Jordan Baker of The Sydney Morning Herald wrote a lengthy article delving into historical and current risks of working as a political cartoonist. Speaking with editorial cartoonists Mark Knight, Cathy Wilcox, and Jess Harwood they surface issues like crossing powerful politicians, dealing with angry readers, and in the age of social media, having a cartoon […]
Below are some comic strip and cartoon books scheduled for March 2025 release (or so). Images and links from a variety of publishers and outlets, though ordering through your local comic shop or independent book store is a good idea. Barnaby Volume Five by Crockett Johnson and Jack Morley Volume Five collects the final two-plus […]
The new administration has made a move towards Truth in Advertising, or at least Truth in Tourism, ordering Washington DC to erase Black Lives Matter from the street, since they no longer do. They’ve also ordered the city to rename Black Lives Matter Plaza to Liberty Plaza or lose federal aid. Any time the word […]
Gary Larson, The Far Side, and a murder mystery; Milton Caniff’s first Steve Canyon Sunday page deconstructed panel by panel; Jim Keefe goes back to The Joe Kubert School; Peanuts and Ford (but not the Falcon); a new Hogan’s Alley magazine on the horizon.Gary Larson’s legendary Far Side cartoon contains a perfect conceit for a […]
I was planning to use Sheneman’s cartoon this morning for a rant about defeatism and how cartoonists are running up a white flag with cartoons about feckless Democrats when GOP majorities in both houses give them no real leverage. But then there was an opening, and Senate Democrats were poised to vote against cloture and […]
Paul Noth is the winner of The 2025 (and 2nd annual) Thurber Prize For American Humor In Cartoon Art. The Thurber House announced the winner. From the Thurber house twitter account and on their Facebook page. On 4/25 at 54Below in NYC, Paul will receive his award & the writing award winner will be announced […]
The family of British cartoonist R.E. Burke, who detained at the Canadian border by US Immigration authorities, has set up a GoFundMe fundraiser to help offset legal costs and help her return home. D.D. Degg mentioned her plight earlier this week.The crux of the issue is Burke used a cultural/hospitality exchange website to arrange for […]
“Undercutting Creators”Comic book artist Dustin Nguyen went on a profanity laden rant about Marvel (and DC too) contracts for the artists that work for the Disney owned company. Nnamdi Ezekwe reporting for CBR covered it: Eisner Award-winning artist Dustin Nguyen has launched an expletive-filled tirade at Marvel for its poor contract rates and poor treatment […]
One political cartoon today, because it’s an example of what I’d like to see more of. Trump, Musk and the loyal oligarchs continue to lie to people about what tariffs are and how they work. There was a ghastly but typical example of blatant lying at the press briefing the other day when Karoline Leavitt […]
Oddly Enough, a new Comics Kingdom panel; Flash Gordon #7, a new Flash Gordon comic book; The Phantom, a new Nintendo/pc game; a new limited-time subscription offer from Comics Kingdom; and old Quincy strips revived from 1974. Oddly Enough by Vaughan Tomlinson new to Comics Kingdom Comics Kingdom has a new cartoon panel – Oddly […]
Featuring a Peter Brookes print and President Trump; Harry Harrison and The Year of the Snake; Steve Hill and the Dallas Stars; Martha Rosenberg on Food, Clothes, Men, Gas and Other Problems; and Eli Valley as The World’s Most Dangerous Comic Artist. President Trump Presented With a Framed Peter Brookes Cartoon Former hostage Eli Sharabi […]
I suppose the best place to begin is with the USMCA which replaced NAFTA which replaced the FTA, NAFTA having brought Mexico under the trade umbrella that began with the US and Canada.It wasn’t completely clear at the time why President Donald Trump felt compelled to redraw NAFTA, but he saw things in the old […]
An existential threat to Kentucky’s community newspapersYeah, big newspapers that are part of big groups are turning their potential readers off by moving the news editors to out of town newsrooms that don’t care about local news. But Linda Boileau‘s cartoon above for The State Journal brings our attention to the smaller locally owned newspapers […]
Editorial cartoonist Patrick Chappatte will be honored today by the Mayor of Geneva Switzerland with the “Genève Reconnaissante” medal in recognition for his work with Geneva-based Freedom Cartoonists Foundation (previously Cartooning for Peace). Patrick is currently president of Freedom Cartoonists Foundation. Through this award, the Administrative Council wishes to pay tribute to the tireless commitment of this […]
Jonesy offers this grim bit of humor and I chuckled and then I didn’t. We’ve had a lot of jokes about Russians falling out of windows, and a former Olympic champion and member of the Duma suffered the same fate last week.The reason I quit laughing is that Russians aren’t idiots and I’m sure there’s […]