From the Freedom Cartoonists Foundation: The Freedom Cartoonists Foundation and the City of Geneva announce the winners of the 2024 Kofi Annan Courage in Cartooning Award: Rachita Taneja of India, and Zunzi of Hong Kong. On World Press Freedom Day, on May 3, the Freedom Cartoonists Foundation recognizes the talent and courage of cartoonists working […]
Joy of Tech comments on the decline of the Internet, and they’re not alone, though this detailed takedown of Facebook’s flurry of AI spam requires free registration. But the gist of it is that much of what you see on Facebook is spam being commented on by bots, and that click farms have essentially taken […]
Charles Brubaker, Mike Thompson, Jackie Ormes, Farrah Rodriguez, Liana Finck, Olly Duke, Walt Handelsman, and John Reiner. Charles Brubaker got an award from the Small Press and Alternative Comics Expo for a collection of his Lauren Ipsum comic strip. Yay Charles. ********** Taya Gray for The Desert Sun presents a photo essay of cartoonist Mike […]
Pencil to Pencil hosted a set with new Flash Gordon comic strip cartoonist Dan Schkade. As seen on the screen grab above Dan Schkade joins Mike (Judge Parker/The Phantom) Manley, Steve (The Middle Ages) Conley, and Jamar Nicholas to discuss Dan’s career in general and his Flash Gordon in particular. Dan and Mike talk about […]
Harley Schwadron speaks for me, because there is a flood of topics being cartooned about at the moment and my desperation is in trying to cover the ones that won’t keep, combined with the prospects of a drought if I cover them all today and nothing surfaces for tomorrow. My desperation, though, is never quiet. […]
The John Locher Memorial Award has evolved into the John Locher Memorial Fellowship and the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists has announced that Alexandra Bowman is the first beneficiary of the new honor. From the Association of Editorial Cartoonists:About the change: Kevin Necessary, the new Locher Fellowship manger, said, “The Fellowship shares much of the […]
To paraphrase Eric Burdon:When I was young it was more important to get my comics as a half page. Yeah, when I was young. The half page Sundays of my youth were always the best version … except when they weren’t. One exception was Milton Caniff’s Steve Canyon. By the 1970s the third page format […]
Not feeling all that political today, but I got a laff out of Tommy Siegel‘s piece because it coincides with a sudden deluge of similarly dismissive editorial cartoons explaining that, despite all evidence to the contrary, those darned college kids are all anti-Semites, including the Jewish demonstrators.I don’t mind it coming from the usual suspects, […]
Saturday May 4, 2024 is Free Comic Book Day. Comic books are not just for superheroes anymore, a few comic strip related comic books will be available. Andrews McMeel Publishing is making comics of actual comic strip collections available to stores. Phoebe and Her Unicorn by Dana Simpson and Peanuts’ Snoopy by Charles M. Schulz. […]
I’m tempted to say “So here we are,” between Swift and Moynihan, but we sure seem willing to slip even lower at any moment.Moynihan suggested a chance for things to improve, while Swift seemed resigned to the belief that they wouldn’t. In fact, Swift, who was advising a younger clergyman, extended the thought: Reasoning will never […]
William Hamilton and The New Yorker, the animated adventures of Prince Valiant, Bill Gallo, Romero’s Axa, Jay Stephens interview, the dark side of book publishing, Brian Fies, and why cartoons are still worthwhile.I may have some doubts about the cartoons that have appeared in The New Yorker for the past quarter century as to actually, […]
The winners of the 90th National Headliner Awards have been announced. The annual contest honors the best print, radio, television and online journalism in the United States published during 2023. The Press Club of Atlantic City has announced the winners of their 2024 National Headliner Awards. Clay Bennett of The Chattanooga Times Free Press won […]
Peter Schrank notes the almost-too-late move by the Americans to resupply Ukraine, and it’s good to get an outside view, because our internal reasons for the delay don’t much matter to people facing conquest. That more pragmatic point of view makes “Better late than never” a dubious expression, which Schrank emphasizes by showing Ukraine on […]
The National Cartoonists Society has announced the finalists for their 2023 Reuben Divisional Awards. The nominees in the 12 categories are…Variety Entertainment = Kieran Castano; Chuck Dillon; Bob Weber, Jr. Advertising/Product Illustration = Chuck Dillon; Sam Grinberg; Pashur House Book Illustration = Landis Blair; Danesh Mohiuddin; Tom Richmond Online Comics: Short Form = Sarah Anderson; […]
A collection of some Peanuts/Snoopy/Charles Schulz items from April 2024. The 2024 Major League Baseball season brings with it Charlie Brown, Snoopy, and Woodstock bobbleheads in in team colors and names. Philadelphia Phillies, Los Angeles Dodgers, Baltimore Orioles, and St. Louis Cardinals have promoted their flavor of Peanuts bobbleheads. The images I chose are from […]