An exhibit of cartoon art called Cartoon Ey Bidroho (Rebellion in Cartoons) is on display at the Drik Gallery in Dhaka Bangladesh. The exhibit celebrates the cartoons and art that inspired and fueled the revolution that culminated last month with the toppling of the Bangladesh government. During the Sheikh Hasina administration, freedom of expression and criticism of the government […]
September 2024 will see two exhibits of illustrator Ralph Steadman‘s artwork opening. Upcoming exhibition of Ralph Steadman works spans six decades of his prolific career Washington D.C. — “Ralph Steadman: And Another Thing,” on view Sept. 7 – Dec. 8 at the American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center, spans more than 60 years […]
Newspapers From this past weekend’s Albany Times-Union: On April 4, 1924, the Times Union told its readers it had officially became a Hearst publication, ending its years as a privately owned newspaper under the stewardship of publisher and former New York Gov. Martin H. Glynn. But the article noting the sale pledged there would be […]
PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) — Editorial cartoonist Signe Wilkinson has made a career drawing images that reflect contemporary American life. Wilkinson says she is now mostly retired, but her cartoons appeared in The Philadelphia Inquirer and Daily News for 35 years. Now, about 30 pieces of her work are on view at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. […]
An exhibit of political cartoons in part from the last half of the 18th Century in (where else?) Philadelphia is on display until the beginning of August 2024. Peter Crimmins at PBS’ WHYY interviews David Brigham about early American political cartoons. Before the 1760s, American colonists rarely used cartoons to express political opinions. However, as […]
With Steve Brodner, Alison Bechdel, Lawrence Wood, Alex Norris, Jerry Craft, Art Speigelman, Norman Rockwell and The Usual Gang of Idiots. The Herblock Foundation held its 2024 Herblock Prize ceremony at the Library of Congress on June 4 honoring Steve Brodner this year.Comics DC has links to photographer Bruce Guthrie‘s pages of the reception and […]
Louis M. Glackens, Benjamin Franklin, Rube Goldberg, Harvey Kurtzman, Homer Davenport. [Louis M.] Glackens was born in 1866 in Philadelphia and started drawing at an early age alongside his younger brother, William. While the latter went on to become a successful painter and prominent member of the Ashcan School, which focused on realistic portrayals of […]
A VIP tour of The Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum, a look at The Nancy Show, and a report on NancyFest 2024. Jason Chatfield, The Former Guy at the National Cartoonists Society (thus inclusion as part of the NCS VIP tour), presents a travelogue of his recent trip(s) to Columbus Ohio. NancyFest 2024 was […]
Ernie Bushmiller, John Kascht and Bill Watterson, Steve Brodner, Drew Friedman, Jack Davis, Georgia Dunn, Maurice Sendak, Steve Breen and Grant Oliphant, John Rose, Bill Amend, Marcus Hamilton, Joe Staton, Alex Saviuk, June Brigman and Roy RichardsonSteve Breen and Grant Oliphant inewsource event June 2, 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. – Comic-Con Museum Join inewsource […]
Louis M. Glackens: Pure Imagination April 14, 2024 through March 30, 2025 Louis Glackens was a trailblazing figure who became one of the first illustrators of animated cartoons from 1915-1920, creating characters for production houses such as Baré, Pathe and Sullivan Studios. His fantastical depictions of mermaids, anthropomorphic beasts and pie-faced grown-ups carved a path […]
Rob Rogers, Harry Harrison, Wiley Miller, Jeff Kinney, Michael Cavna, and Bob Englehart – cartoonists all. Enjoy a sampling of Bob Englehart’s cartoons created to provoke, anger, entertain, challenge and illustrate individuals, issues, events and change associated with politics and political elections…with a picture and in a few words. Okay, we missed the reception but […]
Way too late on this but still got a couple weekends of November left. 2023 marks my fourth decade as a published cartoonist and 25 years of my comic strip It Takes a Village Idiot. To celebrate the occasion I will be presenting a retrospective of my work and offering my books, framed and unframed […]
Bob Staake, Mick Stevens, Paul Karasik, Max Fleischer, Peanuts, and The Nib.********** Staake has publicly rejected the idea that he has a “style” — his works are too different, he says, his way too experimental. But every piece in the show, he admits, looks like a Bob Staake. “There’s something hiding in the background,” he […]
In a career that’s spanned more than 40 years and included some 80 books, thousands of newspaper and magazine illustrations and many New Yorker covers, author and illustrator Bob Staake has never had a solo show of his work. Until now. “The Endless Imagination of Bob Staake” will be on exhibit at the Cape Cod […]
The Minnesota History Center will host a year-long exhibit of Peanuts and Charles M. Schulz. The event is covered by local and national news. KSTP-TV: A museum exhibit set to open next month aims to teach visitors something new about Minnesota’s most famous cartoonist. The Minnesota History Center is celebrating St. Paul native Charles Schulz, […]