We’ll start at the beginning, with Dick Wright digging into the History Bag for a traditional metaphor in support of Dear Leader’s lies about immigrants.Certainly you’ve seen similar cartoons, this one coming from a Viennese newspaper in 1938, celebrating Germany getting rid of its rats with a “Germany for Germans” policy, while other, more supposedly […]
With Steve Breen, Georgia Dunn, Ralph Hulett, Hartley Lin, Jack Ohman, Rob Rogers, E. C. Segar, Scott Stantis, James Thurber, and more. SMERCOMICS raises 200K for Children’s Crisis Treatment Center From Michael Smerconish YouTube channel: Thank you to all who purchased Smercomics 2024. Last night I received copy No. 1, and handed over 100% of […]
The breaking news this morning is that the Syrian government has fallen and Bashar Assad has disappeared. Steve Brodner marks the moment by remembering that Tulsi Gabbard, who is not at all a Russian asset, visited the Russian-backed dictator in 2017, to the distress of The Syrian American Council.She explained the trip to Jake Tapper:When asked by Tapper […]
Raina Telgemeier and Scott McCloud are co-chairs; Connie Zeigler on Brenda Starr and Dale Messick; Phil Witte – counsellor, cartoonist, critic; Barbara Shermund biographer Caitlin McGurk; Terry Laban – graphic novelist; Beginning: Alex Raymond’s Flash Gordon.Telgemeier, McCloud chosen as National Library Week honorary chairsFrom the American Library Association: CHICAGO — Award-winning author and illustrator Raina […]
Dan Piraro has a fascinating and important piece on his blog that ties in with my own experience of having been punished as a young lad for what we now recognize as Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder and being fortunate enough to turn it into an advantage.He was punished more savagely, since I was only in […]
Dan Perkins, who as Tom Tomorrow creates This Modern World for the Daily Kos and other outlets and publications was awarded the 2024 Clifford K. and James T. Berryman Award for Editorial Cartoons from the National Press Foundation (NPF).Said the NPF judges: “Tom Tomorrow’s sharp and iconic work embodies the higher purpose of political cartooning: […]
Winners of the 2024 Ellwood Atfield Political Cartoon of the Year Awards have been announced.Dave Brown of The Independent took home Political Cartoonist of the Year. Jeremy Banx was named Pocket Cartoonist of the Year.Fergus/InfiniteGuff‘s cartoon from the London Economic (below) was named Political Cartoon of the Year.Grizelda Grizlingham’s cartoon (below) was named Pocket Cartoon of the […]
With the syndicates no longer distributing annual Christmas specials, we must rely on the regular comic strips for a Joyeus Noel, and a few have started this past week. We already noted Sally Forth, but Breaking Cat News also began a Pawmark Christmas movie this week which brings to mind those old NEA Christmas strips. […]
An excellent day for you to click on all the links, because there’s a lot to be said, but let me start with a quote from John Donne: Each man’s death diminishes me, for I am involved in mankind.This photo was taken September 16, 1920, in the wake of an explosion outside the offices of […]
Comic artist Sam Glanzman was born 100 years ago today on December 5, 1924. Sam Glanzman had a long career as a comic book artist mostly drawing war comics in the latter half of his career. He gained a cult following for his cartooning that included a number of respected comic book artists and creators. […]
Jimmy Margulies (KFS) isn’t the only commentator who appears trapped in a mutual admiration society, but his donkey’s remark makes a perfect starting point, because I would dispute it.While the Chattering Classes echo outrage over the pardon, if you look at the comments, on stories, on columns, and on cartoons where comments are permitted, you’ll […]
A strange interview with Lynda Barry; and Darrin Bell on the state of the comic art.Austin Kleon sets up a Q&A with cartoonist Lynda Barry in an unusual fashion.Typewriter interview with Lynda Barry Darrin Bell on the other hand traveled to the University of Wisconsin at Waukesha and engaged in a little Q&A with the […]
One of the biggest reasons for such division in this country is the extinction of local news…not Taylor Swift or pickleball. I promise I have no interest in rehashing why the lack of local news has resulted in this country not knowing each other or that news deserts give select mega news sources an inordinate […]
The timing of this morning’s Carpe Diem (KFS) got a laugh, because its commentary on computer security came hard on the heels of an article in Forbes, which said the FBI is warning people about texting from iPhones to Androids or vice-versa.It seems Chinese intelligence has found a way to intercept these messages. Tulsi! Save […]
A couple months ago we asked you how we could improve The Daily Cartoonist. We added your suggestions to our To-Do list and today we are debuting a new theme that should resolve some of the most chronic pain points of our site. Things we focused on:There’s a couple more enhancements in the works, but […]