This is funny to start with, but also sparks a memory of a woman I went out with very briefly, shortly after both of our divorces, but long enough after mine that I could detect subtle warning signs.Like the fact that she and her now-ex had been building a semi-custom townhouse which originally had a […]
For World Press Freedom Day Reporters Without Borders has released their 2025 review of journalistic freedom around the world. Spoiler: Of the 180 countries listed the United States is not in the top (best) 50. Although physical attacks against journalists are the most visible violations of press freedom, economic pressure is also a major, more […]
It’s Free Comic Book Day, A History of American Comics in 6 Panels, Tex Avery creates Bugs Bunny, Colleen Doran has advice for youngsters entering the cartooning world, and Michael Cavna talks to cartoonists about Pope Francis obituary cartoons.A quick reminder that it is Free Comic book Day. Visit your Local Comic Book Shop. Here’s […]
It’s not really International Obedience Day, and this isn’t a new cartoon. It’s World Press Freedom Day and Molina’s cartoon dates from 2019. I’m featuring it because I particularly like it and because I’m sorry that Molina is still here in America, having fled Nicaragua because there wasn’t a whole lot of press freedom there.Perhaps […]
The United States Postal Service (USPS) is celebrating its 250th anniversary this July and for the Sestercentennial will be issuing stamps commemorating the occasion: WASHINGTON — On July 26, 1775, the Second Continental Congress established a postal system for the United Colonies and appointed Benjamin Franklin as the first postmaster general. The U.S. Postal Service […]
The British financial-centric comic strip Alex by Charles Peattie and Russell Taylor has ended after 38 years. Alex is a satirical daily comic strip set mostly in the financial world. Its eponymous (anti-) hero is a cynical, materialistic, status-obsessed banker. The strip (and he) casts a cynical eye over news stories, politics and corporate life, […]
So to catch everyone up, GoComics apparently now updates at 3 a.m. Eastern Time, which likely only effects me, Arcamax quit updating a whole slew of political cartoons about a month ago, and Counterpoint now has a new format for its subscribers that includes more comics more often.And I’m still here every day.Andy Warner has […]
Flash Gordon and Dale Arden re-imagined, Tom the Dancing Bug re-imagines Calvin and Hobbes and Peanuts; Torchy Brown in Dixie to Harlem debuts in 1937; also: Sunnyboy Sam from 1937; comic strips from the Museum of Modern Art; Frazz in reruns explained; a couple changes from GoComics; and some Vintage changes at Comics Kingdom.Who’s WhoRemember […]
From The Buffalo News (or here): Adam Zyglis, Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist for The Buffalo News, has received another high honor. Zyglis captured first place in the Editorial Cartoons category in the 91st National Headliner Award competition, which honors the best print, broadcast and online journalism in the United States in 2024. From the National […]
First, some context: Roosevelt was elected in the midst of the Great Depression, and, in the opening paragraph of his first inaugural speech, he laid out the nation’s real challenge:This is preeminently the time to speak the truth, the whole truth, frankly and boldly. Nor need we shrink from honestly facing conditions in our country […]
David G. Brown is an award-winning artist, who’s editorial cartoons have been featured in the [L.A.] Sentinel for the last 20 years. A gifted designer, photographer and illustrator, David’s work and merits are impressive. Brian W. Carter at the L. A. Sentinel profiles and interviews political cartoonist David G. Brown. LAS: What do you like […]
Two weeks ago we discovered The Cartoon Factory Ltd. a small syndicate servicing weekly and bi-weekly newspapers that distributed comic strips and panels from July 5, 1981 to March 28, 1982. The full roster of The Cartoon Factory could be run on one page.The cartoonists and comic titles remained the same throughout the syndicates existence […]
As usual, I can’t separate politics from humor, and Private Eye doesn’t often try. Here’s the cover of their latest issue, and I was already sick of the memes based on that photo, so their playing with it amuses me.There’s also an AI animation of the scene, in which Zelenskyy stands up and flattens Trump. […]
For centuries, their wit and political barbs have made Britain’s cartoonists the toast of the democratic world. But yesterday an exhibition of their work called Licence To Offend was censored… in case anyone was offended. ‘I was told they found the work too offensive! Apparently they have to deal with councils across the country and […]
From the National Cartoonists Society (NCS): Join us in Boston for the National Cartoonists Society’s 79th Annual Conference and Reuben Awards! Open to both NCS members and non-members [emphasis added], we’re excited to welcome fellow cartooning professionals for three days of connection, inspiration, and celebration. Enjoy a rich lineup of professional development programming, join us […]