Argus-Courier freelance editorial cartoonist Steve Rustad has been suspended for allegedly drawing cartoons that appeared in campaign ads opposing Petaluma Mayor Pam Torliatt in the last election. The artwork was unsigned, but readers pointed out the similarities in drawing styles. The Argus-Courier, like The Press Democrat, is owned by the New York Times Co. Both […]
Madam & Eve goes through sustained periods where you really have to follow South African current events to know what’s going on, what with references to who has done what and with which and to whom.* Lately, it’s been one of those periods, which says a great deal more about what’s going on in South […]
Scott Stantis is that rarest of things: A conservative cartoonist with a sense of humor. Not just my opinion, either. There was a recent on-line conversation somewhere in which one fellow disapprovingly listed a bunch of conservative cartoonists. Someone else responded “You forgot Scott Stantis,” and the answer came back, “No, Stantis is funny.”And that’s […]
Kirk Anderson provides a classic bookmark from 2005 for that new memoir everyone is talking about. (Do click on this one — the larger version is worth seeing.)
Lucy Shelton Caswell plans to retire as Curator of the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum, effective December 31, 2010. Starting in March, she will return part time as Curator for Special Projects. In that role, Lucy will focus her energies and expertise on the project to renovate Sullivant Hall as the new home for […]
Just a teaser.
Fox has announced that they have renewed “The Simpsons” for a 23rd season making it the longest running comedy in TV history. Guest stars lined up for the upcoming season include: Halle Berry, Paul Rudd, Ricky Gervais, Rachel Weisz, Jon Hamm, Kristen Wiig, Alyson Hannigan, Joe Mantegna, basketball legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Martha Stewart and Katy […]
Roy Lichtenstein’s famous “Ohhh…Alright…” comic strip painting took in whopping $42.6 million in a recent auction at Christie’s and Southeby’s. The Lichtenstein piece trumped Andy Warhol’s black and white coke bottle painting that went for $35 million earlier in the week.
That’s not entirely true, of course. I’m sure Lincoln Peirce would like you to like “Big Nate,” especially if you are over 60 and prone to filling out things and putting them in the mail, because the only way a syndicated strip can survive is by scoring well in comic “surveys,” which are dominated by […]
Today’s Garfield has raised eyebrows for some fans and readers. The strip depicts Garfield poised to kill a spider to which the spider responds by warning that if killed, the day would be an annual observance and ends with the words, “Does anyone here know why we celebrate ‘National Stupid Day’?”Garfield creator Jim Davis says […]
Ted Key’s Hazel is being adapted for a Broadway musical with music by composer Ron Abel and lyrics by Chuck Steffan. The two began negotiations for the rights before Ted passed in 2008 and were since able to secure the rights with the Key estate. Lissa Levin, the Edward Kleban Award-winning playwright and Emmy-nominated producer […]
Ted Rall appeared on MSNBC’s Dylan Ratigan show to talk about his book “The Anti-American Manifesto” and the need for a left-wing revolution in America.
Since I launched this website, I’ve added some strips to my daily diet, in part to try to keep from citing the same ones over and over and in part because I feel I ought to know a little more about what’s out there.I’ve dropped a few that were clearly never going to make the […]
I’m told that one or more of Mark Parisi’s cartoons might be the movie “Unstoppable.” Mark tells me the studio approached him to secure rights for “Off the Mark” so they could use it in the background of a scene. It’s not guaranteed the the scene made it into the final release or where in […]
Pulitzer Prize winner Matt Davies has been laid off from The Journal News along with others according to his Facebook account. Not much has been made public about the layoff. I’ve called the paper and they’ve confirmed that Matt is no longer at the paper suggesting that the layoff was immediate. I’ll report details as […]