitzer finalist, […]
The New York Comic Con weekend begins today (Comics Beat covers it in full). Mostly comic books but as usual there are comic strip related projects taking place. Like the Comics Kingdom booth. The National Cartoonists Society will also be there with members showing up throughout the run. The New York Comic Con also issues […]
The Center for Cartoon Studies in White River Junction, Vermont, is also turning 20 years old this year. They had a small gallery celebration Friday and, since I drive through WRJ several a day, I dropped by to see the place. I got a kick out of Alison Bechdel‘s piece, which was on the wall […]
With Matthew Diffee, Larry Day, Yaakov Kirschen, Ruben Bolling, Mort Walker, and the Society of Illustrators. Matthew Diffee New Yorker cartoonist Matthew Diffee will be launching his debut picture book, Zip Zap Wickety Wack with a story time and book signing. One of Maureen’s favorite books of the year, this will make story time fun […]
A couple hundred photos of this year’s 79th Reuben Awards weekend have been posted. David Folkman and Robert Pollack through Hogan’s Alley present about a hundred pictures. And the National Cartoonists Society has dropped another hundred or so to Dropbox and want more.
The Society of Illustrators’ 2025 Hall of Fame Awards Ceremony & Dinner is coming up on October 9, 2025. Society of Illustrators Hall of Fame The Daily Cartoonist noted the Hall of Fame Laureates back in April when they were first announced. Recently The Society has announced other awards for 2025. Whether these will be […]
A roundup of various news items about comic strips and comic strip cartoonists. Synchronous Syndicate Symposium First is Comics Kingdom throwing a spotlight on Mort Walker’s Beetle Bailey. Seventy-five years. That’s how long Mort Walker’s Beetle Bailey has been making readers laugh, wink, and occasionally nod in recognition at life’s small absurdities. From his very […]
Mark Parisi‘s win of The Reuben for the National Cartoonists Society‘s 2024 Cartoonist of the Year is getting some attention in his local papers. Joann Mackenzie writing for the North of Boston Media Group filed the story. As seen in The Gloucester Daily Times: From the same story in The Salem News: The article can […]
Some upcoming events that may be in your area of interest. With Harry Bliss, Edward Gorey, Al Hirschfeld, Ralph Steadman, William H. Walker, and a supporting cast of thousands including members of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists and The Usual Gang of Idiots. Motion Lines: How Cartoonists Draw Movement Featuring over 100 examples from […]
The National Cartoonists Society announced the winners of their Reuben Awards for the year 2024 in Boston on Friday August 15, 2025. Below are the nominees and the winners. *Still trying to suss out all the winners, help would be appreciated The National Cartoonists Society has posted the list of Reuben Award winners. The 79th […]