The South bookstore is full of people. Almost all of them are there for the same reason: to get a dedication from the famous cartoonist Ricardo Liniers. Various books are seen on the tables and some even wear t-shirts with the Argentine illustrator’s characters. I ask him more about the illustration part, I tell him: […]
Ed Subitzky, Walt Handelsman, David Sipress, Roger Kastel, Ron Turner, Denis Kitchen, and more.Speaking of leftovers – here’s some stuff that was sitting in the queue. The Ed Subitzky Anti-Interview A full house turned out for the book launch of cartoonist, writer and sometimes television celebrity Ed Subitzky’s long-awaited first anthology of work at Rizzoli […]
The new book by cartoonist Roz Chast, I Must Be Dreaming, was released today and is being talked about and reviewed by all the major outlets. So The Daily Cartoonist, which dreams of playing with the big boys, joins in.A day late, we missed the launch at Museum of the City of New York yesterday.The […]
Know, O children, that there was a time when coffee tables across the nation were covered with magazines – Saturday Evening Post, Ladies Home Companion, True, Look, Reader’s Digest. Field & Stream, and so many others – and those magazines carried a dozen or so gag cartoons in each and every issue. It was an […]
For 30 years, Houston-based cartoonist Mary Lawton submitted her work to The New Yorker. For 30 years, she received a series of rejection notices, most of them quite polite but with the same gist: thanks, but no thanks. Occasionally the rejections came with a nice note: “I’m sorry.” She took this as an encouraging sign […]
We know where Mike is, but me? – I’m all over the place. Following are items from hither and yon. Last month we noted that Peter Steiner’s “On the internet no one knows you’re a dog” panel went to auction. Michael Maslin lets us know the results ($175,000) – yeah, a reason to use paper […]
note: The Daily Cartoonist has no idea if other USA TODAY Network newspapers will follow and run profiles of local newspaper cartoonists; it is our hope that more will take up the banner, and so we add “Part One” to our header. Prior to the USA TODAY Network standardizing their comics pages tomorrow a couple […]
In the vast universe of comics, specific names stand out for their creativity and ability to touch the human soul with simple ink strokes. One such name is Ricardo Siri, better known by his pen name, “Liniers.” His creation, Macanudo, is more than just a comic strip; it reflects life, love, and the myriad emotions […]
Two popular New Yorker magazine cartoonists, who also happen to be West Tisbury neighbors and dog-walking partners, shared the stage at Featherstone Center for the Arts in Oak Bluffs Monday for a two-handed talk about the craft they share. © Mick Stevens and Paul KarasikMick Stevens and Paul Karasik “[discussed] slides of their work, trading […]
Dilbert is dead. Well, he’s not dead dead — …— but as far as the public-at-large, and especially newspapers, are concerned, Dilbert is deader than a doornail. In place of Dilbert, numerous newspapers have decided to replace Adams with creators of color — a move that’s not only symbolically important but helping diversify a field […]
Editor’s note: The Desert Sun recently welcomed freelance cartoonist Tom Deisboeck to create original ‘toons for the opinion pages. The Palm Springs (Calif) Desert Sun (Gannett) has contracted Tom Deisboeck for political cartoons. … how would you describe the tone of your work? So, I like to be edgy. The political side is on the […]
For ten days, until August 17, 2023, the University Press of Mississippi is putting its books on sale at 40% off! This is the time to fill in any gaps in your UPM library of comics related books. The brand new Jack Kent biography – 40% off ($59.40 hardcover, $15.00 paperback).The almost brand new Blockheads, […]
Based on your social media feeds, you might think that political cartoonists are exclusively wild-eyed, merciless critics of former President Donald Trump. But you’d be wrong. Not wrong about political cartoonists being a bunch of wild-eyed, merciless critics, but off-base about political cartoonists being unanimous in their condemnation of Trump. Liberal cartoonist Mike Thompson talks […]
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 […]
It’s throw it out there Thursday – a gathering of gleanings. Editoons v. Memes; Newspaper Troubles; Battling Book Banners; and what your heirs will do with all those comics. EDITORIAL CARTOONS ARE NOT MEMES! Graeme MacKay, “One of the last staff editorial cartoonists still slogging away at a daily newspaper,” discusses the difference between editorial […]