What, Me Worry? The Art and Humor of MAD Magazine at the Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge, Mass., closes Sunday, the 27th, giving you eight days to get there. Stockbridge is about two hours from Boston, two-and-a-half from New York City and less than an hour from Albany. I drove three hours to get there and it was […]
North Dakota editorial cartoonist Steve Stark has passed away.Steven Christopher (Steve) Stark October 4, 1950 – October 18, 2024 Fargo news sources are reporting the death of actor, historian, and editorial cartoonist Steve Stark.From a 2023 issue of FM Extra comes this summary of Steve cartooning career:Steve also contributed to The Duluth News Tribune and […]
Pick n Pay Clothing has partnered with South African cartoonist Zapiro (Jonathan Shapiro) for a limited edition line of t-shirts to celebrate South Africa’s national Springboks Rugby team.From Retail Brief Africa: “When Pick n Pay Clothing asked me to get involved with a campaign expressing how South Africa’s diversity is our strength, I felt my […]
I wasn’t sure who to start with this morning, so I decided to move the video to the top of the posting and start with the Rock Man from the Point!, whom I quote fairly often: “You see what you want to see, and you hear what you want to hear.” You can catch his […]
We get a two-fer from Ruben Bolling today with him making political hay by utilizing beloved characters.Today’s new Tom the Dancing Bug features five strips featuring Snoopy as The World Famous Trumpist attempting to save America, while today’s Tom the Dancing Bug rerun from October 2, 2020 stars a psuedo-Calvin (with a pseudo-Hobbes) in four […]
This year’s European Cartoon Award goes to Steven Lectrr Degryse (AKA Lectrr) for his cartoon of Russian opposition leader and political prisoner Alexei Navalny. The award is presented during European Cartoon Day ceremony presented by the European Press Prize and Studio Europa Maastricht.Lectrr’s award winning cartoon:The European Cartoon Award, started in 2019, is dedicated to supporting and promoting […]
I count on David Rowe to use the time difference between here and Sydney to comment on events while American cartoonists are still selecting their nibs. In this case, I think he misjudges last night’s Fox News interview with Kamala Harris, not because it went well for the Trump crowd but because I can’t believe […]
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 […]