As noted here yesterday Lee Mendelson Film Production is suing entities that illegally used recordings of Vince Guaraldi music specifically created for Peanuts specials. Part of Stephen Colbert’s finale last night included his band playing Peanuts music with Colbert then worrying whether that would incite a lawsuit against CBS. At the three minute ten second […]
Variety is reporting that King Features has partnered with Reginald Hudlin to develop a television series starring The Phantom of comic strip fame. From Jennifer Mass at Variety: A live-action [emphasis added] TV series based on Lee Falk’s classic comic strip “The Phantom” is in the works from “Candy Cane Lane” and “Sidney” filmmaker Reginald Hudlin, […]
The 53rd Annie Awards were presented Saturday evening February 21, 2026. As Mercedes Milligan at Animation Magazine says KPop Demon Hunters was the big winner. This year’s runaway winner was the Netflix/Sony Pictures Animation megahit KPop Demon Hunters, which won all 10 categories it was nominated for — shutting out its top competition Elio (Disney-Pixar), […]
Cartoonist and graphic artist Dick Weidman has passed away. Richard Kenneth (Dick) Weidman July 13, 1930 -November 8, 2025From the obituary: In late 1948, Dick eagerly joined the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, where his talent contributed to mapping the South Pacific, Alaska’s Seward Peninsula, and Southern California. He drew cartoons for several Army newspapers, […]
Jane Pauley of CBS Sunday Morning receives 2025 Poynter Medal for Lifetime Achievement in Tampa. Also honored at the Bowtie Ball gala was Doonesbury cartoonist Garry B. Trudeau with the 2025 Poynter Distinguished Service to Journalism AwardJennifer Orsi at Poynter reports on the 2025 Poynter Bowtie Ball: TAMPA, Florida (Nov. 16, 2025) — Legendary television […]
From rubbercat (“the world’s #1 Simpsons fansite”) In The News: [A]t San Diego Comic-Con, Simpsons producers announced the opening segment of this Halloween’s annual “Treehouse of Horror” episode will be guest animated by The Onion‘s legendary editorial cartoonist Stan Kelly. A recent South Park episode making fun of President Trump caused a quite a stir, […]
News stuff about old stuff and vice versa. Harvey Kurtzman MAD Logo Illustration Original ArtHeritage Auctions is previewing a coming item they will be putting up for bid: When Harvey Kurtzman created this MAD logo art for the new magazine format that started with issue #24 [link added], he gave visual form to the comic’s […]
Jimmy Kimmel will return to air on Tuesday night after being briefly suspended by Disney last week, a decision celebrated by many on Monday night, including Jake Tapper. But the CNN host doesn’t expect President Trump’s attacks on free speech to end with Kimmel, and Tapper’s got a contingency plan for when he himself becomes […]
Parodies of official seals are a standard tool in the cartoonist’s magic box, but they can be hit-or-miss. Boris nails this one largely because the purpose of the FCC is so at odds with its current execution, so the irony of its malfeasance is striking and mockery of it is darkly humorous.Today’s headline is a […]
CBS Mornings today helps celebrate 75 years of Beetle Bailey with an eight minute segment with The Walker Bros.: Brian, Greg, and Neal (the report even shows “The Walker Bros.” signed strip Betty Boop and Felix.)A nice history of Mort, Beetle, and The Walker Brothers.
With Alfredo P. Alcala, Jim Keefe, Stephan Pastis, Charles M. Schulz, Ricardo (Liniers) Siri, Bill Watterson, Brian Walker, and Scott Jerolds.An Alfredo Alcala Centenary This is a days late acknowledgement of Filipino cartoonist Alfredo P. Alcala’s birth day 100 years ago. His comic book art in the Philippines and in the U.S. is justly acclaimed, […]
Last weekend saw the release of “the first Peanuts musical in 35 years” on Apple TV+. A summary from Parents: Snoopy Presents: A Summer Musical centers on siblings Charlie Brown and Sally, who are heading to summer camp; Charlie Brown is a fan, but Sally isn’t so sure. However, they learn that their camp is […]
Fresh off an approved $1.5 billion streaming contract with Paramount, Trey Parker and Matt Stone, the creators of South Park, took a blowtorch to President Donald Trump and their show’s parent company Paramount Pictures, in a bawdy season 27 premiere episode.The episode’s plot revolves around Trump suing anyone who doesn’t agree with him—including the town […]
A couple items I’ve been sitting on for too long.2025 Buffalo News Editorial Cartoon Contest WinnersFrom The Buffalo News and Adam Zyglis (or here): On June 23rd, we honored the winners of our annual Editorial Cartoon Contest with a wonderful ceremony at the Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural Site. Our local students always display such talent and […]
The premise of Macanudo is that two children living in Nuevo Aires, Henrietta and Martincito, possess imaginations so powerful that it gives them the special ability to see the invisible, magical world underlying the lives of children everywhere. This power is called “Macanudo,” giving the strip its name. In its native country, the strip is […]