This morning’s Duplex reminded me of a news story I was sure I’d clipped, but can’t find. A business professor at the University of Denver wanted to make a point about ethics, so announced to his class that he was going to award a certain number of A, B, C and D grades and that […]
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 […]
Comics artist Tod Smith has passed away. Tod Garfield Smith October 4, 1952 – April 4, 2025 From the Providence Journal obituary: Tod Garfield Smith, 72, of Rocky Hill, CT, passed away on April 4, 2025, after a long illness. Throughout his childhood, Tod was a fan of comic books and comic book heroes and […]
A nice salute to the fallen, which not only honors their sacrifice but recalls what they sacrificed for, in a way that serves as a reminder — and a rebuke if needed — as well as a tribute. It’s all well and good to say “Freedom isn’t free,” but this is a good day not […]
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 […]
With Barbara Shermund, Edward Gorey, Stan Mack, Dan Tyree, and courtroom sketch artists Art Lien, Cedric Hohnstadt, and Christine Cornell.The Trailblazing Cartoon Art of Barbara Shermund We began today watching Jane Pauley and CBS Sunday Morning and a segment about a cartoonist: Artist Barbara Shermund (1899- 1978) was one of the first women cartoonists for […]
The question is theoretical, like “How many angels can dance on the head of a pin?” which is about how much space non-corporeal critters take up, the answer to which is “Get a grip.”The tree falling in the forest is about whether sound is the vibration itself or the sensing of the vibration in the […]
Cartoonist Steve Breen has accepted the position of Director of School Communications at San Diego’s Cathedral Catholic High School leaving him precious little time for his regular duties at inewsource. Steve informed readers of his Drawing Conclusions newsletter this weekend: All good things must come to an end! I appreciate you so much for following […]
Some things noted of recent comic strips. From the last few days of Dan Schkade’s Flash Gordon … comes a sequence that reminded me of another scene: While as 9 Chickweed Lane kicked off a week of definitions I’m reminded that Brooke McEldowney cut off comments on his strip because he could brook no opposing […]
Weyant kicks off today’s commentary with a salute to the obvious: Donald Trump is for sale. There are cynics who say he ran for a second term to avoid being tried, convicted and jailed for things he did in his first term, but that’s not true. Most of the charges he was trying to avoid […]
Yeah, your potrzebian correspondent is most of the way through “The MAD Files”, a book collecting essays from various sources about the famed satirical magazine. Which is how this post will be – collecting news items related to cartoonists and cartooning from veeblefetzers near and far. HooHah! How Tom Richmond joined The Usual Gang of […]
A few days ago we reported on Scott Adams making public his terminal prostate cancer condition.That was naturally big national news. Here are the Associated Press and United Press International reports. Closer to Adams’ home was the San Jose Mercury-News story of their local(ish) cartoonist’s announcement. Later it was revealed that President Trump called Trump […]
The good thing is, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa knew what he was getting into. Or at least Zapiro did, having drawn this cartoon more than a week before yesterday’s shameful public exhibition of lies and attempted bullying.Perhaps, having spent the first 38 years of his life living under apartheid, Ramaphosa was well-adapted to quietly […]
Cartoonist Robert Crumb profiled; cartoonist Dan O’Neill and the Air Pirates collective of cartoonists; and cartoonist and publisher Denis Kitchen and Kitchen Sink Press. The Daily Cartoonist goes underground.R. Crumb If acid expanded Crumb’s consciousness, his discovery of underground comics in late 1965 was the real epiphany. Underground newspapers—The East Village Other, the Los Angeles Free […]
Lalo Alcaraz was named the 2025 winner of the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Cartoon Award as part of the organization’s presentation of their Book and Journalism Awards held on May 22, 2025.In introducing Lalo’s submitted portfolio the organization said: Our cartoon winner is the child of Mexican immigrants, so he brings sharp insight into […]