The Association for the Development of Comics in Angoulême (ADBDA) has announced it has selected the Morgane group as their new festival organizer for the Angoulême International Comics Festival. The Morgane group will replace the controversial 9eArt+ whose mismanagement resulted in the boycott and cancellation of the festival due to the protests of hundreds of […]
In his long lifetime Pe‘l Schlechter has been graphic designer, illustrator, author, poet, and cartoonist. Marc Thill at the Luxembourg Times celebrates the artist turning 105: Over the years, graphic designer, illustrator, newspaper designer and poet Pe‘l Schlechter, who turned 105 on Monday, has had a hand at everything. His portfolio ranges from posters and […]
Three weeks after announcing his retirement from Diario El Universo, Xavier Bonilla (Bonil) has announced he has a new role as the editorial cartoonist for Primicias creating three cartoons a week—one of which will be a cartoon in video format.Bonil isn’t new to animation. He tells The Daily Cartoonist that he created a traditional animation […]
From Wikipedia: Jucika is a Hungarian silent comic strip created by Pál Pusztai that ran from 1957 to 1970. The titular character is a young, attractive woman who gets into a variety of comedic situations, often risqué and suggestive. The series satirizes and parodies sexism, with many of the strips involving Jucika navigating unwanted attention […]
As always the new cartoons aren’t as good as the old cartoons; why children are drawn to rambunctious comic characters; the National Cartoonist Society is looking for a few good Toon Talkers; and new comic awards and how they come to pass. The Fairly Oddparents vs. Peppa Pig New children’s cartoons are less entertaining and […]
Netflix’s Made in Argentina has released their line-up for 2026-2027. The highly anticipated Mafalda series, based on Quino’s iconic character, has an undated 2027 release date. Along with line-up descriptions they have released a teaser image from the animated series.The animated series will be directed by Oscar-winning director Juan José Campanella. Campanella will also serve […]
Featuring John Rose (and Fred LAsswell), Liana Finck, Rob Rogers, Liza Donnelly, Amy Kurzweil, Kate Isenberg, and Polly Lou Adams. John Rose Keeps ‘Snuffy Smith’ In The Funny Pages West Virginia Public Broadcasting interviewed cartoonist John Rose: The hillbilly stereotype is frequently used to shame mountain people, but there are gentler versions, like Snuffy Smith, […]
The Invention of the Mass Media, a Printing Revolution; Resizing Newspaper Comic Strips; The Tradition of Comic Art Satire; and Leo Baxendale. The Invention of Mass Media The Grolier Club’s The Second Printing Revolution: Invention of Mass Media exhibit ends in a week: This exhibition tells the story of the second printing revolution that took […]
Chilean cartoonist José “Palomo” Fuentes has passed away in Mexico where he spent most of his adult life in exile. He was 82.Palomo, born in Santiago, Chile in 1943, began his professional life in Chile. He contributed cartoons to El Pingüino, and La Nación during the 1960s. The 1973 coup d’état that brought Augusto Pinochet to power […]
Doonesbury, Hot Rods and Drag Cartoons, Climate Change Panels, and a return to Sally Forth. Smithsonian Reviews G. B. Trudeau Biography From the current issue of Smithsonian Magazine Brandon Tensley reviews Trudeau & Doonesbury. Trudeau has long managed to stay out of the public eye. In Trudeau & Doonesbury: The Cartoonist Who Turned the News […]
The Sydney Morning Herald media writer Calum Jaspan is reporting recent leadership changes at The Guardian is affecting contract cartoonists—specifically First Dog on the Moon. The change places First Dog on “rolling six-month contract.” The last 12 years of First Dog’s contract terms have always been a rolling one-year contract.First Dog tells us he has […]
James Hillier, aka Nordacious, has been told to take down some of his political cartoons because they now break the law after the state of Queensland in Australia passed new laws earlier this month. From Catie McLeod at The Guardian: Brisbane artist contacted by police over works that allegedly violate new Queensland hate speech laws […]
British cartoonist Glen Baxter has passed away. Glen Baxter March 4, 1944 – March 29, 2026 From WePresent in 2020 comes a wonderful account of the life and times of Glen Baxter by Liv Sidall: Confusing us, forcing us to question our relationship with words, pictures, or even the format of books, makes him happy. […]
Australian cartoonist David Rowe and his outlet the Australian Financail Review (AFR) are coming under fire after they published a cartoon that shows Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu controlling U. S. President Donald Trump in the Iran War. The objection is the use of Jewish tropes rather than just accusing the Israeli state. On SkyNews […]
The Press Cartoon Belgium has announced the winners of their Grand Prix for 2026. The prize is given to the best cartoons that appear in Belgian press or on social media. The theme of this year’s winers is war and the casualties of war. The first place winner goes to Kamagurka (Luc Zeebroek), second place […]