2025 brings with it a new batch of public domain creations, most famous among those from the comics are Popeye by E. C. Segar and Tintin by Hergé. I know little about Tintin so we’ll go with The Sailor Man.But first, as is our custom with public domain stories, we turn to the Duke Law […]
Jeff Stahler (AMS) ruins all our fun by pointing out the obvious, which is that there are a lot of theories about drones that are downright screwy and that Occam’s razor continues to rule: The simplest explanation is generally correct.One night in the depths of winter, a group of us were on a hilltop watching […]
Tony DePaul has announced his intention to write “an extended version of the Phantom’s origin myth.” Says The Phantom comic strip writer: Falk tended to vary the specifics in his 63 years of telling the Phantom’s genesis. He was hardly a stickler for continuity. The fundamentals were there, but names changed, language changed, the year […]
London’s Imperial War Museum opened an exhibit examining how political cartoonist around the world. From Smithsonian Magazine’s website: The free exhibition features 24 original cartoons that span Churchill’s entire career in the public eye, from his early days as a politician—the oldest cartoon on display is from 1909—to his two terms as prime minister in […]
The New Yorker’s annual Cartoons and Puzzles special issue is coming to your bookstore and newsstand shelves, or maybe to your mailbox.The Kate Beaton cover starts it off with a combination of cartoon and puzzle. And the New Yorker online contents page shows the special features (some shown above). Of course the famed New Yorker […]
Spanish cartoonist Christian Mirra (Cartoon Movement) poses a problem: In English, the Sixth Commandment is normally translated as “Thou shalt not kill,” but he uses the term “murder.” Is it an intentional distinction or a matter of someone for whom English is a second language?When I went to doublecheck which commandment that was, I stumbled […]
So whatever did happen to Lyman? Jeff Corriveau supplies the answer in today’s Deflocked. I ain’t got no higher learnin’ in English, but I gotta argue with Ralph Hagen here. From my western upbringing that second panel statement (and those following) in today’s The Barn should be, “I’se lookin’ fer the varmint WHAT stole my […]
Below are some comic strip and cartoon books scheduled for December 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. COMICS REVUE PRESENTS December 2024 by various; cover by Jeremy MacPherson America’s longest-running magazine of […]
Today’s first complaint is simple: Either this is a multi-panel caption contest or GoComics didn’t print the black plate in Barney & Clyde (Counterpoint).But I scrounged around and found a different version. When I was doing education work, I ran Short Cuts, a weekly full-page educational cartoon that was sent in two parts for assembly. […]
Before the week begins, some stuff from the past week. Is it my imagination or is politics springing up more often in comic strips these days? e.g.: For Heaven’s Sake. And Jules Rivera seems to be creating Mark Trail plots more and more from what-the-future-may-bring scuttlebutt or crazy congresspeople conspiracy conjecture. I’m a big fan […]
Clay Bennett (CTFP) starts us off today with a cartoon that is problematic on a couple of levels.The main issue is the one he intends, which is that the current fury over health insurance companies is overwhelming the spirit of Christmas. No argument there.But there’s another issue in that “good will toward men” is a […]
Seems Insanity Streak had a contest I knew nothing about until it was over. My heartfelt thanks to all those who entered the 2024 Caption Contest. It was a lot of fun reading your delightful captions. This year’s contest involving cows in an art gallery contemplating a painting of a steak elicited many varied captions, […]
The National Cartoonists Society has uploaded the 2024 78th Annual Reuben Awards ceremonies to their YouTube channel. The 93 minute video shows the entire function of awards presentations, acceptance speeches, and customs of the Reubens Awards presentation on August 23, 2024 at the La Jolla Hyatt Regency in San Diego, California as part of the […]
Time Person of the Year cartoons are piling up, as are social media posts pointing out that Adolph Hitler also made the cut, but I think Dave Granlund hit the combo with this collection of Dubious Heroes. Though he missed this one from 1979. It’s not intended as an honor. It’s supposed to reflect the […]
Adrian Tomine, Kate Carew & Eddie Campbell, Art Spiegelman, Marshall Ramsey, and Bruce Eric Kaplan (BEK).A Comic Artist’s Antidote to the How-To Guide [Adrian]Tomine, it turns out, is an adept conversationalist — or at least his latest book, Q&A [link added], suggests as much. Recently released by his longtime publisher, Drawn & Quarterly, the book […]