The Star-Ledger editorial cartoonist Drew Sheneman has opted to take out a buyout and leave his staff position behind. In an interview with Rob Tornoe, Drew says that leaving now, in his mid-30s, made more sense.So you decided to take a buyout from the Star-Ledger. You survived one round of cuts. Why leave now? It […]

Willie & Ethel proves that not all cartoonists are ignoring the economic news.Meanwhile, the quote of the week comes from Warren Buffett, on yesterday’s highly watchable edition of “This Week with Christiane Amanpour: “There’s been this increasing disparity between the rich and the poor. We’ve found out that a rising tide just lifted all yachts, […]

The recent summit to save tigers, held in St. Petersburg, Russia, got scant attention in the US press but was reported elsewhere, apparently including Holland, where it elicited this cartoon from Arend Van Dam.Van Dam’s work is simple but contains some bite and a little more implied narrative than the average international cartoon, which tends, […]

Just as I was lamenting (scroll down) the lack of cartoons that took on the recession at this holiday shopping season, “Heart of the City” sets up a Mrs. Angelini story.

After going through a raft of “Black Friday” cartoons that could have run any year, it was good to get to “Sinfest” and find commentary that actually appears to take place in the here and now.Maybe I’m taking it all too personally. As someone working in journalism, my response to all those cheerful “shopaholic” jokes […]

Sandra Bell Lundy’s “Between Friends” is often autobiographical, at least to the extent of reflecting what’s on her mind. But occasionally it also reflects what’s going on in her life, and the current arc as Kim ponders a return to college is something she is also doing.I’m very supportive of this, in large part because […]

Matt Bors salutes the ignorantification of America.When this story broke, my reaction was that it was a sign of how badly things are going for hard-copy reference works like the Oxford English Dictionary, whose mass-market spinoff edition had apparently slipped a cog in this brazen display of media-courting. I used my OED just last week, […]

See you all back here on Nov 29th.Happy Thanksgiving!

Every once in a while, a cartoonist throws in a celebrity into their comic strip. The latest that I know of is yesterday’s Speedbump which featured Detroit Lions’ Jeff Backus. The Detroit Free Press asked Speedbump creator Dave Coverly why Backus??I?m a huge Lions fan, and I live in Ann Arbor,? said Coverly, a Plainwell […]

Politico’s Matt Wuerker has won the 2010 Clifford K. and James T. Berryman Award for editorial cartooning. Earlier this year, Matt was the recipient of the Herblock Prize. Regarding Matt’s work, judges noted that, ?Matt?s drawings blend satire, irony and the right amount of anger to skewer the politically powerful of all persuasions.” Matt wins […]

In last week’s post, noting Prickly City’s move from the desert to Washington, DC, I said that Scott Stantis is unique among conservative cartoonists in that he’s willing to go where the jokes are, even if he crosses a few lines to get there.For instance.

The folks at Paws, Inc and PixFusion.com are launching a new service that allows individuals to insert their face into an animated Garfield comic strip – much like JibJab animations. Jim Davis, who created the cat decades ago, said he embraced the opportunity to put readers in his strips, noting that his cat has long […]

The Guardian reports that Rupert Murdoch and Steve Jobs have been working together to create a new digital “newspaper” for tablet devices such as the iPad. The publication, which will be entitled the Daily, is supposed to be announced later this month. The 79-year-old Murdoch is said to have had the idea for the project […]

Garry Trudeau’s work in Doonesbury with veterans and with active-duty GIs has been exemplary and I think marks a new point in war coverage and media. Today’s humorous depiction of the modern, plugged-in GI is a pretty good example.Let me try to get this right without cranking out a six-volume explanation.The Crimean War (1853-56) was […]

    Trust Mr. Boffo to put a positive spin on things.