Comics scholar and illustrator John Adcock has passed away. John Kenneth Adcock May 1950 – June 1, 2024From the Obituary: On June 1, 2024, John Kenneth Adcock of Edmonton, Alberta, passed away peacefully at the age of 74 years. Born in Nelson, BC in May 1950 and raised in Trail, BC, he was a cartoonist, […]
From Dan Piraro: I successfully raised two children to adulthood who, until recently, I called my daughters. But in the past year, one of them has asked that I not refer to her with terms associated with females. She doesn’t feel that words like “her,” “ma’am,” or “daughter” describe her. In fact, she doesn’t think […]
Well, of course it was! Though Ann Telnaes could have run this cartoon just about anytime in the past decade or seven, because nothing at all has ever been Donald Trump’s fault and the system has always been rigged against him.On the other hand, in this picture he’s surrounded by more sheep than ever before […]
In this week’s paper, you will notice a few feature on our opinion page: a new comic strip called ‘Mr. Mayor.’ It has been a dream of mine for years to write a local comic strip or an editorial cartoon about local issues and ‘Mr. Mayor’ is a little bit of both. If you want […]
With Steve Brodner, Alison Bechdel, Lawrence Wood, Alex Norris, Jerry Craft, Art Speigelman, Norman Rockwell and The Usual Gang of Idiots. The Herblock Foundation held its 2024 Herblock Prize ceremony at the Library of Congress on June 4 honoring Steve Brodner this year.Comics DC has links to photographer Bruce Guthrie‘s pages of the reception and […]
(Thank you, Clifford Berryman)Pearls Before Swine (AMS) makes an excellent point, though there’s more to it. If you go back half a century, the evening network news was half an hour, but so was the local news and there was another half hour before bedtime, for a total of 90 minutes. Drop back a century […]
The Baker County Press in Macclenny FL is looking for an editorial cartoonist. The paper was home to cartoonist Ed Hall, who was with the paper for over 30 years. Ed passed away on May 19 after a long battle with cancer.Baker County Press Publisher Jessica Prevatt says she is looking for a cartoonist to create a weekly local cartoon. Interested parties […]
Mallard Fillmore by Bruce Tinsley made its King Features syndicated debut 30 years ago today. Since the Comics Kingdom archives don’t go all the way back to the beginning, here’s the first week: Bruce Tinsley would continue the strip for 23 years when late in 2019, “due to unforeseen circumstances” the strip went into reruns. […]
Aislin starts off our D-Day commemoration in part because the Canadians tend to get bunched in with the British forces in other commentaries I’ve seen, but mostly because he marks the day by remembering strong, young men while most others are depicting old guys in wheelchairs, sometimes saluting. Saluting happens in cartoons on military holidays: […]
There is no better portrayal of the assimilation of early Houston County [Minnesota] Norwegian emigrants into American culture and society than the brilliant, whimsical newspaper cartoon series of Peter Rosendahl of Spring Grove. The cartoon series was called “Han Ola og han Per,” which translates into English as “Him Ola and him Per,” or “He […]
Ray Billingsley, creator of Curtis, is featured in a three minute segment on News 12 Connecticut. “Curtis allows me to express myself freely because I am a quiet person,” says Billingsley. In Ray’s words, few have heard his voice, but he speaks to millions—43 million, in fact—who read his daily, syndicated comic strip, Curtis. Born […]
It ain’t what you don’t know that gets you into trouble. It’s what you know for sure that just ain’t so. — Things Mark Twain didn’t sayHere’s a cartoon that Scott Stantis most likely regrets, though it did pop up on the Intertubes last week. But it’s gone now, most likely because Jimmy Carter isn’t. […]
Yesterday’s, today’s, and tomorrow’s comic strips. Old Spanish comic strip is new Comics Kingdom comic strip. Goomer by Ricardo Antonino Martínez Ortega (Ricardo) and José Ignacio Moreno Cuñat (Nacho) first appeared, according to Wikipedia, “since 1988 … for “El Pequeño País” Sunday newspaper.” Lambiek’s Comiclopedia says that the character’s “adventures appear in El Mundo since […]
Our conversation with award winning Michael De Adder is wide ranging and looks at the challenges of getting political cartoons approval in this era of political correctness. De Adder currently works for the Toronto Star, the Hill Times and the Chronicle-Herald. He also worked for a time as a cartoonist for the Washington Post and […]
This Carpe Diem (KFS) wouldn’t be funny if everybody lined up their cars properly in parking lots, and so the idea that aliens would visit and start things off by being annoying gets a laugh, though perhaps the nitwits who park across the lines won’t get it.And then there are the overthinkers like me, for […]