There are certain strips I have to be very critical of or they’d be here every day. Cul de Sac is definitely in that class, but I’m living with a couple of little girls not much older than Alice and the question “Where did THAT come from?” is a regular feature of life here. And […]
Tom Richmond reports that MAD magazine will go from a quarterly mag to bimonthly. No further details, but as John says this will mean not only a lot more MAD to be had but also a return to more topical material. MAD has been hampered by being completely unable to riff on timely subjects due […]
Douglas Wolk, writing for the New York Times, writes about the surge of comic strip republications lately. As the modern-day American newspaper comic strip slowly chokes to death, done in by shrinking spaces and exhausted franchises, its more vibrant ancestors are living in renewed luxury. Comic strips are the most ephemeral kind of art; each […]
Movie to debut on May 21 in #d theaters and IMAX 3D.
Congrats to Rob Tornoe: I’m happy to announce that starting with March’s issue, I’m back drawing cartoons for Editor & Publisher magazine. For those of you that don’t know, E&P is the monthly trade journal that has covered the newspaper industry for 125 years. Back in December, there was a bit of a scare when […]
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, […]