This strip by Kieran Meehan tends to fly below the radar, but I get a chuckle out of it regularly and a real laugh far more often than average. Originally titled “A Lawyer, A Doctor and a Cop,” it’s now called “Pros and Cons” but is still about a lawyer, a doctor and a cop. […]

A recent editorial cartoon by Philadelphia Inquirer editorial cartoonist Tony Auth has hacked off supporters of South Philly High principal LaGreta Brown who was depicted as sleeping on the job. J. Whyatt Mondesire, head of the Philadelphia chapter of the NAACP, called the cartoon “disgusting. It is a lie. It is offensive. The Inquirer should […]

A Phantom four hour mini-series is set to air in June on the SyFy channel. While still based on the classic comic strip hero created by Lee Falk, the new miniseries radically updates The Phantom’s traditional costume and setting. The miniseries first aired in Canada at the end of December and has finally been put […]

From USA Today: In his studio, a converted bedroom in his four-bedroom Manhattan apartment, Feiffer calls his illustrated book (more text than cartoons) a “cautionary tale” about “getting rejected and slapped in the face by the powers-that-be.” As he writes: “Success is nothing to sneeze at, but failure, too, offers great possibilities. And always remember, […]

I’m in favor of health care reform and I’m tired of distortions, deceptions and party-line negativity. Maybe that last part is why I like this Scott Stantis cartoon. Stantis is a conservative, but, as I noted when featuring his daily strip, “Prickly City,” he’s not a toe-the-line loyalist. This cartoon is a pretty good example […]

I reported earlier that seven people were arrested in Ireland for allegedly plotting to kill Swede cartoonst Lars Vilks. A Pennsylvania woman who calls herself “JihadJan” has also been arrested in connection to that assassination plot. Ms. LaRose, 46, was arrested in Philadelphia in October, but her case was kept under seal. Although the indictment […]

The same folks (Gabe Rivera) responsible for Techmeme and Memeorandum have launched Mediagazer. The sites aggregate links to articles and present them in a headlines listing format. Techmeme specializes in technology, Memorandum in politics, and now Mediagazer specializes in media coverage.The article making the introduction is here.In addition to using an algorithm to aggregate the […]

Hat tip to Rob Tornoe for finding this video. It’s Chicago Tribune editorial cartoonist Scott Stantis drawing one of his editorial cartoons.  One of the things I enjoy about watching these type of videos is seeing their process. I observed Scott doing most of the pencilling in the beginning (like most), but also going back […]

Just finished reading the latest issue of John Read’s Stay Tooned! magazine. Once again, John does an excellent job. This issue covers Roz Chast, Jack and Carole Bender (Alley Oop), John Hambrock (The Brilliant Mind of Edison Lee), Joe Bluhm, Justin Thompson (MythTickle), Mort Walker (Beetle Bailey, Hi and Lois), Jeff Koterba and Don Hagist. […]

Doonesbury has been through a number of phases in its 40 years, generally tracing the life of cartoonist Garry Trudeau in some rough fashion — first as a college student, then as a young single hipster, later as a parent — all the time commenting on social mores and politics. But a few years ago, […]

Just noticed badcartoonist.com’s domain is expired. If I understand domain registration lapses, Bad Cartoonist has 60 or 90 days to renew it after it expires, otherwise it goes back into the pool of available domains. Since it lapsed on January 30, S/he has but a couple of weeks to reclaim it.Since the domain has not […]

I posted the podcast interviews with Cavna and Gilchrist earlier and completely forgot this one. Go listen to Bob Andelman’s (AKA Mr. Media) interview with Rhymes With Orange creator Hilary Price.Or listen below.

Two podcast interviews of note: Comics Coast to Coast interviewed Guy Gilchrist, cartoonist for the Nancy strip and budding country music artist. Tom Racine interviews the Comic Riffs blogger Michael Cavna.

RC Harvey, writing over on The Comics Journal, raises a question about the bias of the National Cartoonist Society in awarding its top honor, the Reuben, to syndicated comic strip creators. In this roster of the first 16 Reuben winners, only one cartooned outside of newspaper pages. Ronald Searle. All the rest were syndicated newspaper […]

Four men and three women were arrested in Ireland for allegedly plotting to kill Lars Vilks, one of the infamous Muhammad cartoonist. Lars’ caricature featured the Prophet Mohammad with the body of a dog. Islamic militants put a $100,000 bounty on his head.