With his twice-a-week multi-panel “Good Reporter,” Don Asmussen performs a difficult task: Three gags on the same current events theme. Considering the number of political cartoonists who have trouble coming up with one belly-buster at a time, going for three is quite a dare, and there are, understandably, a number of times when the third […]
A restaurant man who was featured in Doonesbury back in 1997 for a eminent domain dispute between Donald Trump and the restaurant owner has died. Just a reminder, The Boondocks returns to the Adult Swim this Sunday.Political cartoonist Ed Stein will speak to the Redlands Forum on “the art of using political cartoons to comment […]
A Belgian court will rule next week whether the comic Tintin in the Congo should carry a warning label after a Congolese man asked teh rout to pan the comic for its racist stereotypes. Tintin in the Congo, the second book in the comic strip character’s adventures, appeared in 1930. It has crude, stereotyped depictions […]
Last Tuesday’s “The Good Wife” plot revolved around a lawsuit filed by the wife of a newspaper publisher who was killed after running a cartoon depicting the Prophet Mohammed. The cartoon was never fully shown – only sections of the cartoon. In a plot line on Tuesday’s episode of “The Good Wife,” the show’s law […]
The current story-line of Robb Armstrong’s JumpStart is based on a real-life retired police officer who has been on a kidney transplant waiting list for 3 1/2 years. Since April 12, the strip has focused on Joe’s “cop lifestyle” of eating fast fatty foods, working long hours and dealing with high stress. In the past […]
Today’s “In the Bleachers” is probably funnier if you have been following the discussion in sports about the decline in African-American players in Major League Baseball and the increasing dominance of the sport by Latino players.It’s probably even funnier than that if you spent about four hours yesterday on the phone with Comcast and are […]
There are liberals and progressives who hate Prickly City as a right wing strip, just as there are conservatives who hate Doonesbury as a left wing strip.I would argue that both strips, while each having a foot firmly planted in their respective camps, are willing to be critical of those camps. For Scott Stantis, the […]
Seventeen Pulitzer Prize winning editorial cartoonists have issued a statement condemning alleged threats against South Park creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker after their 200th episode aired depicting the Prophet Mohammed in a bear suit. The cartoonists write:“We, the undersigned, condemn the recent threats against the creators of South Park, Matt Stone and Trey Parker, […]
United Media has announced that they have added Tribune Media Service’s portfolio of cartoons and editorial cartoons to comics.com. Cartoons now on comics.com: Animal Crackers, Annie, Bliss, Bottom Liners, Bound & Gagged, Brenda Starr, Brewster Rockit, Broom-Hilda, Dick Tracy, Gasoline Alley, Gil Thorp, Loose Parts, Love Is…, The Middletons, Pluggers, Sylvia, and 9 to 5. […]
Molly Norris created a cartoon in support of South Park creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker depicting household items (tea cup, spool of thread, pasta box, etc.) as items stating that they were the real Prophet Mohammed – a spoof of the South Park episode that depicted Mohammed in a bear suit. The cartoon suggested […]
Sally Forth writer Francesco Marciuliano and The Comics Curmudgeon Josh Fruhlinger are guests in the latest Tall Tales Radio podcast. I’ve been wanting to get this guy on the show for ages, and thanks to my friend Francesco Marciuliano of “Sally Forth,” it has happened. Josh Fruhlinger of “The Comics Curmudgeon” fame joins me and […]
A new gay character is coming to the Archie universe. The new character, Kevin Keller, will debut in the Veronica comic (a spin-off from Archie) September issue.Glenn O’Leary, a comic shop owner opined about the development: Introducing an openly gay character brings Archie and his friends into the current world, O’Leary said. “It makes the […]
Iconix Brand Group Inc. and the Charles M. Schulz family has bought the rights to the Peanuts comic strip and other assets from United Features Syndicate and E.W. Scripps Co for $175 Million. The family will have a 20% share of the rights. According the a Reuters story, Iconix projects a $75 million annual royalty […]
Daryl Cagle has received word from Apple that his recently submitted Tiger Woods app has been rejected from the App Store. Apple’s letter states, Thank you for submitting Tiger Woods Cartoons to the App Store. We’ve reviewed Tiger Woods Cartoons and determined that we cannot post this version of your iPhone application to the App […]
Keith Knight’s style is deceptively casual. At first glance, it looks like he simply scrawls his artwork, and, for all I know, he may, in fact, draw very quickly. But there’s nothing slapdash about it, and both the action and the facial expressions he captures make even a silly joke like this one twice as […]