The Creation of the Comic Strip as an Audiovisual Stage in the New York Journal 1896-1900 Eike Exner, for Image Text, explores the origins of “sound” in late 19th Century comics of The New York Journal. Some histories of comics imply that the form started by Outcault was immediately continued by Rudolph Dirks, whose Katzenjammer […]
New Yorker cartoonists’ events and The New Gag Recap market summary is out.‘Sunday Brunch at The Hawley Garage’ series opens with two cartoonists Barbara de Vries and The Hawley Garage announce the inaugural “Sunday Brunch at The Hawley Garage” event slated for Sunday, October 27 from 1 to 3 p.m. This gathering will feature poetry […]
Timing is everything, and while Jeff Stahler (AMS)‘s image of the impossibility of getting it back in the tube is hardly a new metaphor, we’re at a stage where we should be wishing there were some way to do it. It’s astounding to have a vice-presidential candidate openly admit that he is willing to tell […]
Letter to The (Battle Ground, WA) Reflector: So naturally we went to the WeirdJoeKent.com website which was, we have to think, the actual purpose of writing the letter. I like the idea of local cartoonists cartooning about the local elections for newspapers or for campaigns. I don’t like that there are no credits for the […]
The Saudi government has sentenced educator and cartoonist Mohammed al-Ghamdi to 23 years in prison. Mohammed, who drew under the pen name Al-Hazza, was originally arrested in 2018 for allegedly insulting Saudi Arabia but his case was re-opened resulting in a harsher sentence that cannot be appealed.Mohammed, a Saudi citizen, briefly drew cartoons for the […]
Below are some comic strip and cartoon books scheduled for October 2024 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. Prince Valiant Artists (illustrators Hardcover Special #19) (Limited Edition) Now is your first chance ever to own […]
Starting out with this morning’s Cornered (AMS), though at first I had nothing to say about it except that it cracked me up.However, Fair Use demands I make some sort of critique, so I probed deeper. First of all, it’s a great spin on the real stories of Dad running over Junior’s bike which I’ve […]
Editorial and comic strip cartoonist Jerry Fearing has passed away.Jerome Walter (Jerry) FearingJuly 16, 1930 – October 12, 2024 Jerry’s son Mark spread the word to friends that his father has passed. From the family obituary: Renowned cartoonist, Jerry Fearing died peacefully in the early morning of October 12, 2024 in Rochester Minnesota at the […]
The King Features Weekly Service (KFWS) comic strip Amber Waves by Dave Phipps is joining the Comics Kingdom lineup. While they haven’t got the strips running there yet they do have a holding page. Experience a day in the life of a boy named Gerald, his parents, his best friend Owen, and all the pigs, […]
I’ve noted in the past that for empty-nested, retired folks, holidays are when the banks are closed and there’s no mail delivery, but I’ll happily let Arlo & Janis (AMS) make the point again.The United States has two levels of federal holidays: Those we actually observe — New Year’s Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor […]
Tom Batiuk, Dan Davis, and Chuck Ayers; Lincoln Peirce; Paul Gilligan; Mason Mastroianni and the John Hart Studio; John Buscema; Stan Drake and Alex Raymond; Darrin Bell; and more.We noted a couple weeks ago that Tom Batiuk and Dan Davis had borrowed a few previous panels by Chuck Ayers and inserted them in a Crankshaft […]
Friday’s Baldo (AMS) hit as I was starting to recover from being flat on my back with covid, so it was still painful to laugh but, then again, it was painful to be amused, because I hadn’t even bothered calling my doctor. When I had covid a year or so ago, I couldn’t get in; […]
Original art up for auction – some drawn especially for this event, some older art donated for this event. For example: Sergio Aragonés drawn for this event, Garry B. Trudeau from earlier this year donated for the event. Auctions for both the above end later this afternoon, but that doesn’t apply to all the offerings. […]
Not sure Fiona Katauskas is being terribly helpful with this cartoon, but it’s at least comforting to know that all the low-information nitwits are not segregated into the United States, and that, if they’re also in Australia, they’re probably everywhere.Which isn’t helpful because we still have to deal with ours, but it’s also not helpful […]
The documentary Drawing a Line is being screened at the Human Rights Film Festival Berlin, focusing on illustrator and Sanitary Panels webcomic creator Rachita Taneja and the Indian government’s crackdown on dissent. Taneja was charged with contempt of court in 2020 for her critical work. The film is part of the Draw for Change series, […]