I don’t pretend to uphold any higher standard here than whatever amuses me on a given day. This Monty hits me about six hours after an 800-mile drive back from a family reunion in Ohio where I got to try some of the beer my younger son has just started brewing recently (his older brother […]
The Seattle Times has added a second test slot, making room by dropping 9 Chickweed Lane. Now running in the test slot is The Knight Life. I’m told the normal test run is two to four months before another takes its place. Tundra has been running in the first test slot for a month now.
The blog took another hacker hit over the weekend. Things have been cleared up and should be working fine. If you see anything awry, please contact me at editor@dailycartoonist.com
A Herblock traveling exhibit will be opening in Evansville Indiana tomorrow. The 20 panel exhibit entitled, “Higher Education in Mississippi” focuses on the civil rights struggles in the US in the 1960s.The exhibition will remain up through Oct. 2 in the museum at 579 S. Garvin St. The Evansville African American Museum is open from […]
This Jack Ohman classic ran in Editor & Publisher, back in 1992. At that point, we hadn’t quite realized how much damage the new button-down editors and the stocktraders they reported to were going to do to our industry.I miss Lou Grant.
Can’t tell you how many times this Cleats strip from June, 2003, came to mind during World Cup 2010. Nothing more to say. Sometimes, you just nail it. Bill Hinds nailed this one.
This is one of a series of profiles I wrote in 2003 for the Post-Star of Glens Falls, NY It’s good that Rick Kirkman can chuckle about the way ‘Baby Blues” came about, because his partner, Jerry Scott, sets a very large laugh out of it. The two longtime friends had decided to do a comic […]
The latest edition of Hogan’s Alley (#17) is now available. This edition has nearly two dozen artists, writers, voice actors, executives, producers, directors sharing their insights and reminiscences about SpongeBob SquarePants. Also an examination of the Marvel-Disney merger and its implications for the industry and the art form. They also interview four cartoonists who are […]
Ever play, “where are they now?” and wonder what happened to “CHiPS” Erik Estrada and “The Hulk’s” Lou Ferrigno? Wonder no more. They’re starring in an interactive comic book… defending Butterfinger candy bars! The Butterfinger Defense League is brought to you by Butterfinger of course. I should mention that the comic book also stars Charisma […]
The great thing about Cul de Sac is Richard Thompson’s ability to remember childhood, not just in terms of what we did, but in terms of how we felt inside. As for this particular strip (which ran October 14, 2007), I popped it off to a few teachers who fell on the floor over it. […]
Jeff Kinney’s “Diary of a Wimpy Kid 5: The Ugly Truth” is due out in November. Also announced Amulet Books is producing a box set of all five.Here’s the press release: Amulet Books, an imprint of Abrams, reveals today in a major press announcement the title, first-printing quantity, and cover of the fifth Diary of […]
A small shout-out to Jonathan Mahood who’s webcomic Bleeker: The Rechargeable Dog hit its four year mark yesterday. In dog years it would be 28 years old, but since Bleeker is a robot – I believe it’s still 4 years.Congrats Jonathan.
MAD magazine cartoonist Tom Richmond has posted a rejection letter he received from MAD Magazine back in the early 1990s. There’s something to be learned in how to reject somebody from that letter.
Michael Cavna writes about the value of the hometown cartoonist. Whether you are Portland mourning John Callahan in recent days, or Cleveland missing Harvey Pekar far more than LeBron James in recent weeks, the regional embrace of these two nationally famed cartoonists reminds how much having a cartoonist who has deep local roots and visibility […]
A Yogi Bear movie is slated to be released this December voiced by Justin Timberlake and Dan Aykroyd. Aykroyd voices Yogi and Timberlake voices Boo Boo. Yogi Bear is based on the 1960’s Hanna-Barbera cartoon. Here’s the trailer that’s been released.