The Mail Tribune (Medford, OR), is asking its readers which comic strip “clunkers” they should dump. The process of picking, or replacing, comic strips is highly sophisticated: If we get enough complaints about a particular strip, we look around to see if we can find something better. If we decide to replace a strip, everyone […]
I get a little weary of strips in which the joke consists of pulling apart a grammatical inconsistency in colloquial speech. Attacking cliches is another matter, especially cliches that are linked not only to lazy use of language but lazy thinking, as well. And Agnes is a champion at lampooning lazy thought.Though I will say […]
Gemma Arterton, the “Bond girl” in Quantum of Solace will star in a new film premiering at Cannes film festival entitled Tamara Drewe – based on “the cartoons of Posy Simmonds that originally appeared in Britain’s Guardian newspaper.” Arterton, who appeared in the 2008 James Bond film “Quantum of Solace”, plays the title role of […]
From the News Time comes news that South African cartoonist Weyni Deysel allegedly fataly shot himself Saturday night – a day after his 59th birthday. The editor of The Citizen, Martin Williams, told the SABC that his death was a sad loss for the paper, he had great input and on a personal level, Williams […]
With the announcement of the end of Little Orphan Annie, Time Magazine is looking at the best long-running comics. They also allow you to order them in your order of preference.Here’s their original list: B.C. Dennis the Menace Beetle Bailey Annie The Katzenjammer Kids Gasoline Alley Blondie Dick Tracy Prince Valiant Brenda Starr
The Grand Rapids Press has announced its decision on which comic strip to drop in order to pick up Frazz. Last week I reported they dropped Luann, but received overwhelming complaints from fans causing them to reconsider. They asked their readers if they could drop Peanuts instead. According to the announcement written by Paul Keep, […]
Two Canadian national awards were announced. The National Newspaper Awards recongnized Brian Gable of The Globe and Mail for best cartooning. The 2009 Atlantic Journalism Awards honored Michael de Adder of the Times & Transcript with their Gold Winner winner. Silver finalists included Bruce MacKinnon of The Chronicle Herald and Wayne Wright of the Journal […]
Vars Vilks, the Swedish cartoonist who was head-butted at a university lecture last week and the target of an alleged murder plot hatched here in the U.S., has gone into hiding. Two men, ages 21 and 19, were arrested Sunday attempting to set his home on fire Friday night. Lars was not home at the […]
Who would have guessed that the answer to “Okay, where exactly in the Bible does it say … ” would come from Vic Lee’s “Pardon My Planet”??
Most Sundays, you’ll see a strip or two that are clearly weekday strips, only the cartoonist, on deadline and desperate, has padded the thing out to make a three-panel gag fit a multi-panel Sunday format.Not in this case. Bud Grace has taken a joke that wouldn’t have worked in a three- or four-panel format and […]
(This interview with Jim Toomey of Sherman’s Lagoon is part of a series of cartoonist profiles I did in 2003 for the Post-Star of Glens Falls, NY.)Some people will never quite understand how the candles remain lit underwater.”But, still, they accept that you can have two sharks sitting there at a table, eating chicken and […]
» Via Richard Thompson and Mike Rhode comes news that Steve Brodner will be on PBS’ Need to Know program tonight. Check the schedule to see when it broadcasts in your area.» Speaking of Richard Thompson, check out his new Cul de Sac website. » While much discussion is made regarding the threats to the […]
Wallace & Gromit fans can rejoice – but only if they’re in the UK. Marketing Week reports that Titan Comics and Aardman Animations have agreed to create a daily comic strip of the animated feature. The comic launches on Monday in The Sun.
Today, I was pondering a very insightful political cartoon and a very silly daily strip, wondering if I should go for meaning or for the giggle. Then I got to Dave Kellett’s Sheldon and decided to split the difference.
Lars Vilks, the Swedish cartoonist who was attacked at a university while lecturing on free speech, remains defiant against extreme religious views that censor free speech through intimidation. While the university doesn’t seem keen on inviting the cartoonist again for the lecture, the artist has expressed anguish over the fact that the incident showed the […]