The annual Guest Jumbler Week with six cartoonists, all syndicated comic strip artists this year, taking over for the regular creators David L. Hoyt and Jeff Knurek on the very popular Jumble puzzle. Is there a daily newspaper that does not run the feature? The Jumble Facebook page ran the puzzles and short profiles of […]
One of the first things Lincoln Peirce did when he arrived at Colby as a first-year student in 1981 was go to the office of the Colby Echo and pitch the student newspaper on a comic strip. That strip, which ran in the Echo until Peirce graduated in 1985, was called Third Floor, named after […]
In 2004 The Chicago Tribune set the record straight: First off, there is no Tom the Dancing Bug. Nowhere in Ruben Bolling’s 700-odd “Tom the Dancing Bug” comic strips does an insect, named Tom or otherwise, shake its groove thang. Second, there is no Ruben Bolling. No, “Tom the Dancing Bug” — an esoteric, form-bending […]
With Alison (Rudy and Trevor) Mason, Patrick (Mutts) McDonnell, USA Today Play (Prince Valiant), The Daily News (Gasoline Alley), The Pit graphic newspaper (with Madison Tom), Trino (El Rey Chiquito) Camacho, and Mort Todd. But without Emi (Olive) Burdge. The Adventures of Rudy and Trevor by Alison Mason Here I was ready to announce a […]
*A government action “that could never happen here.” We start with a couple Letters to the Editor. To the Cleveland Plain Dealer: When it comes to the Comey indictment, cartoonist Dana Summers has trouble telling R’s from D’s Editorial cartoonist Dana Summers, in his “Payback” cartoon in the Sept. 29 Plain Dealer, apparently believes the […]
The new issue of Seven Days profiles Macanudo cartoonist Ricardo Liniers Siri. Remarkably little seems to happen in “Macanudo,” the daily comic strip created by Ricardo Liniers Siri, the Argentine cartoonist known professionally as Liniers. If you were forced to describe any given Liniers strip purely in terms of plot, you would end up saying […]
New Yorker cartoonist Hilary Campbell comes to Boise Boise Weekly spotlights Hilary Fitzgerald Campbell prior to her meet and greet at Pengilly’s Saloon. Hilary Campbell is a cartoonist for The New Yorker, comedian and author whose latest project blends humor with vulnerability. Her newest graphic memoir, “The Joy of Snacking: A Graphic Memoir About Food, […]
Tom Toro’s favorite Tom Toro cartoons about climate change Tom Toro, who’s been cartooning his way through existential dread at Yale Climate Connections since 2019, has a new cartoon collection out today. It’s called “And to think we started as a book club,” and you can get it from your favorite bookstore. Sara Peach for […]
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 […]
Featuring Lorenzo Mattotti, Sergio Aragonés, Jason Chatfield. Rick Stromoski, Drew Litton, MAD, Arch Dale, and Mark Knight. Sergio Aragonés International Award for Excellence in Comic Art The National Cartoonists Society and Lakes International Comic Art Festival have announced Lorenzo Mattotti as the winner of the Sergio Aragonés International Award for Excellence in Comic Art. The Sergio Aragonés International Award […]
David Haldane, One of the World’s Best Cartoonists David Haldane is set to appear at The Word, in South Shields, on Wednesday, September 24, as part of the venue’s WRITE Festival. Ryan Smith at The Shields Gazette proudly announces the appearance of their homegrown cartoonist David Haldane, who became “one of the world’s best cartoonists,” […]
Behind a small window cutout in the front door of the Northeast Portland home sits a furry guard to this New Yorker cartoonist’s upstairs studio. Upon entry, a chair dons a curved sag in its plush cushion, suited for the fluffy multicolored feline, Pumpkin, who, too, makes art in the form of scratch posts. Through […]
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 […]
Liza Donnelly is on a streak profiling cartoonists as part of her Women Laughing documentary. Among the cartoonists are Bishakh Som She was trained at the Harvard Graduate School of Design in Architcture, but always drew comics and incorporates architectural ideas in her graphic novel work. In 2018, she sold her first drawing to The […]
From Little Orphan Annie (Harold Gray) to The Toxic Avenger (Matt Bors) with Molly and the Bear (Bob and Vicki Scott), Spongebob Squarepant (U.S. Postal Service), Chris Ware (USPS again), Barbara Shermund (Liza Donnelly), and Goofus and Gallant (Garry Myers and Marion Hull Hammel) From Little Orphan to Just Plain Annie A few days over […]