Cartoons in school textbooks can stimulate critical thinking about historical and current events. In India the question of cartoons in textbooks being proper has reached that country’s Supreme Court.From Krishnadas Rajagopal at The Hindu: The Supreme Court on Friday (May 22, 2026) asked a former apex court judge-led committee to review cartoons published in National […]
Unlike newspapers.com and newspaperarchive.com Library of Congress’ Chronicling America is a free (your tax dollars at work) resource for researching newspapers and magazines. A worthy resource for investigating America’s past – like newspaper comic strips, and other far less important subjects. The LoC is offering a webinar on how to search the site for best […]
It’s National Popeye the Sailor Man Day; Alison Bechdel on the what is needed to start a commune; the complete (not an exaggeration) history of the Museum of Cartoon Art by Brian Walker; and the Society of Illustraor’s 2026 Hamilton King Award goes to The BalbussoTwins. The 2026 Hamilton King Award The Society of Illustrators […]
New Yorker cartoonist Hilary Campbell comes to BoiseBoise 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, Love […]
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,” […]
The San Diego Comic Con hosted The Eisner Awards Friday night and there are a few categories among the mostly comic book groupings that connect to our subject matters of comics-mostly-other-than-comic-books. Below are some of those categories’ cartoonist finalists we occasionally feature with the winners bolded. Feeding Ghosts by Teresa Hulls was a Pulitzer Prize […]
Letters to the Editor: Praise and Religion, and The 4th of July; Government Censorship; The Ducktown Weekly; The New York Times For Kids; and more Mafalda.LoC: Praise for Some and Objections to Religious ComedyA letter writer to The Daily Hampshire Gazette: Now, more than ever, when the Gazette arrives each morning, I skip the headlines […]
The NCS Conference and Reuben Awards Playbill is the perfect way to give a shout out to your peers, promote your work, or highlight your business! The 6×9 full-color collectible booklet – with a feature on every nominee and conference session – is given to every attendee at the Conference and Reuben Awards dinner and […]
For World Press Freedom Day Reporters Without Borders has released their 2025 review of journalistic freedom around the world. Spoiler: Of the 180 countries listed the United States is not in the top (best) 50. Although physical attacks against journalists are the most visible violations of press freedom, economic pressure is also a major, more […]
While we’ve been distracted by royalty of the British and cartooning kinds the world continued to spin. Here we do some catching up. But before we move on from cartoon royalty…10 Funniest The Far Side Comics, According To RedditOne of the inspirations for Gary Larson’s popular recurring characters was just honored by his past students. […]
The Eisner Awards were handed out Friday night at the San Diego Comic Con.Below are a select few with categories and winners in bold. Best Short Story“Funeral in Foam,” by Casey Gilly and Raina Telgemeier, in You Died: An Anthology of the Afterlife (Iron Circus)“Generations,” by Daniel Warren Johnson, in Superman: Red & Blue #5 […]
“Vermont’s only free femme Alt Comics newspaper!” Each time Teppi Zuppo taught a workshop at the Center for Cartoon Studies in White River Junction, the Vermont cartoonist and CCS grad told students about the Ladybroad Ledger. Zuppo hoped someone might express interest in taking the reins of the comic newspaper for femme- and nonbinary-identifying cartoonists […]
Journalist and civil servant Paul E. Fitzgerald has passed away.Paul Edward (Fitz) FitzgeraldNovember 26, 1926 – December 3, 2020 From the obituary: He entered the US Army as an enlisted man during WW2, serving as a heavy weapons crewman. After completing Officer Candidate School, he was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in charge of troop trains […]
It’s the end of an era, marking an error of MADdening proportions. MAD covers and material is © E.C. PublicationsAbove is MAD #15 (right and on sale now) and MAD #16 (left, on sale October 6, 2020). The major difference between the two issues, other than the cover, is that for the first time […]
Language experts have been studying the act of reading comics and its effect on the brain, and they have arrived to the conclusion that reading comic books makes you smarter.Here are some comic strip and cartoon books scheduled for January 2020 release. Images and links (mostly) via Amazon, though ordering through your local comic or […]