Our theme starts with today’s Baby Blues (AMS). My first impression was that it was another “overscheduled kids” gag, which is an okay issue in general but has been done and overdone and doesn’t make me laugh anymore.So I flipped past, but then “Wait till your dad gets home” pinged my brain and I went […]
Some of comics’ most iconic characters found their homes in these long-running comic strips, from Dick Tracy to Beetle Bailey. In some cases, they’re icons from another era, but that doesn’t keep many of them from still appearing in newspapers today. The longest-running comics are a testament to the importance of including comic strips in […]
100 years ago The San Francisco Bulletin ran a series featuring editorial cartoonists from across the nation. From The San Francisco Bulletin of August 3, 1924: Below is the complete two week series. above: August 4, 1924 – William F. Hanny, The Philadelphia Inquirer (mis-identified as “Handy”) above: August 5, 1924 – William Norman Ritchie, […]
Today’s Brewster Rockit (Tribune) got a chuckle but it brings up a topic I’ve been meaning to raise.It’s no secret that newspapers are in deep trouble, in part because of changes in how people consume media but mostly because vulture capitalists decided to slaughter the goose so they wouldn’t have to wait for the golden […]
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Some editoons and editoonists not yet mentioned here.In Australia, where the Murdoch News Empire originated, cartoonist Mark David notes a worldwide situation involving partisan tv, newspapers, radio, blogs, etc., as a whole, not necessarily any one entity. Though it is followed by a few cartoons involving a specific world famous narcissist. One would think the […]
There have been a number of chicken jokes about Trump backing out of his agreed-upon September 10 debate, but I like Adam Zyglis’s use of the “Cowardly Lyin’,” because he combines Trump’s unwillingness to step into the ring with a solid contender with his dishonesty in explaining his refusal.Trump claims that he won’t debate somebody […]
The British Dennis; Garfield the new comic book; deconstructing tents illustrated; the Luann Mystery Museum; Bill Watterson and Berkeley Breathed; Colin Kaepernick gives cartoonists a knee; plus Curtis and Frazz.Blimey! The Three Generations of Dennis The Menace Dennis The Menace is the star of the UK’s longest running comic The Beano, which was first published […]
After a troubled past, the comic strip not the character (well, maybe the character too), Alex Segura & Nickolej Villiger’s Mara Llave: Keeper of Time now will be released on a timely schedule. Or so it is now being promoted. We’ve got some fantastic news to make your Sundays even brighter! Starting this week, our […]
If I were a betting man, I’d listen to the croupier, “Place your bets, the game is on!”I agree with Bill Bramhall‘s cartoon. Trump kept his temper and his tongue in check until his opponent changed and the odds changed along with the lineup. I particularly enjoy Jeremy Banx‘s take on the way Harris’s fundraising […]
September 2024 will see two exhibits of illustrator Ralph Steadman‘s artwork opening. Upcoming exhibition of Ralph Steadman works spans six decades of his prolific career Washington D.C. — “Ralph Steadman: And Another Thing,” on view Sept. 7 – Dec. 8 at the American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center, spans more than 60 years […]
Dr. MacLeod offers the best cartoon take on yesterday’s appearance by Donald Trump at the annual convention of the National Association of Black Journalists, which has been called both a “Dumpster fire” and a “train wreck” by the press as well as on social media.Oliver Darcy has a nice wrap-up of the coverage at Reliable […]
Long time St. Louis Post-Dispatch editorial cartoonist Tom Engelhardt has passed away. Thomas Alexander (Tom) EngelhardtDecember 29, 1930 – July 28, 2024From the family obituary: Tom was a lifelong learner and attended many schools along the way, including St. Louis University High School, University of Denver, Ruskin School of Art at Oxford University, and New […]
Origins of the comic strip gutter?; MIckey Mouse’s Friends; More about Han Ola og han Per; Future Funnies; and pre-Tiger Bud Blake.Did Photo Journalism Invent the Comics Gutter? The most defining layout quality of the photo-based pages is the rectangular shape of the images (many cropped to suit page proportions) and the resulting white gutters produced […]
Newspapers From this past weekend’s Albany Times-Union: On April 4, 1924, the Times Union told its readers it had officially became a Hearst publication, ending its years as a privately owned newspaper under the stewardship of publisher and former New York Gov. Martin H. Glynn. But the article noting the sale pledged there would be […]