Tony Cochrane’s Agnes has always been a blend of impossible dreams, complete self-delusion and a slightly skewed vision of how the world actually works. This particular strip stands out because Agnes manages to put you into the (perceptual) head of her grandmother in a way that not only makes sense but is really creepy, too. […]
Universal Uclick editor John Glynn reports that Universal Press Syndicate is celebrating 40 years in business. Money was tight in the beginning, and Andrews and McMeel didn’t have the funds to compete with the fancy New York and Chicago offices of the big syndicates. They initially worked in a makeshift office over O’Briens bar near […]
The 2010 Glyph Comics Awards nominees have been announced. The Glyph Award recognize the best in comics made by, for, and about people of color from the preceding calendar year.Story of the YearLuke Cage Noir; Mike Benson & Adam Glass, writers; Shawn Martinbrough, artistThe Original Johnson; Trevor von Eeden, writer and artistUnknown Soldier #13-14; Joshua […]
Yesterday, Evil Inc. creator Brad Guigar celebrated 10 years of doing webcomics. His first foray was a strip called Greystone Inn which ran for five-and-a-half years between 2000 and 2005. In addition to his current strip, Evil Inc. he also produces Courting Disaster. He was nominated for an Eisner in 2007 for a comic entitled […]
Last month while Rhymes with Orange creator Hilary Price was in Cuba on a cultural and art exchange, she had Mo Willems take over the strip for the week. Mo’s work appears starting today. Mo is best known for his children’s book writing and illustrating for which he won the 2004 Caldecott for “Don’t Let […]
Yesterday, Meet the Press host David Gregory displayed a Mike Keefe cartoon without citing the creator. According to Rob Tornoe, this isn’t the first time. “Too many mainstream media folks treat cartoons like they’re shells found on a beach or forwarded e-mail attachments,” said John Cole, the staff cartoonist at the Scranton Times-Tribune. “They wouldn’t […]
Rhymes with Orange cartoonist Hilary Price recently went on a cultural tour to Havana, which she blogs about here. Included in that is the information that, instead of going crazy trying to get ahead on her strip, she turned it over to fellow Northamptonian Mo Willems for a week. His stuff begins today. She’s got […]
This was part of a series of Duke strips that I recognized all too well. I was, at the time, being “Dad” during the day and “the author” at night, and I set a clock for 12:30 AM in my office, knowing that anything I wrote after that would have to be re-written in the […]
Matt Davies is a Pulitzer Prize winner who was recently cut by his newspaper, then rehired after an outraged response from the public and within the profession. Cartoons like this explain both the prize and the re-hiring.
Darrin Bell has a talent for thoughtful self-mockery, assuming that Lemont Brown, protagonist of Candorville, is Bell’s doppelganger. I think that’s a pretty safe assumption, though, if so, I hope that’s a scenic overlook and not the driving lane. Darrin’s got a couple of books out.
Sometimes the best laugh is over a joke so silly that you can’t help snickering. But it’s easy to ruin a silly joke, and even a one-panel gag contains an element of timing — This one wouldn’t work if it showed people reacting to the signs. John Deering’s Strange Brew does a nice job of […]
Steve Breen’s Grand Avenue raises a question I had never pondered before. And the clever line would be “and will never ponder again” except that I really think this silly complaint is going to stick with me. Collection here.
This is the second day of an arc in the quasi-autobiographical strip “The Knight Life” that has Keith nominated for an “Idiot Grant.” Stay tuned. And if you want to catch up with rest of his only semi-fictional life, here’s the collection.
Scott Stantis answers the question of whether a conservative can do a funny political strip. This one could get a laff from either side. Prickly City is here, and he does have a collection out.
Phil Dunlap’s Ink Pen is about a booking agency for cartoon characters. You can see it here, and buy a collection here.